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Navigating the Sudden Death of Someone You Love

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 1, 2025July 1, 2025

On Memorial Day, 2019, the American holiday that falls on the last Monday in May…

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Surviving in the Grey Zone

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 21, 2024

Ukraine’s most famous novelist, Andrey Kurkov, has given us Grey Bees, a story that highlights…

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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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Walking Matters

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on May 23, 2024May 24, 2024

There is joy for a parent in seeing a child take their first steps. The…

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Nick Cave and the Tragic Loss of His Son

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 17, 2023January 31, 2025

Finding faith, hope, and courage in a time of pain and suffering: ‘We are, each…

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A Tribute to Frederick Buechner

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 10, 2022

Frederick Buechner, an ordained Presbyterian minister and prolific writer whose work explored the intersection of…

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Longings of the Heart

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 11, 2020

The Collins English Dictionary defines longing as ‘A prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.’ Longings are…

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Turning the Ordinary into the Sacred

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on May 13, 2020

COVID 19 is a highly infectious viral disease. With no natural immunity in the community…

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Bruce Rickard

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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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