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Thanksgiving at Fair Acres | A meal with my mother and other nursing-home residents opened a small crack in their stony detachment, and gave a brief glimpse of the kingdom of heaven. (CT, Nov. 17, 2000)

Death and Texas | How a self-styled "Community Conversation" turned into an anti-conversation carried on by an anti-community. (B&C, Nov/Dec. 2000)

Walking Where Lewis Walked | My reluctant entry into the world of pilgrimage. (CT, Feb. 7, 2000)

What Shall We Do with Mother? | Poll your friends over fifty. Most of them are already wrestling with this question. (B&C, Jul/Aug 1999)

Grave Matters | I shouldn't have let my parents talk to those funeral salesmen unchaperoned. (B&C, Mar/Apr 1999)

The Fatted Faithful | Why the church may be harmful to your waistline. (CT, Jan. 11, 1999)

Karla Faye's Final Stop | How my hometown deals with being the execution capital of the world. (CT, July 13, 1998)

Good Friday | Part two of "The Great Reversal" (CT, March 17, 1989)

Owens' article for the premier issue of Image, "Our Aunts' Tables," is also available online.

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May 21 2001, Vol. 45, No. 7