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Just Because I’m a Woman
Dear Female Pollster Aghast at My Answers “because you’re a woman,” In this day, in this age, in this time of awareness and selective cultural sensitivity (because isn’t my faith a legitimate cultural factor?), it amazes me how clueless you are about who I am, just because I’m a woman. Why do you think you …[ read more ]
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The Ministry of Eye Contact
I’ve been annoying people lately. I know, I know, I annoy people every day but lately I’ve been doing it on purpose. I have a reason. I miss eye contact. In these days where most purchases happen as the customer stares at a little box on her side of the counter and the clerk stares …[ read more ]
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A Brush with Death
A brush with death creates fear. A brush with celebrity create exhilaration. A brush with greatness leads to inspiration. What is the result of a brush with you? Have you ever brushed up against a wall of wet paint? A glittery store display? A furry white dog? A tinseled tree? When you walk away, …[ read more ]
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When Your Faith is a Punchline – Nevermind
I don’t like being laughed at, do you? It’s one of our greatest fears and dislikes, to be the object of ridicule and mockery. It puts us back on the playground, feeling shame, fearing exclusion, desperately wanting to be like everyone else, safely standing with the crowd and not exposed, surrounded by mockers. “Everybody’s laughing …[ read more ]
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A Rhode Island Story I Hope Will Truly Scare You
This time of year, around these parts, we tell scary stories. One of them is about Mercy Brown. Mercy Brown was buried in Exeter, Rhode Island, January 1892. Two months later, she was exhumed. Her surviving loved ones dug her up, cut out her heart, burned it on a stone, mixed the ashes with water, …[ read more ]