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The Prayer of the Overwhelmed

The Prayer of the Overwhelmed

“Would it kill you to give us a break here?” That’s what a prayer for help can sound like when we’re raw with fatigue. It’s a little edgy. Maybe not so pious-sounding. But there’s an honesty and sincerity about it. It’s the earnest prayer of the overwhelmed. It’s...
Getting to the Truth

Getting to the Truth

Shortly after the 2016 election, the actor Denzel Washington was attending a screening of his movie “Fences.” On the red carpet a reporter asked him about a news account claiming that he had switched his vote from Clinton to Trump. He responded, “If you don’t read the...
Being Like Water

Being Like Water

“You are like stone. Be like water.” I first heard this at the height of my wary cynicism phase. In my universe, most other people and all of society’s institutions would eventually let you down.  To be fair to my younger self, I was only just learning to...
Wonderstruck

Wonderstruck

Calling from the pay phone in our dorm lobby, I told my mom that I had decided to major in philosophy. Some parents would fret about their son or daughter studying something so impractical. But not my mother. She reacted as if I were announcing my engagement to a...
Making Sense

Making Sense

Nothing makes sense. That’s how I read the author of Ecclesiastes when he says, “Vanity of vanities. All is vanity.” Repeatedly. Maybe you’re a superstar in your chosen career. You’ve got a house in every state and the size of your stock portfolio makes Bill Gates...