“…My story is one of loss and gain. Its also one of faith, or of different, sequential faiths, beginning with my arrogant, unwarranted and since-abandoned…
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As a professional writer, I have long considered myself a storyteller. Few things excite me more than using my skills to tell stories about everything…
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The atrium coffee shop at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is sunlit and relatively quiet. I’m on a break between scans to pinpoint newly diagnosed…
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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. The opportunity to share gratitude over a delicious meal with loved ones doesn’t get much better. My favorite part of…
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There are 18 days shopping days until Thanksgiving, and I’m concerned about my social media friends, and myself for that matter. Historically, my Facebook feed…
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The coolest thing happened today. I turned 50. The popular zeitgeist tells me I should be mourning the loss of my youth because as a…
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It wasn’t quite the Tangina Barrons moment I was hoping for. Remember the scene from the movie Poltergeist, after Tangina (a medium played memorably by the…
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In retrospect, a hurricane-scarred sea island was the right place and a perfect metaphor for celebrating my five-year cancer survivorship milestone. The lovely Sarah took…
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“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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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…