It was a warm Arizona spring day and we were untangling ourselves from the dog pile of eighth grade boys. We heard a yell from the bottom of the clump of bodies. It was Larry. “My leg,” he said through tears that made muddy streaks on his dusty face. We gathered around. Larry was a […]
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Gary, the psychologist, waited for me to get settled in my chair. I had been dreading this session all week. In our first session, my mother and father told Gary about the first fifteen years of my life. How they had provided for me, sacrificed to give me a Catholic education, and fulfilled all my
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I cannot call what happened at UCC in Roseburg, Oregon a tragedy. Gun violence in general and mass shootings in particular have become too common place in America to call them tragedies. They are the natural consequences of allowing easy and unrestricted access to guns and ammunition. (Full disclosure: I own guns and a concealed
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I sat on my back deck yesterday enjoying the incredible autumn weather that frames the beauty of Colorado and looking at the small patch of San Isabel Forest that abuts my property. As the cat rubbed against my leg marking me as his, I watched the leaves and pine needles fall like raindrops. Another layer
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“Check this out,” my friend Mickey said as he pointed to the car in front of us. It had a bumper sticker that read, “Honk if you love Jesus.” Mickey honked his horn and the driver rolled down his window and gave us the finger. “Happens every time,” Mickey said as he laughed. Colorado Springs
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“Get Ready. Get set . . . Go.” On cue, I dove into the water and began flailing my arms and legs the way my 16 year-old swim instructor had taught me. I kicked and splashed as fast and as hard as I could. All the way to the bottom of the pool. When I
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