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Tag Archives: integrity
“I love her shoes”
I owe the sentiment to Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford) of The West Wing who is talking about a potential nominee for the Supreme Court, Evelyn Baker Lang (Glenn Close). [1] He means that he likes everything about her as a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ways of knowing
Tagged courage, Elizabeth Bennett, integrity, Mr. Darcy, painful shoes
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Just a joke among Friends
In the New York Times on March 23, Ginia Bellafante wrote about a firing at Friends Seminary, a private school in Lower Manhattan. The story she tells isn’t as interesting as it would have been had it not come in … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Living My Life, Politics
Tagged conservative donors, hypocrisy, integrity, progressive values, Quakers
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Remembering Dad at Easter
My father has been dead for more than thirty years, but every Easter, I remember him as vividly as if we talked just last week. I am going to show you two really ordinary pictures today. They are pictures of … Continue reading
Posted in A life of faith, Getting Old, Living My Life
Tagged Dad's faith, Easter, integrity, resurrection, wrestling with belief
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“The Hard White Light of Integrity”
For about a month now, I have been basking in the stories that make up Simon Van Booy’s new book, The Illusion of Separateness. The book isn’t really a fable with a point. It is better than that in every … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Old, Living My Life
Tagged Alzheimers, giving gifts, guidance, integrity
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Let Even the Old Rejoice
Every year, as close to Epiphany as we can get it and still have it fall on a weekend, Bette and I invite friends over to read W. H. Auden’s poem, “For the Time Being” together.[1] It takes about … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Old, Living My Life
Tagged despair, For the Time Being, Gabriel, Incarnation, integrity, mary, old people, W. H. Auden
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The Dilettante's Dilemma 