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Big Screen, Little Screen

This week I leave for a trip to Ukraine, Belarus, and Hungary.  My first stop, Ukraine, brings to mind memories of the stirring Orange Revolution that occurred there in 2004.  In one of my books, What Good Is God, I told the little-known story of an unlikely hero who helped spark that revolution. Like other members of the Soviet Union, Ukraine moved toward democracy as the Soviet empire collapsed, though in Ukraine democracy advanced at a glacial pace.  If you think ...
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Are You Happy?

Each year the UN rates the happiest places in the world, based on such factors as freedom, generosity, lack of corruption, healthy life expectancy, and social support. Scandinavian countries usually score high: Finland currently ranks as the happiest country, followed by Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. Very poor countries and war zones such as Yemen and Syria score the lowest. The United States, which ranks 18th of the 156 countries surveyed, has been trending downward for a decade. Although the “pursuit ...
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On the Road Again

I travel to other countries about four times a year, usually at the invitation of an international publisher of my books. This year, for example, I’ve flown to Japan, Brazil, and Argentina, and have trips planned to Ireland and Eastern Europe (Hungary, Belarus, and Ukraine). The trips are exhausting and expensive, and on return I happily settle back into the solitary writing life. “Why do you keep traveling?” my friends ask.  “You live in the beautiful state of Colorado.  Why ...
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A Father Is Born

I have long looked to Frederick Buechner, who turns 92 next month, as a mentor.  I included him in Soul Survivor as one of the key people who helped form my faith. For those of us who attempt writing, Buechner shows by example how to communicate faith most effectively.  I have many shelves loaded with books written by Christians.  Most of them, I regret to say, would hold little appeal to anyone not already committed to the same faith.  Christians ...
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Unexpected Guest

Sitting on the platform as a visiting speaker, I feel as if I have entered a time warp from the late 1950s. I look out on a church sanctuary packed with people dressed in their Sunday finest. These days, pastors where I live in Colorado tend to wear jeans and untucked shirts; here, in a 125-year-old church in a wealthy Philadelphia suburb, they are wearing robes over tailored suits. In advance of my visit the senior pastor sent me a ...
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