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THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD BLUES

I’m a high-functioning agnostic in that I do ask God for things. But in the same way that, as a kid, I was creeped out every time we had to sing “My Country ‘tis of Thee, ” the line that goes Land where our fathers died, the Twenty-third Psalm gave …

STAR LIGHT STAR BRIGHT

This may sound cockeyed but–without a religious streak strong enough to be sure prayers get answered–I feel doomed to a lifetime of worry.  Yet I spring to action each evening when the stars show up. I realize, of course, that if I tell you my nightly wish on a star, …