“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink…” (Matt 25:35) The young man with the gray…
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Michael Holtz
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“When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him.…
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I’ve had the privilege of talking a lot about gratitude at my church for the last three weeks. During our adult faith formation sessions, I’ve…
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Learning you need a colostomy, whether temporary or permanent, can be nearly as devastating for some patients as hearing the words, “you have cancer.” As…
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In the name of health, I’ll try anything at least once. I can tick off a long list of programs, pills and potions I’ve swallowed…
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I had the extraordinary privilege of being part of a sacred gathering of some of the LGBTQ members of my St. John’s Lutheran Church family…
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Somewhere in the middle of my cancer experience, I became an evangelist for the power of gratitude. About halfway through 12 cycles of chemotherapy, I…
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A friend and I were shooting Facebook Messenger messages back and forth this afternoon, precipitated by actor Wentworth Miller’s heartfelt and honest social media post…
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Sometimes it seems cancer diagnoses come in waves. I traveled to and from Washington, DC, in the span of 26 hours last week. During that…
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I had the distinct pleasure today of representing the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network at a Congressional research briefing in Washington, D.C. I shared…