Like many, many others, I have long loved the work of children’s author and illustrator Tomie De Paola, and particularly how he includes insights into his Italian heritage and his...
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I began with the sainted story of California. Like all of life, and the history of every people and every place, the story of California is a complex one, even...
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“But why does responsibility matter so much? What if we just imagine ourselves as responsible– isn’t that the same?” Last night a group of folks from across Seattle met at...
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“Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys….” Most of life is autobiographical, and that’s as true of me as of anyone. Simply said, I am my grandfather’s...
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“So why are you at Regent College? What made you come from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Vancouver, British Columbia?” On Wednesday this past week my wife Meg and I flew...
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Vocation and the common good. In a few words, that is what I care about, and so what I work on, day after day, year after year. More could be...
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