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An Unscheduled Sermon at 30,000 Feetby Joelitza E. Arroyo-Ramirez
At 4 a.m. on December 31st, the airport was eerily quiet except for the occasional sound of luggage wheels clicking against the tile floor. I was drag...
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by Catherine. Dube
The Red KiteMilo found a red kite tangled in the old mango tree behind his house. Its tail was torn, and one wooden stick had snapped. He almost threw it away, but something about its bright color made him carry it insid...
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Churches and Planesby McKenna Castleberry
Boarding a plane is a lot like going to church. You go into a room full of pews or chairs with people you don’t know. Typically you feel antsy,...
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Thank You, Guan Yinby Jocelyn Kerr
I had experienced turbulence before. I never minded turbulence. I'm not the praying type, and I don't frighten easily. I don't Hail Mary o...
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Sisters of Charityby Eileen Brunetto
Sprawled out in coach, I settled next to my husband as he rooted through his stack of unread New Yorkers. Contemplating the tiny bottles of chardonnay...
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Mother Tongueby Alex Pruteanu
"I'm not religious," she says. "You know me...live and let live...whatever you believe is okay with me." Her favourite c...
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Pretensionby Kim Chinquee
On the plane to Mexico, the woman next to me said she was going to find Jesus. She bounced her boy, a toddler, and said Maine weather made her evil. S...
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An Open Letter to People on Airplanes Who’ve Tried to Convert Meby Anna Vodicka
I once read an in-flight magazine article about businesspeople using airplanes as a vehicle for sales. They’d realized commercial flights were a...
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