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On Faith and Values: If it's fixed, go ahead and break it

On Faith and Values: If it's fixed, go ahead and break it


It seems there are at least as many good reasons for breaking up a routine regularly as there are for sticking to one.
By Tom Allen

On Faith and Values: Why I am a birdwatcher


Birds, it seems to me, get a wholly undeserved bad rap from the English language.
By Tom Allen
On Faith and Values: Why I am a birdwatcher

On Faith and Values: Whose Back Have You Got?


Finding a non-judgmental environment is, in many ways, finding home.
By Tom Allen
On Faith and Values: Whose Back Have You Got?

On Faith and Values: Tapping the brakes on the information superhighway


“Hi, my name is Tom, and I’m a hard-core social media scroller, online news headline junkie, and chronic checker of email.”
By Tom Allen
On Faith and Values: Tapping the brakes on the information superhighway

On Faith and Values: Check, Please!


I think you can learn a lot about a person by watching the way they treat waiters and waitresses.
By Tom Allen
On Faith and Values: Check, Please!

On Faith and Values: Dreaming— and ‘Lightening Up’


I met an elderly fellow recently who told me of a dream he’d had as a younger man and its impact it’s in his life.
By Tom Allen

On Faith and Values: An Officer, a Gentleman, and a ‘Noble One’


The funeral for Chris was in the late morning on a recent Friday and, for many of us who were there, it hasn’t quite ended yet.
By Tom Allen
On Faith and Values: An Officer, a Gentleman, and a ‘Noble One’
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