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Later-Life Books #1

My last post—about books that fundamentally shaped us—brought out a nice range of responses, showing the different mentalities and life-stories operating out there among The

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Tired

I’ve seen this meme pop up on Facebook a few times in the last bit and it’s gotten some good traction: “It’s not about how

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Profundity and Absurdity

The two aging gladiators met on a makeshift wooden platform outside the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee. The most famous courtroom scene in American

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Is Parenting Harder?

If you had to pick the worst era to be a parent, what would it be? Keep in mind you have all of human history

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Playing Catch-Up

Part of my work is to hear stories, to listen with students as they work to find passage through their lives. It is a great

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Our small corners

“Why are they called Canada geese?” our third-grade grandson asked us last week. It seems no one really knows; after all, they show up in

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The Danger of Friendship

I am fully aware that very soon the Bible and the Gospels will not be allowed to cross the border. All that will reach us

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