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A letter to a woman considering abortion

Dear Friend,I was thinking of you today.I was wondering how you are feeling.Maybe you’re frightened. Maybe you feel as if your world has been turned upside-down. Maybe you think no one understands. Maybe you’re worried about money or becoming a mother or just getting through tomorrow.Maybe you’re afraid that if
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What’s in your pantry?

As I was making my grocery list for the week, I was wondering whether we had any baking powder.I went to look in the pantry.I started hunting, and the next thing I knew I had emptied the pantry onto the kitchen floor.As I was working, I discovered that we had
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Ben Carson Reading Room opens at Archbishop Borders School

The 46th Ben Carson Reading Room will open doors for students of the Highlandtown school.
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Sporting statements, sacred and profane

High-profile sporting events have long been an inviting platform for someone looking to make a statement.
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Who’ll tax the rain?

In the flurry of activity in the 2012 Maryland legislative session, along with high-profile bills on same-sex marriage and the DREAM Act, our lawmakers passed a law that forced local jurisdictions to charge fees to remediate pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The fees on impervious surfaces – building roofs, parking lots, driveways, etc. that...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 7)

— 1 —Who knew that 5-year-olds came with so many questions? During just one half-hour drive this week I found myself explaining why bicyclists always have the right of way, why people steal credit card numbers, and how we try not to spend more money than we make. Leo thinks
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Cardinal O’Malley Whiffs on Obama Decision

Opportunities such as the one that presented itself Thursday for Cardinal Sean O’Malley, archbishop of Boston, come around maybe once in a lifetime. It’s baseball season, so a baseball analogy seems appropriate. Cardinal O’Malley, with all due respect – a big swing and a miss. At an interfaith service at Cathedral of the
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Father Breighner retires, but isn’t slowing down much

There’s not a day on Father Joseph Breighner’s calendar that isn’t packed with ministry.
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‘Be still and know that I am God’

Occasionally, on retreats, I will use the following meditation.
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Contrasts

On Monday afternoon, April 15, I was working at home when I learned the news of the violent attack against those taking part in the Boston Marathon.
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