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November 2019

November 08, 2019
We love them. We have committed to them. We share life with them every day....
November 06, 2019
We give up too easily. It is well documented that our instant-gratification, technology-driven society does...
November 04, 2019
Every man, woman, and child has a secret place within them where they store their...
November 01, 2019
We have a woman in our community group who is fond of lamenting, “We made...

October 2019

October 30, 2019
We never celebrated Halloween when I was growing up. My parents just felt weird about...
October 28, 2019
One easy way to get a sense of what we value is to take notice...
October 25, 2019
Kylie and I were playing on a softball team last summer. The season was interrupted by the...
October 23, 2019
Kylie and I have some friends who are really into sports, like me. And it...
October 21, 2019
Relationships are hard work. It is fun to think about all of the butterflies of...
October 18, 2019
There are two kinds of interruptions. And like everything in life and relationships, the key...
October 16, 2019
Every child at some point makes the claim that life is not fair. And if...
October 14, 2019
The reality of communication is really a miracle, when you think about it. For reasons...
October 11, 2019
I saw yet another ad today about dogs being “man’s best friend”. We’ve been talking...
October 09, 2019
We are in a hurry to name villains. We want to call out bad behavior...
October 07, 2019
Almost everything about our world is fake. We are careful to make it so. The...
October 04, 2019
We humans have worked ourselves into a very specific narrative. When things are happening to...
October 02, 2019
We are all trying to lead. We want to be the boss. The one in...

September 2019

September 30, 2019
There is nothing more challenging than the onslaught of pain. Healing is a difficult and...
September 27, 2019
I’ve heard my whole life that I need to be humble. I’ve read all of...
September 25, 2019
Have you ever spent a day just doing “nothing”. You know, the days where you...
September 23, 2019
We spend most of our lives avoiding pain. Anything we can do to sidestep suffering,...
September 20, 2019
Confidence is an elusive character trait. We either lack it altogether or we play at...
September 18, 2019
Our pasts are as complicated as our present. Maybe even more. What we have been...
September 16, 2019
There are two kinds of things we are talking about when we use the word...
September 13, 2019
There are few things humans do quite as well as distraction. We set out to...
September 11, 2019
There are only two options when a tragedy strikes; it can strengthen relationships or destroy...
September 09, 2019
There is nothing quite like traveling together. For most couples, it gives a focused time...
September 06, 2019
There are all kinds of things that slow our progress, halt our growth, and interrupt...
September 04, 2019
We were very lucky early in our marriage to be introduced to the value of goal...
September 02, 2019
There are few things we want more than vulnerability. We want to be consistent and true to...
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