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Jun 14, 2025
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Bring the pizza. Buy the book.
Learning to listen to myself/God.
Jun 12
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A note about why writers hate AI
For readers who maybe don't understand all the hullabaloo
May 25
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I want to tell you my wonders
and I also want to tell you about my book ; )
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Do You Trust God?
“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker.” Isaiah 45.9
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I want to tell you my wonders
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Dumb things we say to kids
Oct 30, 2024
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Making plans, praying prayers, and throwing your life up in the air
Mar 14, 2025
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A quiet and simple life must also have some challenges
Dec 22, 2024
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All the beautiful things I want to do
Borrowing from friends
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A Hundred Ways to Tell the Story
You have told His story a hundred different ways and I hope you keep trying.
Apr 4
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Contentment, Felicity, and Tiny Vacations
Finding a "fuller harvest of satisfactions"
Mar 20
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Temporary Fixes and Partial Solutions
and things that won't look good on Zillow
Mar 14
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Is it balance we want?
A Five Things essay written while struggling with a cold.
Feb 27
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Truth is too much to bear without goodness and beauty.
A book update and a word about trying to control life
Feb 20
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Rest, attention, and other disciplines that teach us to receive the presence of God
Whenever I begin to pay a little attention, a vortex opens up and draws everything in, all things seeming related, relevant; all conversations tying…
Feb 6
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Proportional Anxiety
It’s not that I don’t know what to do. I just get tired of making myself do it, you know?
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'Tis the season to get rid of stuff
But we can't all move to Walden Pond
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