“I’VE WAITED ALL MY LIFE to put that son-of-a-bitch six feet under. I don’t know what the hell I’m cryin’ for now,” my father said, to no one in particular. Tears rolled down his cheek as he struck a match. My father always smelled of Dial soap, Old Spice and Marlboro’s. On that chilly, gray November day, all three filled my nose as I watched cigarette smoke swirl up and […]
Lindsey Bellosa | Poems on parenting
When I love parenting When we sit down to lunch and I watch my words going into your eyes, when you say “my home” and I hear love in your voice, and marvel that this is a house we have made “home” for you. When you ride your new bike with careful determination, when I watch you traverse the world with enthusiasm but always come back to me, like […]
Robert Shetterly | Americans Who Tell the Truth
Below are a few of the portraits contributor Robert Shetterly has painted for his Americans Who Tell the Truth series. Each portrait includes a quote from the person painted. For the complete collection visit: www.americanswhotellthetruth.org.
Reinventing work | An interview with Matthew Fox
An Episcopalian priest and theologian, Matthew Fox began his career as a member of the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church but was expelled in 1993 by Cardinal Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict XVI. Among Fox’s teachings the Catholic hierarchy found most objectionable was his belief in “original blessing,” which became the title of one of his most popular books. The concept was in direct contravention of the Roman […]
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