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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...
It’s Not Too Late
This week I’ve been wrestling (again) with one of the most difficult stories I’ve ever heard. A couple weeks ago I reflected on a Bible story about...
Making Room
I have been thinking a lot this week about hospitality. In my home growing up, our family’s out-of-town guests slept on a pullout sofa in the den,...
On the Move
Well…we are moving again. “We” in this instance is not a reference to Braid but to the Chase family. We have moved several times over the years...
My Closed Adoption and the Movement to Change the System
Serena is a member of California Youth Connection, an organization that helps foster youth learn leadership and advocacy skills. She originally wrote this piece for The Chronicle of...
The Real Magic of Mentoring
We eat a lot of chocolate at Braid. In our first month here, we discovered Recchiuti Confections in the Dogpatch neighborhood and signed up with a frequent customer...
Let’s Make Change
I was 11 when parents split up and I had to live with my mother. She was very abusive and really bad with alcohol. I tried to...
Braid Goes to the Capitol
Last month we received a wonderful honor on the steps of California's State Capitol building. We were in Sacramento to join our colleagues and friends from California...
Braid Goes to Kindergarten
Last month, the chaplain at St. Paul’s Episcopal School in Oakland, The Rev. Annie Mertz, contacted us about participating in a project for the holiday season. When...
The Good Dinosaur
This post is from our friend and colleague Jamie Lee Evans, director of the Y.O.U.T.H. Training Project. She writes a review of Pixar's new movie The Good Dinosaur...