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Jul
01
7 Things For the Maker Mind This Week
Today is my birthday, and it's Canada Day!
What’s the connection?
Nothing, but my Canadian wife likes to remind
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Jun
30
TPC #018: Jim Laughren on Fighting Wine Snobbery
Jim Laughren loves wine. And has for a very long time. He is a former importer and distributor of fine
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Jun
21
Is Brian Wilson a Genius?
The iconic artist and musician from Beach Boy fame Brian Wilson turned eighty. I’m astonished with the longevity of
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Jun
20
TPC #017: Dan Werb on the Power of Story
Dan Werb, PhD, is a writer and epidemiologist, with faculty positions in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public
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Jun
16
TPC #016: Emily English Medley
When Emily English Medley wrote her debut novel From the Moon I Watched Her, she knew it would push some
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Jun
16
Two Difficult Things
Eugene Peterson in the introduction to 1st John from the Message Bible:
“The two most difficult things to get straight
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Jun
02
On My Wedding Anniversary
ON LOVE ~ By Thomas Kempis
Love is a mighty power,
a great and complete good.
Love alone lightens every burden,
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May
28
Liturgy for a Grieving Nation
I’m not sure I have words to express my sadness over the massacres in Buffalo and Texas these last
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May
25
Essays on Guns
“The United States makes up 4.4 percent of the world’s population, but holds almost half of all civilian-owned
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May
25
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Today my children end a school year with popsicles and games
Families in Buffalo and Texas prepare for a funeral
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