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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.
FaithLast Take
It is not just our eyes that become brittle and inflexible as we age. Our hearts can, too.
FaithLast Take
Thanks to social media, thousands of stories of sexual harassment and sexual assault are going viral under the social media movement, #MeToo.
FaithLast Take
I sensed God in the heightened awareness of my own mortality.
FaithLast Take
For inmates, incarceration is their punishment. But in the library, we focus on rehabilitation.
FaithFaith in Focus
One day we may see one of their bylines in The New Yorker. One day these men will be released from prison.
FaithIn All Things
While the church relies on volunteers in many instances, certain jobs require extensive training, which must be compensated.
FaithIn All Things
The best bosses approach their work as a way to help the people under them shine, grow, learn and perform their jobs as well as possible.
FaithIn All Things
Three huge bags of baby clothes! My baby is 25. Why have I saved these things?
Politics & SocietyShort Take
In my unofficial survey of mothers, not a single mother mentioned gifts as part of a perfect Mother’s Day.
FaithIn All Things
Stories of persistent women abound in the Gospels.