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Only One Platform Will Last(opens in new tab)

Read on The Gospel Coalition (opens in new tab)

Lessons from Loving and Losing a Pet(opens in new tab)

On loving dogs and being loved by God.

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I am the Prioress of My Soul(opens in new tab)

Today marks the first day of my unemployment. How will I devote my time?

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Why Walt Whitman Called America the 'Greatest Poem'(opens in new tab)

The 19th-century writer believed that the power of poetry and democracy came from an ability to make a unified whole out of disparate parts.

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The Birds and the Bees, Babies and Me(opens in new tab)

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The False Battle Between Justice and Mercy(opens in new tab)

Both are virtues, and both must be evident in virtuous societies.
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Karen Swallow Prior

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