Conflicting loyalties with regard to communities.
A meditation on the life and death of a friend who called upon others to care.
Life, confession and memory in the endless moment of illness.
What the iconic doll taught us beyond -- and sometimes instead of -- playing nice.
An impending job change prompts questions about future expectations.
Following an unconventional path to parenthood.
A college professor recalls the complicated family legacy of women and education.
Confessions of a spouse struggling with his own faults and his partner's depression.
An account of the joys and struggles embedded in 16 years of multi-generational living.
A short story about having it all.
Weaving the story of four decades of gratitude and glory.
A partial history told in sight, sound, taste and touch.
What exactly goes on inside the bonds of couplehood?
An undesired lesson in what not to say to your small group.
Reclaiming rituals for whole personhood.
A pastor’s perspective on the church’s silence about sex.
A North American looks to look beyond the leaves.
A reflection on the longing for community in a new place.
Lessons learned in a global household, over a batch of local pasta sauce.
A reflection on the concerns of a man and a woman of the Ratwa Bhil tribe in central India.
On the incarnate words that call our worlds into being.
Remembering the character of a nurturer.
Or: Sarah’s marriage advice.
From concrete California to Little House on the Prairie in Colorado.
Why Thanksgiving never will be -- and never has been -- the same.
How tightly should we hold traditions when circumstances change?
Marking the passing of 2013 by remembering the importance of the ordinary.
To Africa and back again.
Reconsidering a family trait for persistence.
The quest to belong as a mother of special needs children.