Heart of Houston: Generosity Abounds After Harvey
I have never felt so guilty going to a grocery store. We left our home in Houston a week ago when we realized how bad…
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Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It
December 11, 1979, a diminutive nun in a blue and white habit assumed a grand stage in Oslo, Norway. With a quiet and steady voice,…
The Doctors Are In
When I was diagnosed with pericarditis — an inflammation of the fibrous sac around the heart — while volunteering in Peru, the reaction of a…
Showing Up — Days, Months, Even Years After a Disaster
It’s been a year since Hurricane Sandy killed 72 Americans and did $65 billion worth of damage to the East Coast, not to mention the…