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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.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle, by Valerie Schultz
FaithFaith in Focus
It can take a lot of failure to get to success. When I think back on the things I failed at in my life, I see that the failures either taught me a hard lesson or nudged me forward on a better path.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter, by Valerie Schultz
FaithFaith in Focus
From the moment of her birth, my granddaughter has retaught me one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit that we learn at Confirmation: a sense of wonder and awe.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent, by Valerie Schultz
FaithFaith in Focus
If you’ve recently retired from the workforce, you know that the question can assail you in unguarded moments: Did you retire too soon?
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
Politics & SocietyFaith in Focus
Parents always think the world is going to hell in a hand basket, and their kids are the hapless passengers in the front. And parents are usually wrong, but not for the reasons they would think.