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The Way of Water
This recent post by Seth Godin is too short to share a snippet here, so you should take a minute to read the whole thing. Discernment is an important thing, perhaps more important with each day that passes. In yesterday’s … Continue reading
The Waiting Turned Around
We’re about three weeks from getting a full, new album from Mumford and Sons. While I’ll always be grateful for their 2018 release, Delta (it was part of the soundtrack to my Scotland trip), I’m also grateful for what sounds … Continue reading
The Tension between Space and Time
It’s not every day that you see a post online that (inadvertently) has something to do with the title of this blog. But that happened a couple of days ago over at Seth Godin’s blog. Here’s how his post called … Continue reading
A Song for the Season
Marked on the front end with Ash Wednesday, the season of Lent begins today. Here’s a recent song by Andrew Osenga that captures today (and everyday) wonderfully.
Loose Ends at Lent
It won’t be long until Ash Wednesday begins a new Lenten season. And while deep roots for neither of these moments exist in my own tradition, I am grateful for the opportunity they supply for both reflection and action. And, … Continue reading
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Choices and the Day-to-Day
My favorite quote from a great piece by Kirsten Sanders about Christianity and the nature of everyday life: Discernment doesn’t mean that you are responsible for the result of your own choices. It means that at the end of your … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Life in the Fifth Act, The Long Story
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Filling Out the Summer of Superman
The crown jewel of this summer’s cinematic experience (for me, at least) is Superman, which drops July 11. Now we’re starting to get a better sense of the movies that will (hopefully) fill theater seats in the days around Superman. … Continue reading
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Good Words from Seth
Seth Godin has had a few resonant posts for me these last couple of weeks that are worth bookmarking and sharing. In this post, he talks about slowing down and speeding up. The post’s last line: Hurry, but don’t rush. … Continue reading
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A Long January
April may be the cruelest month, but January feels like the longest. That seems to be the way that some people feel, at least. Maybe it’s because the end of December is more loosey-goosey and less defined and then the … Continue reading
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Sentence Stems for Two Conversations
There are two kinds of sentences that one should hear at church or in relationships with other Christians. One should be primary, the foundation for everything that could follow. Unfortunately, the second one has become the actual primary sentence stem, … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Recovery Journal, The Long Story
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Space Enough, and Time 