What he already is.

It was the first class session. I wanted to get past the usual introduction formulas of where we work or what’s a favorite food. The course is “Spiritual Formation.” We need to explore the content. So I said, “Take five minutes to answer this question: What kind of person would you like to be known as […]

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a picture of prayer.

(First published February 28, 2014) My friend sent me an email. “This is hard for me, to be quiet and still. I feel like my prayer life is like a paper route. I lob prayers to God, much like the paper carrier lobs papers down the street, but I keep moving, and forget to listen […]

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spiritual customer support

Being an evangelist is an acceptable and creative thing. In business. Brand evangelists are more than fans of a company or product or service. They are actively involved in telling other people about their experience, about their connection, about how the brand has changed their life. Although a brand evangelist may get some perks, like […]

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Enough to start.

Graduation is in my Facebook feed this week and will be for a month more. Some people I have known for years have graduated from college. A couple took eight years, but kept working. High school students will be graduating and moving on. And I get a bit melancholy. I was drinking coffee and thinking. […]

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Without a net

Sometimes, I start writing without knowing what I am going to say. This isn’t exactly like speaking without thinking. That happens often enough in conversations. Someone asks a question and I start talking, and jumping from idea to idea. Some of you know exactly what I’m talking about. You’ve seen me face to face. Or, […]

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