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Teaching Honesty to a Teen

One of my kids recently told another adult an elaborate lie. It was a lie born in an instant, in…

How Your Pain Can Help Others

I met up with a friend whose 17-year-old daughter is struggling. I hadn’t seen C.C. for a while, and since…

How to Pray for a Friend Who Has Angered You

Not long ago a trusted friend said some very unkind things to me. She was suffering physically and struggling emotionally.…

How God Transforms Our Anger

I was furious with my husband. It was the sputtering kind of anger that (fortunately) made it impossible to put feelings…

Handing Grief Over to God

Last week we learned that my daughter Elizabeth’s potassium and phosphorus levels were dangerously low, putting her at high risk…

God’s Grace in a New York City Blackout

There was a power outage in New York City last Saturday. It didn’t affect my neighborhood, so I was unaware…

Feeding the Soul

“I’m meeting up with Mehrab after I’m done at the soup kitchen tomorrow, and we’re going to the Met,” my…

A Close Call and a Heart Full of Thanks

The text from my 13-year old son came in while I was heading home on a bus, an aggravating alternative…

Daily Bread

I did the math this morning: An Israelite wandering in the desert would have eaten 1,095 meals of manna a…

Acts of Kindness That Only God Sees

As I left our apartment building, I noticed the planted area in front had gotten a bit weedy. The neighbor…

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