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Porch Storms and Birthday Calls: A Lenten Reflection on a Rich Life and a Real Father
“Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat. "I love you." Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his...
Apr 104 min read
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It's Never Too Late: Simple Ways for Making Meaning, Healing, and Changing the World
What do most people say on their deathbed? They don't say, "I wish I'd made more money." What they say is, I wish I'd spent more time...
Feb 287 min read
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How Can We Wisely Build Strong Houses To Withstand...Whatever?
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." ...
Feb 114 min read
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What Can We Learn About How to Live the Good Life From A Practitioner of Good Works?
"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense . . . human rights invented America." 38th president of the United States,...
Jan 94 min read
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Give Thanks Today - Keep Doing It for 365 More Days; It Will Change Your Life
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” Meister Eckhart Dr. Christopher Peterson tells...
Nov 28, 20245 min read
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Tennessee Wisdom: Beware of Snootiness
Contempt is the sulfuric acid of love . Dr. John Gottman, relationship expert “How did this happen? I just don’t understand.” That’s...
Nov 15, 20248 min read
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Self-Help For Society: We Must Not Be Enemies
"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of...
Nov 7, 20249 min read
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How the Theory of Buckets and Dippers (and Lids) Works: 3 Rules for Happiness and a Test of Donald O. Clifton's Ideas
Relationships help us to define who we are and what we can become. Most of us can trace our successes to pivotal relationships. Dr....
Oct 19, 20247 min read
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Mysterious Stuff: Theology of Health, Strange Stories, Unusual Factors, Cancer as a Turning Point and Living Your Values
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious . It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion...
Sep 30, 20248 min read
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Kindness, Cookies, and Milk... and All We Ever Really Need to Know
And it is still true, no matter how old you are -- when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together. Robert...
Sep 27, 20249 min read
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Quick Now: What Are Your Pillars For Living the Good Life?
It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice. Leo Tolstoy This past week I...
Aug 18, 20247 min read
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Revenge OR Turn the Other Cheek - What Does That Mean? Maybe Not What We Think
You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes on on the...
Aug 7, 20247 min read
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"Born Bad": Can We Adopt A More Helpful, Accurate, and Life-Giving Story?
"I think there's a natural goodness built into human beings. You know when you've stepped across the line into evil, and it's your life's...
Jul 22, 20247 min read
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Relationships, Flourishing, and Seeing With Our Autobiography
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anaïs Nin About forty years ago I had a quick conversation with a friend. He...
Jun 22, 20247 min read
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Father's Day - Forgiveness and Not Drinking The Poison
"Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat, "I love you." Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his...
Jun 11, 20245 min read
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Blessed Are the Curious For They Shall Have Adventures
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies...Abraham Lincoln. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not...
Jun 4, 20246 min read
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Suffering, Empathy, and The Parable of The Mustard Seed
For each event, use mindfulness, a sense of common humanity, and kindness to process the event in a self-compassionate way. Dr. Kristin...
May 29, 20246 min read
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Vulnerability, FEAR, and Sharing Our Common Humanity
“The practice of spirituality is a way of looking at a world where you're not alone.” — Rick Rubin, author of The Creative Act: A Way of...
May 14, 20245 min read
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Belonging To Each Other
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa An acquaintance’s obituary was published...
May 10, 20244 min read
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"Life's Too Good Not to Be Happy": Voices of Resilience (and Hope)
"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice." Bob Marley, singer Last week we were visiting with some...
Apr 30, 20245 min read
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