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Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and the author of Till the Moon Be No More: The Grit and Grace of Growing Older. She lives on the Oregon Coast.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, by Valerie Schultz
FaithFaith in Focus
We tell stories not so much in order to live but to live in a world made more loving and compassionate because of us.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Thursday of the Second Week of Easter, by Valerie Schultz
FaithFaith in Focus
Lesson one: I had to buy more stamps.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
FaithFaith in Focus
I am a woman at war within myself, in sight of two well-armed realities, my faith life suspended in the center. I think of the two sides of this spiritual DMZ as Creed and Culture.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz