Voices
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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.
In All Things
The rich young man is the only person in the Gospels who does not heed a direct call from Jesus.
In All Things
With the recent death of my mother, I feel more vulnerable to the threats and pitfalls of the world.
In All Things
We rise in many small ways as we travel our unique road of life.
In All Things
After many years, I found that I actually had a fondness for Bowie songs, because they made me think of my husband.
In All Things
Would I lie for my child if it would keep her out of prison? Would I flee with my kid to another country?
In All Things
I felt oddly and uncharacteristically vulnerable when I realized that my daughters had given up a free weekend in their own lives to check in on their mom.
In All Things
As we lovingly stumble through another Advent season, we might remember the most important “yes” of all, the answer of a young Jewish girl named Mary.
In All Things
We’d all like to cheat time’s passage, but all we have is today. This blessed day. A reflection for All Souls Day.
In All Things
As grateful as I am for the health and well being of my family, as thankful as I am for the abundant blessings of my life, I know I have more to do. More to pray about. More to love.
Faith in Focus
The thing I remember best about Louie is that he said he hadn’t had a peach in 30 years. Louie (not his real name) was a lifer; he was in his 50s and had been in prison for over three decades. On the day he told me this, as he was hanging out in the library where I work, a couple of landscape