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A Christmas Meditation

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 24, 2025December 25, 2025

In the eighth century BC, the Jewish prophet Isaiah wrote these words: ‘For to us a child is…

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The Perils of War

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 28, 2025

What it takes to survive: Writers of historical fiction engage in prolonged and rigorous research…

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An Exploration of Grief on Frick Island

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 24, 2024October 24, 2024

Colleen Oakley’s novel, The Invisible Husband of Frick Island, is a work of contemporary fiction.…

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On the Brink of Everything

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 19, 2024

Parker J Palmer was born in Chicago on February 28, 1939, and grew up in…

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What It Means to Be Human

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 21, 2024February 22, 2024

Author Matt Haig describes The Humans as the book he is most proud of. He…

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Eight Explosive Truth Bombs

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 16, 2023March 18, 2023

From the pen of Cormac McCarthy The Passenger, published in October 2022, by award winning…

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A Prophecy for 2023

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 8, 2023May 22, 2023

Preamble: At the beginning of a new year, there are predictions about what to expect,…

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Written in the Sand

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 6, 2022January 31, 2025

Published in 2011, I Let You Go is Clare Mackintosh’s debut novel. It is a…

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Notes on Grief

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 16, 2022

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s beloved father died unexpectedly in the summer of 2020, succumbing to complications…

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The Coming

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 11, 2021December 12, 2021

‘OMICRON IS COMING.’ That was the headline that captured my attention, that filled me with…

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Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.

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