Picture this: July 2009. The economy isn’t so great, there’s a heat wave in my town, my apartment lease is ending in less than two weeks, and I have no
That Thanksgiving, my cousin confronted my grandmother in the kitchen and told her she was going to hell. Happy Thanksgiving, I thought—while he stood there, smug and holy. I definitely
It had been a rough year. A failed marriage, a move, an unfinished dissertation, and a fruitless job hunt. I was trying to build a new life for myself and
My son was born a little shy of midnight on November 24th, almost 18 years ago now, just 2 days before Thanksgiving. I remember everything about that Wednesday —bringing him
Years ago I had a really precious experience that proved to me how important—and powerful—prayer is. It was the day before Thanksgiving and we were having quite a bit of
I was 19 that autumn. My dad had just been killed in an accident, and I’d just given up on the dream I cherished for longer than I could remember —and
A few years ago I was traveling around West Africa by myself. I had just finished working as a trainer in Niger for the US Peace Corps and had gone back