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Sep 29, 2011
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... Read More + |
Apr 15, 2011
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... Read More + |
Mar 31, 2011
Community Post: I Hate PowerPoint
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PowerPoint presentations are meant to visually move people to action. But there’s a propensity to misuse the tool, filling the screen with too many words, animated motion, large graphs, or busy... Read More + |
Mar 24, 2011
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 + |
Nov 4, 2010
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. My... Read More + |
Jun 1, 2010
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 + |
May 21, 2010
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... Read More + |
May 12, 2010
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... Read More + |
Mar 3, 2010
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 + |
Aug 9, 2009
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... Read More + |
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Add to the Beauty
During the past several days, I have been reflecting on various implications of a passage in Ezekiel 41 in which God reveals his plans for beautiful decorations of the temple in Jerusalem. I began... Read More +
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