I saw how through these fixed identities and supporting structures, we the people are separated one from another. I suffered then and now because of the identities which separate me from others. Our Covenant brings us back to one another.

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Shall I Go to Church or to the Gym? If you’re my daughter Sophia, the answer is the gym. Sophia—who once upon a time was a baby I held in my arms—is now 30 years old, living her life in Chicago where she’s been for five years. A few years ago, she started seriously working out and became interested in boxing. Yes, boxing! I bought her the big gym bag for Christmas and her dad bought her good, strong headgear. But it wasn’t until the last Labor Day weekend that I got to go to the gym with her … […]

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