We are all asked to do more than we can do. Madeleine L’Engle I never loved writing as much as I did when all I did was think about it, while sitting at a temp desk, or standing behind a coffee counter, or moving from table to table with an […]
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“It is not about the nail”
My cool friend Joy posted this video last weekend. It was sent to her by a fan. It’s funny, right? And it speaks to inconvenient truths…that’s why it’s funny. Like anything funny, the whole story it ain’t. (Pause with me a moment, and imagine a world where, say, Louis CK’s perspective […]
“You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it”
Google knows where we live, Facebook knows whom we like, Amazon knows what we buy, and governments know pretty much everything else. It’s a worrisome prospect to think that we might be living in a world that closely resembles George Orwell’s 1984, but it is even more worrisome to think […]
The Infinite Challenge
Have you ever challenged yourself to read one of those books that everyone says is a ‘must-read’? Maybe you’ve been told that tackling The Brothers Karamazov, or War and Peace, or the Bible from cover to cover, will change your life. I must admit that I’m usually not one to […]
My identity crisis
‘Who am I?’ It seems like an ominous question. One that belongs in the same philosophical realm as “What is the meaning of life?” Yet it’s a question that we all need to ask ourselves occasionally. I have struggled for the last decade with my identity. I don’t feel as […]
What are you running towards?
In our culture, I see apathy and escapism everywhere. I think they go hand in hand. I hear them in simple phrases, like, “It’s alright,” “It doesn’t matter,” “No one is going to care,” “Don’t worry about it,” “You can only do so much,” “Do what you want,” “Whatever.” I […]
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