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Newsletter · By Ed Chinn · Official site

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Sep 23, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Nearer My God to Thee ~ Encore (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    For Better Again (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    The Love That Binds (opens the original)

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    Just as swallows return to Capistrano, salmon swim upstream, and turtles march to the sea, our family has, for decades, traveled to an annual reunion at the Chinn farm in Pratt County, Kansas. We can measure the pull of that migration by how many other family members we encounter at McDonalds, convenience stores, and ice cream parlors during the seven-hour trek from Colorado to the farm. It’s as if winds blow down the eastern slope of the Rockies, whisking pickups, SUVs, 18-wheelers, and Chinns

  4. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    Wendell Berry on the Purpose of the Struggle (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    Beyond Harsh Answers (opens the original)

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    Written by: Ed Chinn Narrated by: Kara Lea Kennedy On the last day of our Kansas visit in 2019, I dropped by Mom’s assisted living room to tell her goodbye; we were driving back to Tennessee. Her move from her home to assisted living had not gone well, and she decided this was the time to let me have it. Of course it was. She knew this might be the last time we would see each other. As soon as I sat down, she asked me, her firstborn, “Why am I here?” And I heard myself say, “Because your persona

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