devozine

If you pay attention to the person behind the illness, you will discover that he or she is much more important than the diagnosis.

Vinny has become impossible. He…

08/24/19 at 08:25 AM

Fourteen-year-olds aren’t supposed to have heart and breathing problems. They aren’t supposed to visit cardiologists, where everyone in the waiting room has white hair, hearing aids, and a walker…

08/23/19 at 11:23 AM

On Sunday, March 11, 2012, I turned fifteen years old. I threw a birthday party with five of my closest friends, and I had the rest of the…

08/20/19 at 11:58 AM

I like to think about my enemies—about how stupid they are, about how I could slice them and dice them with my wit, about why I’m completely right and…

08/17/19 at 02:42 PM

Pain can run deep when parents do not value what is most important to you. How can you honor your parents if they don’t share your faith in…

08/17/19 at 08:31 AM

In France, we performed in front of large Parisian crowds, then had long spiritual conversations with the people who had watched us. True, mimes aren’t supposed to talk;…

08/15/19 at 07:51 AM

When I was at university, I hung out with a number of religious friends. Being a bit weird, we jokingly called ourselves The Heretics Society and created daily…

08/12/19 at 07:51 AM

Because we are made in the image of God, our Creator, every one of us is creative. However, we may get lost in the mystique of art—its numerous…

08/11/19 at 01:15 PM

The drumbeat is the heart of our people. It binds us together—one heartbeat among many.

I recall my father lifting me to his lap. “Listen to my heart,” he…

08/10/19 at 08:55 AM

I’m acutely aware of injustice being done by my government. People who are afraid for their lives,…

08/03/19 at 01:27 PM