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Celeste Kennel-Shank

Kennel-Shank: Five names

Deonta Turner, Lemont Davis, Alandis Allison, Maurice Purnell and Juan Bahena Jr. I felt these five people’s deaths most deeply amid more than 500 fatal

Celeste Kennel-Shank

December 4, 2017

Kennel-Shank: Examine motivations

It all began with a squash plant, a Pennsylvania Dutch crookneck, to be exact. Like all winter squash, it needs room to grow and many

Celeste Kennel-Shank

September 11, 2017

Kennel-Shank: People over profits

The other day I was talking to a colleague who, like me, admires the 20th-century Christian radical Dorothy Day and life in intentional community, but

Celeste Kennel-Shank

June 19, 2017

Kennel-Shank: Staying awake in Gethsemane

The cemeteries where members of my extended families are buried are truly places of repose, surrounded by the fertile fields of Lancaster County, Pa. When

Celeste Kennel-Shank

March 27, 2017

Kennel-Shank: Places of sanctuary

Sharing my faith story with the church small group I’m part of, I described myself as a broken-hearted person. One person responded that she’d usually

Celeste Kennel-Shank

January 2, 2017

Kennel-Shank: Limits that free us for delight

Each week we receive an incredible gift, and yet so many of us leave it there, still in its wrapping paper and bow. Or we

Celeste Kennel-Shank

October 10, 2016

Do-gooder’s dilemma

He usually stands at the bottom of the stairs that reach the street from the elevated train. Sometimes he sings; sometimes his spirits are low.

Celeste Kennel-Shank

July 18, 2016

Home is belonging, not owning

Ninety-nine Homes has a rare mix in a film: It’s suspenseful, yet deals with complex ethical issues. The drama centers on the lives of people

Celeste Kennel-Shank

April 25, 2016

Not by bread alone

People do not live by bread alone, Jesus tells Satan when he is tempted in the wilderness. Though Jesus “was famished” — or perhaps because

Celeste Kennel-Shank

February 1, 2016

New life from loss

Blackened trusses stand against the sky above the walls of an old church that burned. I often pass the corner where the church has sat

Celeste Kennel-Shank

December 21, 2015

Caring for self is a must

In some circles, the term “self-care” is so overused as to elicit groans. In other places, the most likely response is, “What’s that?” In the

Celeste Kennel-Shank

November 10, 2015

Differences we tolerate

Chicago’s Magnificent Mile and State Street attract people from around the world for pleasure shopping. Stores selling designer shoes, trendy clothes, high-end accessories and more

Celeste Kennel-Shank

September 28, 2015

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