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Posted on September 9, 2021September 8, 2021

The biggest loser

Ideologies that traffic in hatred are toxic to your soul. You can't fight hate with hate without losing--even if you feel like you've won. The…

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Posted on August 30, 2021August 26, 2021

Time flies

One of the weirdest things about time is how it seems to accelerate as we age. The best explanation I've heard of this is that…

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Posted on August 11, 2021August 10, 2021

Don’t forget to play

In our house, we try not to overemphasize winning. An overly competitive spirit in the home (and as a worldview) can sow quite a bit…

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Posted on August 5, 2021August 4, 2021

Weather

Today, the weather is perfect. I'm soaking it in. It's not always. And it's something I complain about. My Grandpa used to quote a poem…

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Posted on July 30, 2021July 29, 2021

Power of song

Music has a profound influence on us. We remember the words that we sing more than the books we read, TED Talks or sermons we…

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Posted on July 7, 2021July 6, 2021

Onward

C.S. Lewis is a compassionate writer. He remembers his unhappy childhood well enough to engage his readers (whatever their age) with impressive empathy. I wrote…

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Posted on June 26, 2021June 26, 2021

Scroll not, lest ye be anxious

I saw a quote last week that I can't find today. It went something like this: "Whenever our awareness exceeds our agency we'll feel anxiety."…

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Posted on June 25, 2021June 24, 2021

Future thieves

C.S. Lewis warns, in his The Screwtape Letters, about being so future-focused that we waste the present. This can happen negatively--by being so worried about…

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Posted on June 14, 2021June 11, 2021

Like a tree

"It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous…

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Posted on June 4, 2021June 3, 2021

Correct passions’ spite

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thy self the worse, and so the distance greater. Be not thine own worm: yet such jealousy, As…

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