I thought my title could read “Who Is Troy Davis?” while I watched hope interrupt Troy’s execution. But the hope only lasted 4 hours. A man named Troy Davis was executed on Wednesday, September 22, 2011 at 11:08 p.m. in Georgia. He has been on death row for 22 years for shooting and killing a [...]
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What does it mean to lose faith? I have always believed that doubt is a part of faith. Otherwise, it would be fact, and faith by its definition is a belief beyond facts or, to some, without facts. So doubts have rarely made me uncomfortable. I see them as how we maintain and grow stronger [...]
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When I took these pictures, I couldn’t help but think of that old story, Footprints in the Sand. As I remember it: A man dies and as he’s looking back over his life with his pal, God, he sees two sets of footprints. He asks who the second set of footprints belong to and God [...]
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Almost every Saturday, I drive by the demonstrations outside of Richmond’s abortion clinic. These creative displays of indignation have included newborn birthday parties, large billboards of fetuses, loud prayer and yelling. I thought hard about how to show my disdain without stooping to the level of name-calling. I make eye contact, give the thumbs down [...]
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I’ve thought a lot about how to teach my children about God. I have a strong faith. I pray every single day. I talk to God. I listen for God. I long for a closer relationship with God. But we stopped attending church this summer. When walking the line of monotheism, rainbow flags in our [...]
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I’m playing with my daughter, N. We are using small plastic people from such adventures as “Mama and Dada Bring a Baby Home and Eat Ice Cream” and “I Go to a School Where a Dog is My Only Classmate”. Not to be outdone, my daughter creates a diverse family of her own. I ask [...]
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E seems to have left his manners at school. He’s a yelling, screaming banshee. I spend every breath redirecting him from eatingplaydough wakinguphissister hipcheckingthedog. And then he hits me. Me: E, apologize to Mama for hitting her. (talking in a third person makes me sound more imposing.) E: I can’t. Me: Why? (Don’t scold me [...]
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I have wanted to post on the recent suicides of five teenagers. Who were gay. And teased. Tormented. Bullied. Billy Lucas (15 years old), Tyler Clementi (18 years old), Asher Brown (13 years old), Seth Walsh (13 years old), and Raymond Chase (19 years old). But I have been struggling with how. I was bullied [...]
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