This I Believe
A public dialogue about belief—one essay at a time
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Sena Jeter Naslund: A Life in Literature
Sena Jeter Naslund knew at an early age that she ...
Sena Jeter Naslund knew at an early age that she loved literature. But when making a career choice, she felt she should do something good for humanity, not simply indulge her passions.
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Lex Urban: Finding Out What’s Under Second Base
Sports teaches us many useful lessons: how to be a ...
Sports teaches us many useful lessons: how to be a team player, how to handle defeat, and how excellence comes with practice. Lex Urban learned a different lesson on his Little League ballfield–one he’s carried with him to this day as an attorney.
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Robert Heinlein: Our Noble, Essential Decency
In spite of his successful career as a science fiction ...
In spite of his successful career as a science fiction writer, Robert Heinlein's beliefs are more down to earth. Mr. Heinlein believed in the decency of his neighbors, and the future of the human race.
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Zac Broken Rope: Fry Bread
Zac Broken Rope has German ancestors on his mother's side ...
Zac Broken Rope has German ancestors on his mother's side of the family and a Native American heritage on his father's. But he grew up feeling that he didn't belong to either culture—until a family member taught him a lesson about his identity.
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Tori Murden McClure: Demons and Dust
A childhood experience on a playground taught Tori Murden McClure ...
A childhood experience on a playground taught Tori Murden McClure a lesson about the importance of love and friendship that has stuck with her through the years and helped inspire her life's work.