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Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and the author of A Hill of Beans: The Grace of Everyday Troubles. She lives on the Oregon Coast.
FaithLast Take
For inmates, incarceration is their punishment. But in the library, we focus on rehabilitation.
FaithFaith in Focus
One day we may see one of their bylines in The New Yorker. One day these men will be released from prison.
FaithIn All Things
While the church relies on volunteers in many instances, certain jobs require extensive training, which must be compensated.
FaithIn All Things
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.
FaithIn All Things
Three huge bags of baby clothes! My baby is 25. Why have I saved these things?
Politics & SocietyShort Take
In my unofficial survey of mothers, not a single mother mentioned gifts as part of a perfect Mother’s Day.
FaithIn All Things
Stories of persistent women abound in the Gospels.
FaithIn All Things
When I persist in wondering “why,” I remind myself that Jesus knows all about this kind of contemplation.
FaithLast Take
I might have come in wounded, but during Mass I am healed and made whole.
FaithIn All Things
My parents found ways to make each other miserable towards the end of their marriage, but they also had times of deep love.