9 Ways to Be Happily Productive
I did my version of a power hour yesterday. In the middle of my regular tasks, I scheduled in an hour for six different projects—some large, some small—and set a…
Read moreHelp for the Complexities of Religious Trauma
The train tracks were a few miles from my childhood home, but deep in the night, when the house was quiet, I could occasionally hear the train whistle blow. I’d…
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Your Heart Was Made to Linger Here
—Book Review
Some books bring a quick invitation to “Read me” and then move along to your next thing. Other books encourage you to make room in your heart for them: to…
Read moreCan We Learn to Fail Well?
“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.” —Theodore Roosevelt I Felt Like a Failure Sometimes the failures are small: you forget to…
Read moreYou’re Going to Mess Up. So Do This, Too.
When I Go Off on a Rant Why won’t he answer his phone? I dial again. I’m trying to reach Jeff, my husband. We said we’d meet up at the…
Read moreWhen People Make Choices for You
“Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.” – John C. Maxwell Go to the Back! It had been a long morning of learning and…
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