Dialogue 56:2 (Summer 2023) 109-112
“My wife has left me because I’m attracted to men. I can’t live with myself for hurting her. God has abandoned me for going against the teachings of the Bible. I don’t deserve to be alive.” His despair was overwhelming.
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[…] potatoes raw with skin to prevent scurvy. They called him Potato Saint. A few miles north my English great great grandmother Agnes ate only potatoes and salt for three weeks when her husband was […]
As a mother of six young children, I was surprised when I received the impression to apply for grad school. I already held a bachelor of music, and though I taught voice lessons and sang…