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April 12th, 2004
Buddhist Monk Teaches Kindness, Compassion, and Christ
I never understood the washing of the feet.
For newcomers, an explanation: each Holy Thursday at the Mass of the Lord's Supper, there is a ritual washing of at least ...
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February 19th, 2004
Or, How I Cleaned My Way to Cosmic Harmony
I'd been cleaning for weeks. It started the week before Thanksgiving; I had nine coming for Thanksgiving dinner and was damned if I didn't have a clean and organized ...
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January 12th, 2004
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Just READ
The turning point was not being able to find a pew without a direct view of the dead saint's remains in that crystal coffin under the altar. The experience was so bad that I walked ...
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January 2nd, 2004
Stunning Tales of the Ultimate Sacrifice
Martyrs: Contemporary Writers on Modern Lives of Faith
Edited by Susan Bergman, HarperSanFrancisco (1998), 333 pages.
Bad ...
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December 25th, 2003
Celebrating Christmas Polish-American style
It's not Mary giving birth or the baby Jesus Himself that brings it to mind, but standing in the window watching for the first star to appear in the ...
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November 29th, 2003
A Stowaway Computer and the Mellower Me
My computer died, taking my last article—a tirade on the prevalence of thongs and stilettos in everyday women's wear—with it.
The PC that came to dinnerIt's a good thing I've ...
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November 23rd, 2003
In Maine with the National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped
Gather forty strangers in one house and give them ten days to three weeks to learn music, dance routines, scenes, and monologues for a show open to the public.
Is ...
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November 1st, 2003
Especially if a Juror Has a Plane to Catch
The big red stripe ran the length of the white envelope proclaiming, Juror Summons Enclosed.
Jury duty.
I decided to take a positive attitude. Why not? They do pay forty bucks a day; it's a ...
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September 18th, 2003
New Book on a Spiritual Approach to Finding Your Direction
Getting a Life: How to Find Your True Vocation by Renée LaReau, Orbis (2003), 158 pages. It seems to me life improves drastically after you hit 30....
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May 1st, 2003
The Consequences; Surviving Cancer at 30
With my tongue outstretched and her hand on my pulse, the acupuncturist fired questions and conclusions at me:
"You worry too much. You think too much. Are you angry?"
I groaned ...
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