In this spring’s issue of Bellevue Literary Review, please read my essay “Conduit.” It’s about voicelessness and serving as voice for another: my time as medical interpreter.

Tag: friend

Apr 07 2013

On gratitude in safety, or “There but for the Grace of God!”

I snapped at my best friend three days ago. I came pretty close to yelling at him and essentially accused him of being selfish, unfeeling, and disconnected from fellow creatures – unfairly, mind you. My best friend is none of those things. In fact, he is one of the nicest, kindest people I know and …

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May 20 2012

On Sabbath and sacred time

Though modern Judaism rarely will use this rhetoric, I feel that Sabbath is a weekly preview of the Kingdom of God.

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