“Where are you going?” Rob Kenney’s brother asked him, standing in the kitchen of their 1970s home in Bellevue, Washington. Barely a teenager at 14, Rob had no idea where one goes when a father...
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587 || Our Victory Garden (At Least We’re Not Admitting Defeat)
Every year, in the depths of winter, I make myself the same promise. “This year, I’m going to plant that garden!” Yes! There will be bok choy! There will be arugula! There will be...
586 || Saved By Jail
“There were some times when Blaise was in so much pain from the avascular necrosis, it was like someone was taking a metal bat to his legs and beating them with it.” Trusting God is hard when the...
585 || God Sent A Cleaner
Lee laid in a hospital bed in Northern Ireland, his lungs slowly killing him from COVID-19. Cut off from the rest of the world to prevent the spread of the virus, his isolation left him with...
584 || The Rock at the Bottom
Paige Pyskoty crouched in the closet of her drug-dealer-turned-boyfriend’s house. It wasn’t her rock-bottom moment, but it was close.
583 || Nora Rose Is Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
The medical student’s voice rang clear and calloused over the phone: The test results showed Katie Malone’s daughter had Trisomy 13, a complicated — and often fatal — condition. Trisomy 13 is when...
581 || The Secret Faith of Kobe Bryant
"Was I afraid of going to jail? Yes. It was 25-to-life, man. I was terrified,” Kobe said. Kobe Bryant was a great athlete and father, but being rich and famous didn’t keep him from mistakes or...
579 || The Move
I have come back to this empty apartment to check one last time that we haven’t left anything behind. I walk slowly, my sneakers whispering across the tiled floors, looking into every corner of each...
Father’s Day Grace: The Evensong Incident
Grace and magnanimity are in notoriously short supply these days. On the Sunday evening of June 18th — Fathers Day — an incident occurred that could have resulted in endless rounds of accusations,...