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Heidi Stevens: Bishop Budde’s bold sermon, history’s ‘moral mavericks’ and finding our own courage to go rogue for humanity

When she addressed Donald Trump, Budde undoubtedly expected blowback. But that didn’t prevent her from...

23.01.2025 20

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Heidi Stevens: Yes, 2025 is off to a heartbreaking start. And we can help heal it

We should resist the urge to wall ourselves off from what’s painful, and instead take...

17.01.2025 3

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Heidi Stevens: His wife told him to jump in the lake. More than 4 years later, he still is. ‘There’s just a lot of joy in jumping in the water’

In the summer of 2020, when a pandemic gripped the globe and civil unrest filled...

04.01.2025 3

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Heidi Stevens: Happiness, hope and some hurdles — 24 things from 2024 that I’m carrying into the new year

Here are some of the things from the past year, in no particular order, that...

28.12.2024 5

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Heidi Stevens: Holiday pajamas and police escorts — the infuriating contrast at Abundant Life Christian School

I’m trying to reconcile the playfulness of pajama day with to the flattened fury of...

21.12.2024 10

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Heidi Stevens: A son’s death and a father’s loving determination to keep his true, unvarnished story alive

Craig Mindrum hopes his friends never stop asking about Jonathan or sharing stories about him....

13.12.2024 5

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Heidi Stevens: ‘I thought my dad was quite the woodsman.’ Pretending to chop down a tree and other tricks to keep the holidays magical

One of my favorite things about the holidays is the lengths that grown-ups go to...

06.12.2024 10

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Heidi Stevens: Lessons from a Christmas tree that arrived in a box from Costco

I know some people can relate to worrying that your holidays won’t look the way...

29.11.2024 7

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Heidi Stevens: University of North Texas bans words ‘race,’ ‘gender’ from course titles. What will the free speech on campus folks have to say?

The move ought to send a chill down the spine of every person who cares...

22.11.2024 30

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Heidi Stevens: Spreading love and humanity to the LGBTQ+ community one holiday card at a time

A campaign to send holiday cards — or cards for no occasion — to LGBTQ ...

15.11.2024 4

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Heidi Stevens: Regardless of the outcome, this election is going to take some time to process. Here’s how we could start

We are a body politic. Bodies do best when all of their parts are functioning....

01.11.2024 4

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Heidi Stevens: A thank you note to my 40s, which are now in the rearview mirror

In my 40s, I learned to pause and look up. It’s wonderful, in that it...

25.10.2024 4

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Heidi Stevens: Saying goodbye to a childhood home that was so much more than a house

We don’t talk enough in our culture about the emotional weight of saying goodbye to...

18.10.2024 6

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Heidi Stevens: ‘Not aspiring to be humble’ is a rallying cry for this moment, but let’s not stop there

I want to focus on a different quote from Harris, which is less pithy but...

11.10.2024 10

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Heidi Stevens: Rolling back comprehensive sex ed fails to prepare young people for the world they actually live in

Whatever words we’re cringing about our kids hearing from a certified educator, we’ll cringe into...

04.10.2024 4

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Heidi Stevens: Why voters — even women, like, past 50 — care about abortion rights

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock has a saying: “A vote is a kind of prayer for...

27.09.2024 4

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Heidi Stevens: ‘I had every conceivable emotion.’ What happened when one teacher’s 8th-graders learned she never had a birthday party

A group of kids saw an opening — to heal a wound, to brighten a...

20.09.2024 30

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Heidi Stevens: The lie about immigrants eating pets raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?

The former president's lie raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s...

13.09.2024 3

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Heidi Stevens: Something shifted when Gus Walz stood up and cheered for his dad, and I don’t think it’s going away

Gus Walz reminded us what it looks like to be proud, to be joyful, to...

30.08.2024 3

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Heidi Stevens: When you’re not quite ready to launch your kid, but you wouldn’t have it any other way

I’ve said goodbye to things, writes Heidi Stevens. Jobs. Homes. Friendships. Marriages. Saying goodbye to...

23.08.2024 3

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Heidi Stevens: A little girl’s birthday party where nobody showed and the heartbreaking, beautiful legacy it left

Immigrant girl's trauma lasted to her deathbed, reminding parents that birthdays are sacred, and we...

16.08.2024 3

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Heidi Stevens: I don’t think the old, sexist playbook is going to work against Kamala Harris. Here’s why

I don’t know what will happen in November. But the path that’s taking us there...

02.08.2024 10

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Heidi Stevens: What if the assassination attempt on former President Trump shifts the tide on gun laws?

What if the pithy memes about wishing our nation cared as much about third-graders as...

19.07.2024 3

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Heidi Stevens: ‘It’s hard on them, too, you know.’ Wisdom and advice for launching your kid after high school

I put out a call for advice from parents who’ve launched their kids — to...

12.07.2024 10

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