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There is an old Bible story about bread falling from the sky. It comes from the book of Exodus, which tells about the Israelites’ being freed from...
Producing Courage
Those men and women who have felt that they have a special call to a monastic life have always been of interest to me. I am certain...
A Three-Year Tapestry
Braid reaches a milestone this week: our third birthday. As always, milestones allow us an opportunity to consider the past and lessons learned, as well as to...
Responding to Charlottesville
This weekend, I was mostly at a loss as I watched from afar what was happening in Charlottesville. Sickening news reports were balanced in my Facebook feed...
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Last week Braid received some big news. We learned that we are among 15 semifinalists for The Encore Prize, a national competition that will award $50,000 to...
The Grand Adventure
“There’s a spider in here! I am going to die!,” was the scream from the back of the rather large rental vehicle. “Yes,” yelled the other three...
The Mixed Emotions of Going to Camp
I remember well the summer I was 9 years old, when my parents packed me off to sleep-away camp. I had been to a shorter overnight camp...
The Water Cycle
It is easy to forget in our world of technological and medical advances that the ancients could be quite advanced for their time and history. The great...
Remembering the Keys
When I was six years old, my mom claimed an old upright piano that a local elementary school was giving away and signed me up for lessons....
The Thin Places
There is a passage in the Quran that informs Muslims that Allah is closer to humans than their jugular vein. In Japanese Buddhism there is a wonderful...