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Category: The Examined Life

I’ve been having a lot of soul-searching conversations with one of my kids this month. Our talks have been worthwhile

It’s Holy Week, and today we’re on the bridge between Good Friday, the day Christians commemorate Christ’s crucifixion, and Easter

A highlight of the Festival of Faith and Writing was hearing Anne Lamott speak about writing and faith. Anne talked

We had prayers for healing in church yesterday. Everyone was invited to go forward and ask for healing in mind,

I’m a re-reader. I think those who say the best reading is re-reading are on to something, and I don’t

Since early last year, I’ve made a point to dress for the ordinary days: to dress like I’m ready to

We bought our house as a fixer-upper when we were straight out of college, and even now–more than a decade

There’s been a lot about personality geekery on this blog: Myers-Briggs, enneagram, Big 5. But there’s another personality trait that’s

Laura Vanderkam posted recently about her bits and chunks of joy list, and I was inspired to do the same. The

In her book The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, Twyla Tharp introduces the idea of “a week

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