Archive - Cara Meredith

What is the thing you can't not do?

An essay on the two words every editor begs me strike

Apr 11 •

March 2024

Good Friday, Dr. King, and a letter that changed it all

It's a relevant conversation to us, more than 60 years later

Mar 29 •

The beauty of a little thing called privacy

Kate Middleton, me, and all the things we do not know

Mar 23 •

We just want to see

A story of eyeballs, of faith, and then, of writing

Mar 19 •

The Byrds, transitions, and IG Lives too

(And also, a couple of royalty-free images along the way)

Mar 12 •

Carrots love tomatoes

(and perhaps there's a lesson or two in there for us as well)

Mar 9 •

All these many ages

3 ways I hold and honor all the ages I have ever been

Mar 6 •

February 2024

When you're just not what America is looking for

A story of American Idol and of rejection

Feb 29 •

"Can I send my kid to church camp?"

Six answers to the question that continues to pop up

Feb 24 •

Love and death, death and love

An essay on the collision of the two themes

Feb 20 •

Inspired by Courtney Martin Love is the way his nine-year-old self approaches me with a shy smile, and stands there, just waiting for me to answer his…

Feb 14 •

Jesus came back to the Super Bowl!

And other thoughts on the He Gets Us campaign

Feb 12 •

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