Tag: miracle
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March 29, 2022
A few summers ago, I overheard a short exchange between a child and a parent. The two of them were walking down the street when the kid stopped and bent over, inspecting something on the sidewalk. The father kept walking, and the kid called out to him, “Wait! This is important.” What was it that…
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February 23, 2017
I had a mother who read to me. She sat next to my bed in the evenings and read to me. She sat on the couch, in between my brother and me, and read to both of us. When I was sick (which was often) and lying on the bathroom floor, my mother would sit…
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March 18, 2014
Einstein: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Last weekend, I was up north at the cabin with a bunch of friends, celebrating my 50th birthday; and the most astonishing, unbelievable thing happened: the door opened…