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Let Justice Roll Down

Steven Denlinger | Posted 03.21.2008 | Living

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Steven Denlinger

My Swiss-German world did not promote cross-cultural values -- most of my schoolmates looked pretty much like me. But something was different about the way my parents raised me.

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Driving with Joe Overholt

Steven Denlinger | Posted 01.12.2008 | Living

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Steven Denlinger

When I think back over my childhood, I remember one person who was truly unforgettable. Joe Overholt.

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What's in a B-210, Anyway?

Steven Denlinger | Posted 12.30.2007 | Living

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Steven Denlinger

I made the executive decision to begin rebuilding it. Surely, the process would produce a blonde girl with a dusting of freckles on her nose.

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Of Angels and Vampires

Steven Denlinger | Posted 12.21.2007 | Living

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Steven Denlinger

Sometimes the stranger who looks like an angel can turn out to be a vampire.

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Of Haunted Houses, Muscle Cars, and Guns

Steven Denlinger | Posted 12.07.2007 | Living

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Steven Denlinger

I still can't answer the obvious question: what event so affected me during my childhood? Was it connected to a house?

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Of Schoolyard Bullies, Zorro, and Charles Atlas

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.30.2007 | Living

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Steven Denlinger

That is the dark side of being a bookworm. Reading books might help you to imagine what it's like to be a superhero, but it doesn't provide the body required by the role.

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Children of Fundamentalism: Why I Hate Caring Communities!

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.09.2007 | Living

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Steven Denlinger

The mind needs freedom to question, which is impossible if constrained by the black and white mindset of fundamentalism. In any religion, excessive control clamps down the pipeline of creativity that feeds the soul.

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Los Angeles is on fire! Disaster unearths contradictory memories of my Amish-Mennonite background

Steven Denlinger | Posted 10.25.2007 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Migraines, Violence, Taliban, Wildfires, Iaea, Los Angeles, Amish, Hartville, Brentwood, Mcc, Mennonite, Fiddler on the Roof, Little House on the Prairie, Santa Monica, The Archer School for Girls, Lincoln College, London, Bible, Los Angeles Times, The Lazy Daisy, Oxford University, Bread Loaf School of English, Corinthians, Rotary, Gelassenheit, Denlinger, Living News
Steven Denlinger

My mother called me from Ohio the other night, worried about the fires. She asked me if I was all right. "Sure," I told her. "I'm safe - I live i...

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