One day we may see one of their bylines in The New Yorker. One day these men will be released from prison.
Valerie Schultz
Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and the author of Till the Moon Be No More: The Grit and Grace of Growing Older. She lives on the Oregon Coast.
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Is a living wage too much to ask the Catholic Church?
While the church relies on volunteers in many instances, certain jobs require extensive training, which must be compensated.
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Want to be a better leader? Serve those who serve you.
The best bosses approach their work as a way to help the people under them shine, grow, learn and perform their jobs as well as possible.
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I never realized how much stuff I owned—until I had to move it.
Three huge bags of baby clothes! My baby is 25. Why have I saved these things?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What your mom wants (and doesn’t want) this Mother’s Day
In my unofficial survey of mothers, not a single mother mentioned gifts as part of a perfect Mother’s Day.
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From the Gospels to Elizabeth Warren, women nevertheless persist
Stories of persistent women abound in the Gospels.
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God, why the common cold?
When I persist in wondering “why,” I remind myself that Jesus knows all about this kind of contemplation.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Becoming a Sunday Crybaby: How I rediscovered the beauty of Mass
I might have come in wounded, but during Mass I am healed and made whole.
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When grief sneaks up on you in the grocery store
My parents found ways to make each other miserable towards the end of their marriage, but they also had times of deep love.
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This is the day I will remember as the day I finally broke up with my parish.
We’ve been together for decades, but I’ve finally broken up with my parish.