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Your Turn: On Nov. 5, let’s bring our conscience to the voting booth
Originally published in the Lawrence Journal World on Oct 14, 2024 As a pastor of the United Church of Christ, I inherit a liberal faith...
Peter Luckey
Oct 21, 20243 min read
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Stolen Joy
When Patrick Mahomes wrapped his arms around Mecole Hardman, after the Superbowl winning touchdown, I did the same with my two adult...
Peter Luckey
Mar 1, 20241 min read
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My Father’s Last Decision
On Christmas morning, he told us: he was considering suicide. I thread my arms through the sleeves of his black Geneva robe at our...
Peter Luckey
Dec 5, 20235 min read
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Blow out on the Plains: A Lesson in Kindness
The noise kept ratcheting up. I ignored it until I couldn’t. I was crossing eastern Colorado on Interstate 70 with my wife Linda when a...
Peter Luckey
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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Staying in the Moment
Can you think of a time when you stayed in the moment? When for once you were not brooding or ruminating, cogitating or agitating,...
Peter Luckey
Sep 14, 20233 min read
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What are you going to do with your one wild and precious life?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver The baby is me. 1952. I am cradled in my...
Peter Luckey
Mar 17, 20231 min read
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"Papa, I’m scared"
“Papa, I’m scared.” I heard my sweet munchkin’s voice, but I wasn’t sure if I dreamt it or whether it was really her, my five-year-old...
Peter Luckey
Dec 6, 20221 min read
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70-Year-Old Conversation With the 15-Year-Old
You were as happy as you looked. You were coming home from the Yukon (Canada). Mom, Dad, you, and your brothers ate sandwiches at the...
Peter Luckey
Sep 7, 20222 min read
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3 a.m. Anxiety Attack
3:15 a.m. I told myself this week that driving the 221 miles to Tulsa and back was no sweat, and yet I laid in bed, restless. I dreaded...
Peter Luckey
Aug 24, 20222 min read
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Who Are Your Mentors?
My 23 rd birthday - the year my father died - marked a new low. I had just graduated from college, and I was “camping out” in friend’s...
Peter Luckey
Jun 20, 20222 min read
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Could you use a coach?
Prepared by Peter Luckey for the Kansas Oklahoma Conference - March 5, 2022 Has something ever weighed on your mind so much that it kept...
Anna Luckey
Mar 8, 20222 min read
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What my visit with President Obama taught me about humanity
The door opened. Expressionless men in black suits and dark sunglasses pushed into the crowd to clear a path. And then he was before me,...
Peter Luckey
Feb 3, 20222 min read
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Presence
While all hell was breaking loose at the US Capitol in January 2021, I was visiting my 94-year-old mother in a nursing home in...
Peter Luckey
Jan 19, 20221 min read
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This Year, Christmas Came Early
Last Wednesday’s wind that toppled a tractor trailer tormented me with flying debris while I stood pumping gasoline into my car. I said...
Peter Luckey
Dec 20, 20211 min read
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Finding My Place: A Memory of My First Day of First Grade
What I remember most about my six-year-old birthday was the rain. It was my first day of first grade and I was riding a school bus for...
Peter Luckey
Nov 23, 20212 min read
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Monkey Brain
By Peter A. Luckey I recently had a dream. I'm sitting among colleagues. Conference tables are scattered throughout the room; important...
Peter Luckey
Oct 9, 20212 min read
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