There’s Still Time

Be still, and know that I am God;    I will be exalted among the nations,    I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord Almighty is with us... Psalm 46: 10-11 Email after email is screaming at me: There’s still time to buy this!!! Last-minute gifts still available. Few things provide a sense of calm this time of year as the knowledge that you are done …

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9-11 and The Other

Sara K. Schwittek/Reuters The surreal nature and unfolding horror of 9/11 is unforgettable. But 20 years later, my most enduring memories are small vignettes from that day and the days that followed. My most poignant memory was of a Muslim man and his son walking near shops in my neighborhood carrying a white flag. We are not tourists or terrorists they seemed to say. We are your neighbors, and we are not a threat. How was it possible that someone in my community felt they had to carry a white flag of …

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