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David Brooks, NY Times Columnist & Author

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Exhaustion

photo credit: RaGardner4 Look at the time stamp of this post. It’s actually early for me. There is about a month of life happening in this week. Tons of adversity. A few critical decisions. Uncharted waters. A crying 12-year old daughter that misses her daddy. People with expectations. Mostly unmet 🙂 As I was finishing up some work tonight and bracing myself for tomorrow, I’m so at...

When You’re Too Popular

This symptom (an isolated heart) by default is not open to change, challenge, accountability, or, dare I say, truth. It can't hear anything. If we lived Biblically, we'd live with our hearts out in the open as James calls us to do.

Staying Anchored

It’s late.  Again.  I’m still in the office working on a budget proposal, an itinerary for a conference call, and working out some more damage control as I find myself in the middle of transition, turmoil, and uncertainty.  Let me say that this is not a very fun place to be. In starting this new job, I knew it would be more than I bargained for.  More than I was trained for. ...

Comfy In My Skin

Saw this quote today on a tech blog.  Thought it was profound enough to post here.  I like how it speaks to the benefits of freeing ourselves from ourselves.  We’re imperfect.  But our Abba is infatuated with this. Finding the bravery to shun faux reassurance is a critical step in producing important change. Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot...

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