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At This Point

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Are Books a Balm for Every Wound?

In At This Point by Stephanie PiperJune 22, 2016leave a COMMENT

I have been reading lately about bibliotherapy, and how the right book might cure a host of spiritual ills. Not self-help books. Novels. Biographies. Poetry collections. Essays. It’s a concept I …

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Ordinary Time: Reaching for Here and Now

In At This Point by Stephanie PiperMay 11, 2016leave a COMMENT

All I want is one ordinary day, a friend told me recently. A series of family crises had left her shaky and exhausted, and she longed for a spell of …

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Recalling the Lost Art of Penmanship

In At This Point by Stephanie PiperApril 13, 2016leave a COMMENT

Remember penmanship? It’s a quaint term in this digital age, calling up images of inkwells and quills and parchment. Most of us who learned to read with Dick and Jane …

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Undercover Introvert

In At This Point by Stephanie PiperMarch 9, 2016leave a COMMENT

Sometimes I think that I have spent my life under deep cover. Most of it, anyway. There may have been a handful of early years when I was my true …

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Weather Puritan: The Price of Spring

In At This Point by Stephanie PiperFebruary 10, 2016leave a COMMENT

The groundhog has slated us for an early spring. This may be good news. Or not, depending on how much of a weather puritan you happen to be. In my …

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