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Do you believe that God intervenes directly in our lives? Some 20 years ago, I would’ve told you…
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Have you ever had a dream that seemed more vivid than reality? Actor Mark Ruffalo did, in 2001.…
“Did you understand anything they said?” I asked. Behind the wheel of our van, my husband, Nick, shook…
Florence, Italy. I’d been there before on one of those scruffy five dollar-a-day youth-hostel jaunts through Europe, but…
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My father-in-law, Jim Matis, was a natural storyteller. He loved regaling his friends with tales, drawing them in…
Most afternoons, I pick up my son’s daughter from preschool and bring her to my house for snacks…
We all dream. We all have the capacity to dream. “But I never remember my dreams,” people often…
