fathers Archive

  • Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Light and Shadow

    "I don't know much," I think to myself, "but I know there is truth in their steady breathing, and in their dirty laundry scattered on the floor."

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  • Patriarchs I Have Known and Loved

    My father grew up in a troubled home, poor as coal dust. A child of the depression and of divorce, he lined his broken-soled shoes with newsprint. As a child, he learned to hustle, earning nickels at the ballpark any night he could. There was […]

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  • 3,218 Nights of Bedtime Stories

    I stumbled across this sweet article about a dad who read to his daughter for 3,218 nights in a row. And now that the daughter is grown and gone, the dad reads picture books to senior citizens every Friday. Of course I want to read […]

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