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August 2019

August 30, 2019
Change is the best and worst thing about being human. Everything is so wonderfully unstable....
August 28, 2019
For the last three days, we’ve been in San Francisco with some friends. The first...
August 26, 2019
We have a pair of friends who have been together for a long time. They...
August 23, 2019
We live in a world of extremes. The middle ground is losing ground. Whether it...
August 21, 2019
We are always surprised when relationships don’t work out. It is a weird phenomena that...
August 19, 2019
We love to blame others. It is a favorite pastime, as much a part of...
August 16, 2019
We live in New York and walk by thousands of people every day. A group...
August 14, 2019
The Book of James talks about a man looking at his face in the mirror...
August 12, 2019
We have become experts at avoidance. Our ability to avoid is so thorough and so...
August 09, 2019
We recently went to the doctor for a yearly check up and found out my...
August 07, 2019
We often talk about how much we want to belong. There is a clear desire...
August 05, 2019
A couple days ago, we started a puzzle on the kitchen table. We’ve written before...
August 02, 2019
The myth of control is perhaps the most common idol. It is everywhere. We try...

July 2019

July 31, 2019
Malaise is a common occurrence in the life of every human. That feeling of being...
July 29, 2019
I used to think every decision was binary. A right one and a wrong one....
July 26, 2019
For most of my life, I have been chasing a finish line. One of the...
July 24, 2019
We love competition. There is something so human about measuring a win. Life, we perceive,...
July 22, 2019
Any church kid can tell you the definition of repentance. It is about turning around....
July 19, 2019
It may sound a little weird, but one of the greatest struggles about being human is living...
July 17, 2019
Have you ever been standing next to a friend and someone comes up to them...
July 15, 2019
By definition, an idol is something that is not true. Something to which we allow...
July 12, 2019
Relationships are hard. We try all sorts of different things to make them better. Even...
July 10, 2019
A few days ago, my wife and I decided to take a walk across the...
July 08, 2019
We often think that wielding power and leading are synonymous. It might be most proper...
July 05, 2019
It is an image familiar to all of us. The wayward traveler, slowly lumbering down...
July 03, 2019
There are a lot of things that threaten a relationship. Challenging circumstances. Outside temptations. But...
July 01, 2019
Reality can be a cold hard truth. Whether we realize it or not, we are...

June 2019

June 28, 2019
Humans live in a constant state of fear. We are worried. Stressed. Scared. We have...
June 26, 2019
It is difficult to communicate. There are all sorts of barriers to sharing ideas with...
June 24, 2019
It has been rainy lately here in New York and it reminds me of the...
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