Five Poems to Read on Veteran's Day
In Flanders Fields by John Mccrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the...
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Feb 8, 2018
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One day several years ago, I sat bored in Opry Mills as I waited for family to emerge from various stores. I found myself staring at a...
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Nov 27, 2017
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Oct 31, 2017
Making My Peace with Halloween
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Oct 12, 2017
Room For Us All: Thursday Dinner
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Sep 27, 2017
RR Book Group: Just Mercy Week 4
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Sep 20, 2017
RR Book Group: Just Mercy Week 3
For this week’s reading and discussion, we’re digging into Chapters 9-12. As Walter’s story progresses and we come to the conclusion of...
Sep 12, 2017
RR Book Group: Just Mercy Week 2
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Sep 5, 2017
RR Book Group: Just Mercy Week 1
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be reading and discussing Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy together. Every Tuesday, we’ll post a few questions...
Aug 28, 2017
The Half-Life of Holiness, Part 2
In Part 1 of this piece I talked a bit about my new project on the re-enchanting of ordinary life. I also reflected on whether faithful...
Aug 1, 2017
Reports of the Church’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
I spent a lot of time on the road in 2016. Too much time probably, considering that I was out there talking about the virtues of slowing...
Jul 31, 2017
Rabbit Reads: Just Mercy
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Jul 5, 2017
Introducing: The Pivot
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Jun 5, 2017
If Steve Jobs Translated the Beatitudes
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Jun 1, 2017
Make Something
One of the great things about writings songs (or books, or painting portraits, or recording podcasts) is that you don’t need permission....
May 10, 2017
Getting Ethan #5
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May 3, 2017
Every Moment Holy: Matching Donations!
Yesterday saw the release of Douglas McKelvey’s illustrated edition of The Angel Knew Papa and the Dog, and today I want to talk about...
Apr 28, 2017
Announcing the 2017 Hutchmoot Keynote Speaker!
I’m so pleased to let you know that David Taylor will be our Hutchmoot keynote speaker. I met David last year, thanks in part to the...
Apr 25, 2017
Overcoming the Single Story with Community
“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They...
Apr 14, 2017
Cosmo and Deja Vu
I grew up in a home with scientists, so when a parent would ask me to run and get a container of Cool Whip out of the chest freezer,...
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