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Healing the Humbug

This piece is a sample chapter from my new book: Miracle on 31st Street: Christmas Cheer Every Day of the Year – Grinch to Gratitude in 26 Days! … Read More

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The Magic of Chicken Poop

This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column for Gannett. Have you ever made a mistake? No? Then please stop reading immediately and take your perfect self somewhere … Read More

Empowerment Hope Risk and Reinvention

This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with GateHouse Media. Here it is in The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Florida. “It’s just a coat hanger, Susan,” my mother would sigh, … Read More

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The Long Way Around

This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with GateHouse Media. I have decided that New York City is the best place to live if you want to take the … Read More

Empowerment Hope Risk and Reinvention Self care

It Takes Heat to Bring the Grace

This is part one of a two-part series about finding blessings in the midst of pain. It was featured as a nationally syndicated column with GateHouse Media. Recently, I had the … Read More

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A Letter to Madeleine

This piece was featured as a sermon at the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City as well as a nationally syndicated column for GateHouse Media. Dear Madeleine: I am writing … Read More

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Flying Without the Wind

Please enjoy my latest syndicated column featured in newspapers across the country, “Flying without the wind.”

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The Power of Words

Last Sunday I was honored to receive the John Haber Award for the Arts from the University of North Carolina . I was the twentieth recipient. The first recipient, comedian Lewis Black, was in attendance to give the award. Below … Read More

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WHAT am I doing?

Ever walked into a room and forgot why you were there? See what life lessons that unsettling experience can bring in my newest syndicated column through GateHouse Media … Read More