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How to Live in This Economy
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On a Monday during piano lessons, I just sit with the dead at the cemetery. Is there such a thing as a sustainable economy of the soul in this industrial world addicted to speed? Only a wind from the west moves through the granite stones.... Read More + |
Community Post: How to Make Space for Good Thinking
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"As one who speaks and writes regularly, I find it critical to find space to think and create. When I am not doing this, I see and feel the difference," says network-member and pastor Jim Martin. Read his ideas on how to be more creative! Read More + |
Community Post: I Hate PowerPoint
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PowerPoint presentations are meant to visually move people to action.... Read More + |
Community Post: Giving the Emotions a Rest
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Sometimes, we need to look away for a while. We just do. Read More + |
The Work of a Poem
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I was going to write about the Sears catalog. Or maybe it was J.C. Penny's. When I was a kid, I studied the Holiday Catalog for a whole month before Christmas. Circling, tabbing, dreaming.... Read More + |
What Gets In Your Head
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We are bombarded every day by messages, mostly negative, that can impact our frame of mind. What would happen if we took a little more control over what gets in to our heads? Read More + |
Beyond Physical Rest
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Though rest has an important physical dimension, it’s about more than a good night’s sleep, more than mere physical recuperation. Rest has vital psychological and spiritual dimensions to it as well. If we don’t get adequate rest for our souls, we start to break down.... Read More + |
The Rest of Your Life
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Learning to work well is great, but working well is not sufficient to create a balanced life; we must also learn how to stop working. That's called rest. The Hebrews called it taking a Sabbath, and it was on God's Top Ten List.... Read More + |
Playing Hooky
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Teaching my son how to play hooky won't win me Dad of the Year, but it will teach him a valuable lesson. Read More + |
Seasons of Hard Work and Seasons of Rest
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Marcus here. Two weeks ago, Timothy Dalrymple of Patheos interviewed me about faith and work. It was strange being treated like an expert. I don't think I am, but it has been great fun to work closely with Howard Butt and meet some of the experts in this field like David Miller, D.... Read More + |
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Hopeful Grief: Personal Examples
I realize that the notion of hopeful grief might still seem odd to you.... Read More +












