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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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Most Popular Blog Posts and Downloads in 2023

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 13, 2024

Most Popular Blog Posts: 1. A Man Called Ove 2. To Learn To Read Is…

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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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7 Essential Habits for A Healthy Retirement

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 10, 2022March 20, 2023

Habits are an integral part of our life. They shape the person we are. They…

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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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Living With Hope and Despair

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 23, 2021

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic people have vacillated between hope and despair. It has felt like…

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C. S. Lewis on Walking, Writing, and Washing Dishes

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 28, 2021July 29, 2021

Clive Staples Lewis was born on 29th November 1898, in Belfast, Ireland (Northern Ireland today),…

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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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When Milestones Are Overshadowed by Other Realities

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on May 28, 2020

On 2 February 2015 I published my first blog post, ‘Understanding Suicide.’ It took two…

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    December 6, 2022
  • The Sunset Limited: A Conversation Between Two Strangers About the Meaning of Life

    August 25, 2021
  • Nick Cave and the Tragic Loss of His Son

    April 17, 2023

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Bruce Rickard

Bruce Rickard

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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