PUBLISHED ESSAYS:

"So Shall Ye Reap": Acorn Whistle, Winter 1995/1996.

"One Woman's Journey": Commonweal, May 3, 1996.

"With the Poor in Los Angeles": Commonweal cover feature, October 11, 1996.

"Leaning Into the Light": Notre Dame Magazine, Spring, 1997.

"Neverland": House Beautiful, August, 1997.

"Copa de Oro" (as "On the Street Where She Lives"): Los Angeles Times Magazine, October 26, 1997.

"Nothing Gold Can Stay": Notre Dame Magazine, Spring, 1998.

"Till Death do Us Part": Notre Dame Magazine, Autumn, 1998.

"Blue Skies": Los Angeles Times Magazine, September 27, 1998.

"Lux Perpetua": Commonweal, April 23, 1999.

"Limb from Limb": Puerto del Sol, Summer, 1999.

"Dancing with God": Notre Dame Magazine, Summer, 1999.

"Pizza Party": Los Angeles Times Magazine, November 28, 1999.

"Heaven and Earth": The Sun, February, 2000.

"Free Love," The Portland Review, Winter, 2000 (short story).

"All the Angels and Saints": Notre Dame Magazine, Spring, 2000.

"Holy Hell": Commonweal, May 19, 2000.

"Lush Life": Under the Sun, Summer, 2000.

"Promised Land": The Sun, October, 2000.

"Full House": Seedhouse, September/October 2000.

"The Thomas Bros. Guide to Life": Los Angeles Times Magazine, February 4, 2001.

"Final Excursion": Notre Dame Magazine, Spring, 2001.

"How I Learned to Love the Ruby-Crowned Kinglet": Los Angeles Times Magazine, July 15, 2001.

"Dreamhouse": The Florida Review, Winter, 2001.

"Encumbrances: None": The Chattahoochee Review, Winter, 2001.

"Desert Sanctuary": The Sun, December, 2001

"Just Like Family": Los Angeles Times Magazine, March 10, 2002.

"Milvio and Me, Trying to Be Holy": Notre Dame Magazine, Spring, 2002.

"Killing Christ?": Portland Magazine, Autumn, 2002.

"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel": North Dakota Quarterly, Fall, 2002.

"Eye of the Beholder": Los Angeles Times Magazine, February 2, 2003.

"Prosper the Work of Our Hands": Under the Sun, Summer, 2004.

"Up in Smoke": Los Angeles Times Magazine, July 11, 2004.

"Wonder Bread": The Sun, August, 2004.

"Where I Live: Koreatown": Los Angeles Times, Home Section, August 5, 2004.

"The Woman in Me": Notre Dame Magazine, Winter, 2005.

"How Would Jesus Have Us Vote?": www.christianity.about.com: guest editorial, Sept. 28, 2004.

"The Pummeled Puritan": Los Angeles Times Magazine, April 17, 2005. "

"Paradise Found": The Sun, July, 2005.

"Glory Land": upcoming issue of Portland Magazine.

"Rivers and Tides": upcoming issue of Los Angeles Review.

"Treasures in Heaven": upcoming issue of Notre Dame Magazine.

"Sooner or Later, Delicate Death": upcoming issue of North Dakota Quarterly.

"Epidendrum": upcoming issue of Green Prints.

 

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Breast Cancer Diet, 08-27-02

Salvation Army, 12-30-02

Bernie Siegel, 01-07-03

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The Drive to Drive, 11-18-03

The Healing Powers of Yahtzee, 01-02-04

Getting Away from It All, 1-13-04

The Queers, 1-28-04

Gracias, Adios, 06-03-04

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Enduring California’s Winter Rains, and Other Trials, 03-04-05

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A Family Reunion that Stretches and Strengthens Ties, 11-04-06

Putting a Hit Out on Pheasants for the Holidays, 12-05-06

My Taxes, My Personal Almanac, 04-10-07

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