Working on a Dream, Salvadoran Style

Nixon and Alejandro are working on a dream — a dream far more difficult than anything you and I have ever endeavored. Eight years ago I started sponsoring a child through Compassion International. Hellen and I correspond several times a year. I love hearing how her life is blossoming. And it’s incredible what a decent monetary gift can give to her and her family. One year we sent $250. She wrote back that she bought…

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My Own Private September 11

This is an older blog piece, but it’s my most vivid memory of September 11. It’s now been 12 years since that day. I almost forgot what year it had happened. As for the man I was dating: you forget the negatives. You just remember a living human being who was doing the very best he could with his life. Most of us remember what we were doing on September 11, 2001, the moment the…

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Shanah Tovah!

Today is Rosh Hashanah. Sometimes I wish there were a Lutheran-Episcopal version of the Jewish High Holy Days. Take a week to remember the past year: the good and bad that have that happened; the things you did well and poorly; the good things you failed to do… Not because if you don’t, God won’t forgive you; but because you won’t grow or learn or appreciate life. Because you won’t remember your life as it…

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