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For Spiritual Power, Eat Lion Meat
By
Gayle Trotter
“I was introduced to dog meat,” President Obama recalls in his memoir, Dreams from My Father, recounting his experiences as a young child in Indonesia under the tutelage of his Islamic stepfather, whose “knowledge of the world seemed inexhaustible.” Obama’s stepfather fed the boy dog meat and other delicacies (snake, grasshopper) and promised to “bring…
Professing the Faith
By
Gayle Trotter
At the Easter Vigil this year, the Catholic Church received me into full communion. Along the road to this night, Monsignor Peter Vaghi, pastor of the Church of the Little Flower, met with me over many months to teach me the Catholic faith. As a resource, we read four books he wrote about the pillars…
If I should die before I wake
By
Gayle Trotter
Each night before my children drift off to sleep, I pray with them. We voice a familiar prayer: Now I lay me down to sleep; I pray the Lord my soul to keep; If I should die before I wake; I pray the Lord my soul to take. Some may question this choice for my…
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