Cheating
I’m posting this here for the benefit of my sister – she’ll probably stumble across it here. But you might enjoy it too Cheating is a thin slice of human nature that doesn’t change. We can grow up, but we … Continue reading
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What are you proud of?
Our confidence is only as strong as the stuff it’s built on. I’m immensely proud of being the #1 site for the search terms, “anglican funk” on Google. (It used to work without quotes, but now it only works with … Continue reading
I…
Need to stop being so narcissistic. For my own sake.
Amazing Grace
Just a couple thoughts about the hymn. Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? And … Continue reading
That’s not me.
No, not me at all. But seriously, how do you address that problem? The moment you sit down to analyze it and give it the attention it deserves… you’ve already lost. Yikes, I’ve got to go lighten up.
The act of not stepping up is toxic.
But the question of, “Stepping up to what?” is something that no one else can answer for you.
PostSecret
I remember the day when PostSecret lost its lustre. It wasn’t heralded with golden trumpets or fanfare. It wasn’t marked by catastrophe or trauma or excitement. It was, fitting for a day of lost lustre, almost entirely unremarkable. I went … Continue reading
I did it.
I finally elicited The Comment. It only took a conversation about how we should reuse conversations. You know, instead of having new conversations, just reference previous ones. With a single word, you can imply an entire conversation if you’ve had … Continue reading
Transformation
This is the second piece inspired out of a course on prayer that I’ve been taking. The first is here. “If nothing changes, things stay the same.” (I love tautologies; they’re so true. This is my favorite flavour of Einstein’s … Continue reading
I never said it was smart
When I’m trying to accomplish something, and I’ve tried and failed using the the familiar, comfortable approach.. Obviously the problem is that I didn’t use enough of it! One more time, with feeling…