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Lily Burana

Lily Burana is the author of four books, most recently, “Grace for Amateurs: Field Notes on a Journey Back to Faith” (W/Harper). Follow her @lilyburana

Skylark ( Gerhard Hofmann/EyeEm/ Getty Images)

A Mother’s Day scream into the void: Rage, grief and brief moments of beauty in the pandemic age

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In this Oct. 9, 1999 file photo a cross made of stones rests below the fence in Laramie, Wyo. where gay University of Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was beaten and left for dead. (AP/Ed Andrieski)

20 years ago, Matthew Shepard was murdered: A letter from Laramie, 1998

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Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem before an NFL football game. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez))

Don’t speak for my military family: A veteran’s wife on Colin Kaepernick and the Nike boycott

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Sister Helen Prejean; Daniel Berrigan; Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP/Salon)

I’m a Christian and I resist: Roy Moore and his ilk don’t speak for all of us

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Jesus wept: How can you call yourself a Christian if you voted for Donald Trump?

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Former supermodel Cindy Crawford (Joel Ryan/invision/ap)

Cindy Crawford’s unwitting triumph for mothers everywhere

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This is my blood: Why a former punk rocker agreed to raise her daughter Catholic

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Sexy dresses that barely fit

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When we were strippers

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Blue toned picture a a young boy silhouetted by the light falling through an old window. Has film grain at ful size. (Duncan P Walker)

When I started to believe in ghosts

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Anne Rice can leave Christianity, but I’m staying

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Stalking Dr. House

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The rise and fall of Jack Ryan

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Giving it up

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Girl fight, boy fight

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Cowboy love

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Pamela Anderson's breasts, R.I.P.

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Letter from Laramie

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Slow Motion: A True Story

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The Itch

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Bitch

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Vice grip

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