On Good Friday evening, I watched one of the best shows on television, Tavis Smiley. That evening he had on Anne Lamott, who was discussing her book Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, now out in paperback. Lamott, who is a liberal Christian like myself, talked about the power of Good Friday and Easter. Even to a person of another faith, an atheist, or an agonistic, what she said rang true about life itself.
"Good Friday" often shows up in our lives. Times of loss, suffering, anxiety, stress, betrayal, depression, illness, loneliness are common "Good Friday" moments and feelings. However, future light always shines. I have had many "Good Fridays" and "Easters" in my life. Lamott's words deeply touched me. The best way to sum up this attitude is said by Mr. Smiley when he always ends his show: "Keep the Faith."
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- Beulah
- Professional: Writer. I earned my MFA in Writing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and my BA in Journalism from Eastern Illinois University. I have studied with Tom Jenks, Janet Desaulniers, Lee K. Abbott, Rosellen Brown, Beth Nugent, and Alice Mattison. My fiction and non-fiction have appeared in Time, The Times of Northwest Indiana, Chicago Review, Book magazine, Chicago Artist’s News, Room of One’s Own, ACM (Another Chicago Magazine), Lake Shore Drive magazine, Chicago’s Subnation, and The Creative Woman. My fiction has also won awards and citations from Playboy magazine, the Mary Roberts Rinehart Fund, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Illinois Arts Council, Chicago Women in Publishing, and the Hobson Foundation.
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