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Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and the author of A Hill of Beans: The Grace of Everyday Troubles. She lives on the Oregon Coast.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection from Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, by Valerie Schultz
FaithFaith in Focus
The realization that a younger person is more fit, more alert, more capable, more relevant, more suited to the job one has long done is not fun. We baby boomers can relate.
FaithFaith in Focus
It has come to my attention, after careful research, that my husband and I might be exhibiting all the signs of a condition we’ll call Long Marriage. Maybe you have it, too.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Justin, Martyr, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter, by Valerie Schultz
FaithFaith in Focus
When my grown daughter let me know how my words had impacted her, I regretted every time I said something negative about my body, not realizing the harm I was imprinting on my perfectly made young girls.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Monday in the Octave of Easter, by Valerie Schultz
FaithFaith in Focus
I understand that yoga can be a controversial practice. But for many of us older people, it helps us pay attention to our bodies and our minds, to the way they can work together for our health and well-being.