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- Captain Comeback and the Denial of Death
- The Flex
- 316: A Hero System Reading of Tim Tebow
- The Audience of One
- The Hero System of Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson
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- Yet to Come: The Hero System of Rabbi Yisroel Ciner
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- The Hero System of Rabbi Samuel Ohana
- The Judge Who Vanishes
- The Hero System of Rabbi Gershon Bess
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- Counting in Ones
- Martha Nussbaum
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Category Archives: Personal
My Conversion To Judaism Story
This guy in shul was told my story, and so he asked me for chizuk, for strengthening. He was Orthodox from birth but he struggled with some typical guy stuff. He knew I had chosen Torah. He wanted to know … Continue reading
My Heart Will Go On
Helpful writes: “Luke, I have advised you so many times to fake your death and start fresh. Please, consider it. You are pushing 50. Why not get a fresh start as Alex Technique in Christchurch, New Zealand?”
Perhaps I’ll Smile And Nod More?
Since high school, I’ve found walking down the street a frequently uncomfortable situation when I see people I know walking towards me. Where am I supposed to look? Do I look in their eyes for 150 yards? I usually look … Continue reading
Professor Jules Lambert Zentner – My Best Friend During My Darkest Years
When I ran marathons in seventh grade, I would drive to them with a bachelor professor in his thirties. He may have been the first in my life-long string of substitute father figures. I’d usually meet him around 4 a.m. … Continue reading
My First Love
Love first hit me in third grade. Debbie Hick was a girl in my class. She had red hair and freckles and was solidly built. She was smart and tough and funny. I loved her. I never told her that. … Continue reading
What’s The Ideal Social Status And How Would I Know If I Had It?
I talk a lot about “social status” and people ask me what I mean. Social status is your place in the pecking order. When you walk into a room, do people seek you out or do they avoid you? Do … Continue reading
You Know What They Say About Sac State?
As I wrote in 2009: Nineteen eighty was a tough year for me. On the afternoon of Yom Kippur 1979, my father delivered a controversial talk before a thousand people at our Seventh-Day Adventist Pacific Union College (PUC) in the … Continue reading
Sickness & Health, Totem & Taboo
In the Spring semester of 1986 at Sierra Community College in Rocklin, CA, I came down with mono. I was sick for most of those four months. When June rolled around, I wanted to get strong. I took a job … Continue reading
She Woke Me With A Kiss
Not many girls came over to my home when I was growing up. My parents didn’t believe in dating. They only believed in marriage. They were highly suspicious of opposite-sex friendships. Fortunately for me, I got to taste normality when … Continue reading
She Liked My Blog
The phone rang a few years ago. I picked it up. There was a girl’s voice. “Is this Luke Ford?” “Yes,” I said. “I like your blog,” she said. “Thank you,” I said. There was silence. “That’s it,” she said. … Continue reading