How Do We Know Where to Go? personal perspective

Recently I was driving a couple of my kids back from a Saturday morning baseball game. It was held at a park next to an elementary school, and as we were leaving, a lady swerved all over the place trying to enter the parking lot. I had to stop and wait for her to pick a direction, and I...

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5 Ways to Spend Your Time on What Matters Most growth perspective reading

One of the books I've read a few times is called Essentialism by Greg McKeown. I appreciate how he helps you narrow down your life or work into the things that matter most. When it comes to how to implement these ideas, McKeown offers the following list:

"To discern what is truly essential...

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Deconstruction or Evolution? growth perspective

In our final chapter of the book of Romans, we interviewed Kevin Garcia on the Forest and Trees podcast (see: Maybe Paul Wasn't so Bad). Kevin used a phrase that I've been thinking about on repeat. As he described his own journey, he said it's been "less of a deconstruction and more of an...

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40 Things I've Learned at 40 personal perspective

Today I turn forty. That number sounds like it belongs more to my parents than to me, but here we are. I'm not sad about it... in fact I feel like I'm the best version of myself yet. This seems to be the goal of aging. To celebrate my birthday with all of you, I decided to share forty things I've...

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Pig (Or the Counterpoint to John Wick) perspective

After repeated pressure from my podcast cohost Jef, I finally took the time to watch the movie "Pig" starring Nicholas Cage. Admittedly, Cage isn't a preferred actor of mine, and the title did nothing to entice me. Not to mention it's obvious the movie was made on a shoestring...

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