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Read more about the article My Recurrent Problem With Time

My Recurrent Problem With Time

  • Post published:February 18, 2022
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I have a recurrent problem with time. I often think that if I just had more time, then I would be happy. Or if I just got more done with…

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The Link-Up (January/February 2022)

  • Post published:February 18, 2022
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My top 5 recommendations of what to read, watch, or listen to from the past month that I shared in my monthly update (you can subscribe to the updates here):…

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In Black History Month, 3 Ways to Change the Racial Wealth Gap

  • Post published:February 11, 2022
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A friend of mine called the other day. She had Covid, so she decided to do some genealogical research to while away the hours in quarantine. She soon learned that…

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A Glimpse of Heaven

  • Post published:January 21, 2022
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I did not expect to catch a glimpse of heaven in a TIME magazine article about food waste. But then I started reading about Massimo Bottura, a world-renowned chef who…

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Read more about the article Friday Favorite: Don’t Look Up

Friday Favorite: Don’t Look Up

  • Post published:January 14, 2022
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Have you watched the Netflix hit Don’t Look Up? Did you notice the part about God? Don’t Look Up is a satire that casts Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as…

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Slow Productivity and Elevating Love

  • Post published:January 7, 2022
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In 2022, I’m trying to practice slowing down, so I was intrigued by Cal Newport’s idea of “slow productivity” in a recent essay in the New Yorker. And yet Newport…

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Read more about the article Favorite Books for Kids and Adults That We Read in 2021

Favorite Books for Kids and Adults That We Read in 2021

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Quick links to favorite books for kids and adults that we read in 2021: The Hiding Place Chains, Forge, and Ashes Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Concrete Rose Ranger’s…

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Read more about the article 9 Non-Fiction Books I Loved in 2021

9 Non-Fiction Books I Loved in 2021

  • Post published:December 29, 2021
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Quick Links to 9 of my favorite non-fiction books in 2021: Dear White Peacemakers The Deeply Formed Life Art + Faith The Whole Language Wondrously Wounded No Cure for Being…

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God Can Be Born Anywhere

  • Post published:December 17, 2021
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“The manger in Bethlehem proves one thing: God can be born anywhere.” –Father Gregory Boyle, author of The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness God Can Be Born Anywhere…

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Friday Favorites: Christmas Music (and More)

  • Post published:December 10, 2021
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If you are looking for some Christmas music to usher in this holiday season, here are a few possibilities that aren’t quite as well known as, say, Holly Jolly Christmas:…

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