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1 week ago | 
startribune.com | Laurie Hertzel
English farmer James Rebanks is famous for his books about restoring the health of his Lake Country farm (" Pastoral Song," " The Shepherd's Life "). In his third memoir, it is his own health that needs restoring. He is at a low point - his father has died and his work feels futile. He's frustrated and angry. "Ours is a dark and chaotic world.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Laurie Hertzel
Fire changes whatever it encounters. Burns it, melts it, sometimes makes it stronger. Once fire tears through a place, nothing is left the same. Kelly Ramsey wasn’t thinking of this when she joined the U.S. Forest Service firefighting crew known as the Rowdy River Hotshots — she just thought fighting fires would be a great job. But fire changed her too.
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4 weeks ago | 
timesdaily.com | Laurie Hertzel
People come to their spiritual beliefs in all kinds of ways — through religious upbringing; as a result of contemplation and prayer; sometimes because of trauma. Sister Monica Clare, an Episcopalian nun, came to hers through want. kAmq@C? :?E@ G:@=6?46 2?5 A@G6CEJ :? D>2==\E@H? v6@C8:2[ D96 8C6H FA 4C2G:?8 C@FE:?6[ A6246 2?5 W@55=JX 2 F?:7@C>] x7 E92E’D ?@E 2 56D:C6 7@C 2 ?F?’D =:76[ x 5@?’E <?@H H92E :D] (96C6 H2D v@5 :?
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1 month ago | 
startribune.com | Laurie Hertzel
It's spring in Minnesota, so it's probably raining or about to be raining. Which is the perfect excuse for sitting down with a book. These 10 new titles, most with Minnesota themes or authors, are just the ticket: "Nobody asked me/if I'd like to trade/my tail for legs,/ my gills for lungs," says the frog in Minneapolis author Griffin 's book. "My body changed/all on its own." This is the message at the book's heart - change is inevitable, it's hard and, mostly, it's good.
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1 month ago | 
yoursun.com | Laurie Hertzel
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1 month ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Laurie Hertzel
People come to their spiritual beliefs in all kinds of ways - through religious upbringing; as a result of contemplation and prayer; sometimes because of trauma. Sister Monica Clare, an Episcopalian nun, came to hers through want. Born into violence and poverty in small-town Georgia, she grew up craving routine, peace and (oddly) a uniform. If that's not a desire for a nun's life, I don't know what is. Where was God in her convent dream? God came later. But he did come.
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1 month ago | 
thederrick.com | Laurie Hertzel
People come to their spiritual beliefs in all kinds of ways — through religious upbringing; as a result of contemplation and prayer; sometimes because of trauma. Sister Monica Clare, an Episcopalian nun, came to hers through want. Born into violence and poverty in small-town Georgia, she grew up craving routine, peace and (oddly) a uniform. If that’s not a desire for a nun’s life, I don’t know what is. Where was God in her convent dream? God came later. But he did come.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Laurie Hertzel
People come to their spiritual beliefs in all kinds of ways - through religious upbringing; as a result of contemplation and prayer; sometimes because of trauma. Sister Monica Clare, an Episcopalian nun, came to hers through want. Born into violence and poverty in small-town Georgia, she grew up craving routine, peace and (oddly) a uniform. If that's not a desire for a nun's life, I don't know what is. Where was God in her convent dream? God came later. But he did come.
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1 month ago | 
dailygazette.com | Laurie Hertzel
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2 months ago | 
startribune.com | Laurie Hertzel
People come to their spiritual beliefs in all kinds of ways - through religious upbringing; as a result of contemplation and prayer; sometimes because of trauma. Sister Monica Clare, an Episcopalian nun, came to hers through want. Born into violence and poverty in small-town Georgia, she grew up craving routine, peace and (oddly) a uniform. If that's not a desire for a nun's life, I don't know what is. Where was God in her convent dream? God came later. But he did come.
