‘God lets me start over’

by Debra Bendis in the July 28, 1999 issue

Read the feature article Ann Lamott's divine comedy.

While Anne Lamott was on tour promoting Traveling Mercies, we had a chance to talk to her about the book and her journey to the church.

How does it feel, after writing Traveling Mercies, to be asked to talk about God?

Black church leader says Target boycott won't ease until DEI programs return

A collective Lenten fast from making purchases at Target has been lengthened into a “full-out boycott,” Jamal Bryant, pastor of an Atlanta-area megachurch and one of the leaders of the campaign, an...

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