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Category: The Examined Life

I am not a digital native, darn it, but I’m close. I don’t remember a time when my family of origin

Lauren Winner’s book Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis came out nearly three years ago and I’ve been meaning to read

I don’t like winter, but I like December. It’s festive and fun; twinkle lights twinkle everywhere and holiday anticipation fills

Will and I have been reviewing our 2014 by talking through two reflection questions that helped us before: What worked last year?

Yesterday did not go as planned. I spent the entire third day of Advent in two different doctor’s offices with

I’m fascinated by—and a little jealous of—highly productive people who wear the same thing every day. I know I struggle with

Busy is the new fine, or so I’ve heard lately. It used to be when you asked someone how they

” … is not a lack of talent. It’s the lack of a deadline. Give someone an enormous task, a supportive

A few months ago I shared 5 of my favorite TED talks, and was promptly besieged for requests for more inspiration

Nobody I know is lukewarm about Halloween: they either love it or they hate it. There is a lot about

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