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learning to swim
I recently learned how to swim. I decided it was time to learn. I asked friends for a swim instructor referral, looked it...
Getting Happy
I make grits on weekend mornings. As a vegan, I try to make organic grits and I have them with soy-sausage or scrambled...
The Power Of Honesty
I have a confession: I like soap operas. Not all, but a couple. I’ve been following their story lines for years. At the...
Evidence
I find comfort in those two tones that indicate that an episode of a “Law and Order” franchise is coming on. I don’t mind...
Fully Human
“What does it mean to be a human being?” This is one of those questions I heard in the opening lecture to the required...
Community
For decades I’ve heard Barbra Streisand’s voice crooning out words I know to be true: “People, people who need people, are...
Unholy Ghost
In the summer of 2002, I was a graduate student in religion who was tired of reading theology. In search of summer...
Overlooked
Growing up in the Sunday school programs of black churches and in Catholic elementary school, I was taught that...
Needing The Past
My father was a student of history and ensured that I would be as well. More specifically, he was a student of...