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Posted on August 17, 2021August 16, 2021

Difficult choices

There is a scene in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring wherein the hero, Frodo, is desirous of advice from a very wise elf…

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Posted on June 30, 2021July 1, 2021

On reading

One of the great ironies of our age is that we read more words per day than any other generation in the history of the…

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Posted on June 24, 2021June 25, 2021

Trade places?

Seneca advised that people should allow only those to influence them “who teach us by their lives, who tell us what we ought to do…

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Posted on June 8, 2021June 7, 2021

Bald tires

I just got new tires for my truck. Honestly, I let them go a bit longer that I usually do. They were looking pretty bad.…

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Posted on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

Advice and orders

In C.S. Lewis's Prince Caspian, there's a Dwarf named Trumpkin who is very important to the story. He's presented as a cooperative and wise leader--happy…

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Posted on March 11, 2021February 25, 2021

Advice and warnings

Middle-age is disorienting. You arrive at this place where you shift from mostly asking questions to mostly answering questions. This is not to say that…

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Posted on March 3, 2021February 18, 2021

Breakups

In my work with college students, I've done a fair amount of breakup counseling. Usually I'm helping a student process the grief of a lost…

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Posted on January 21, 2021January 19, 2021

Licensed friends

Friendships level up when we give each other permission to call each other out. I once heard this called "Giving your buddy a hunting license."…

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Posted on January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

Emotional expectations

Diedra and I went on a three-week study tour of Israel while I was in seminary. It was fascinating--and of lifelong value to a professional…

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Posted on August 21, 2020August 20, 2020

Solicit advice

People love to give advice. However, unsolicited advice is often considered a faux pax in today’s society—probably to everyone’s impoverishment, but that is the subject…

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