authentic reflections of a life desired to live well
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Remember that surprise twist at the end of “The Usual Suspects” or “The Sixth Sense”? How about that spicy meatball at the end of the Harry Potter series? Great reveals turn whatever lens we had on its head. It changes our perspective. What if we had a guide into some famous parables from the Bible to give us a new perspective? Author and speaker Doug Newton releasesd his...
In this post-truth era of a latest study finds X and you should be afraid or shocked, many pieces of news and social posts are angled at fear, destruction and division. It’s up to us to find perspective. I’m not saying ignore or put our heads in the sand. I’m just wondering if every day or moment being some sort of crisis may not necessarily be true. There’s a bigger picture. A larger context...
Lately I’m bombarded by tweets and, well, one thing I think we can all agree from our president is that there is such a thing called “fake news”. Now that I’ve got my radar up, I’m seeing it more and more. Stories on TV and online without confirmed sources. These stories don’t wait to get the story right. Now it’s about the first person to publish the...
“Dad, are we rich?” That’s a question my then second-grader asked me after school one day. Turns out one of her classmates was celebrating her birthday by having a limo pick up a small group of girls from school to party. Some of her classmates were given cell phones that year. She had been to other friends homes that were bigger, nicer, shinier than ours. A legitimate...
authentic reflections of a life desired to live well
