A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, by Valerie Schultz
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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Why we tell our stories
We tell stories not so much in order to live but to live in a world made more loving and compassionate because of us.
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Standing on level ground
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
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Talking plainly
A Reflection for Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter, by Valerie Schultz
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God does not ration
A Reflection for Thursday of the Second Week of Easter, by Valerie Schultz
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Letters for Lent: What I learned writing and mailing 40 notes
Lesson one: I had to buy more stamps.
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Water’s power to make us well
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Valerie Schultz
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Limited days of life
A Reflection for Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
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The Creed vs. the culture wars: Hunkered down in the Catholic demilitarized zone
I am a woman at war within myself, in sight of two well-armed realities, my faith life suspended in the center. I think of the two sides of this spiritual DMZ as Creed and Culture.
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Get in the boat
A Reflection for Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz