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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Nevertheless, She Persisted

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As I read Jennifer Chiaverini’s “The Women’s March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession,” I repeated the words of the writer of Ec...
Saturday, January 8, 2022

Connecting the Dots: The 1619 Project

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It began with Nancy Drew, my obsession with writers, especially in the genre of mystery. Agatha Christie wrote sixty-six detective novels, a...
Friday, December 24, 2021

I'm a Believer!

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I'm wondering . . . “You better watch out, better not cry, better not pout I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town.” This ico...

Servant Leadership

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Servant Leadership has been a buzzword that's been spoken of from time to time within The Salvation Army. I've witnessed it in many ...

The Joys and Woes of Christmas Cookies

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Christmas cookies and I have a love/hate relationship. Every year. I should give up the idea of baking and just buy them from Becki Dina (Su...

Christmas is not for children?

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The email from Sister Joan Chittister sat in my inbox for a few days:, unopened. “Christmas is not for children.” What? Of course it’s for t...
Saturday, December 4, 2021

A Kerfuffle About Race

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In recent days, the charge of being racially “woke” has been leveled against The Salvation Army, a ministry I served in for thirty-four year...
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JoAnn Shade
JoAnn Shade is a writer from North Canton, Ohio whose recent books include a series of reflections on Advent (Advent Prayers, Notes of Advent, and Questions of Advent) for Christ-Seekers, Balm for the Wounded Healer, and The Other Woman: Exploring the Story of Hagar. Completing 34 years in full-time Salvation Army ministry, she is a listener, a columnist for the Times-Gazette and a loving "nana" to Madelyn Simone, Elizabeth Holiday, Henry Kyle and Emma Belle.
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