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My old friend Stefan Lanfer has a new review and reflection on Penelope Ayers. On his blog, dadtoday, he discusses parents and children, dying and new life in a new post called Storytime. An excerpt: Reading it, I was struck that this particular phase of life is not so unlike that of becoming a parent…

I have a new post on The Park Forum: “When’s the last time you visited a prisoner?” about the declining crime and murder rate in America and the subsequent increase in people behind bars.

I have a vivid memory of an argument about Lent from 4th grade. We were living in North Carolina, and my family (and their social circle, thus, most of the families I knew) attended an Episcopalian church. Observing Lent was a given. I asked my best friend at school, “What are you giving up for…

Community Service is a buzzword where I live, on the campus of a boarding school filled with students aspiring to Ivy League schools. They’re required to do it. It looks good on their college “brag” sheet. And, for the most part, they enjoy it. But I always wonder who they are serving. The students from…
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