Packing UpWell, friends, it’s about that time. I’ve experimented with Medium for a few years now. It’s had ups and downs. I’ll admit, I got caught up…Jul 19, 2022Jul 19, 2022
What’s Lost in the Change?[First, it] is the losses, not the changes, that they’re reacting to; and second, that it’s a piece of their world that is being lost, not…Jun 23, 2022Jun 23, 2022
The Master and the JesterAs inventive as journalists were, they could not match Satchel’s own poetry. His philosophy of pitching, he explained, was that “it ain’t…Jun 22, 2022Jun 22, 2022
Mindfulness and TechnologyThe challenge isn’t to find better tools to lead a more productive life, it’s learning to be mindful of the tools that have already taken…Jun 21, 2022Jun 21, 2022
Another Edition of “Adventures in Missing the Point”“Listen, you have to stop listening to Fox News. Just turn it off. Try another source for news. Try testing their assertions. Try thinking…Jun 20, 2022Jun 20, 2022
Play and PrayPuritan sabbaths that eliminated play were a disaster. Secular sabbaths that eliminate prayer are worse. Sabbath-keeping involves both…Jun 17, 2022Jun 17, 2022
Crawling Off the AltarGod needs living sacrifices. God needs us. But here is the problem with a living sacrifice: I can easily crawl back off the altar again…May 31, 2022May 31, 2022
To Equip the SaintsOur job is to equip them with the basic tools and resources so that they can spend the rest of their lives daily pursuing their…May 26, 2022May 26, 2022
The Masks We WearThere were professional black teams, too, the first and best known of which was the Cuban Giants, which began in 1885 when waiters at Long…May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
More Than PersonalFraming racism as a personal failing, at times even as a mutual problem, PK (Promise Keepers) speakers routinely failed to address…May 24, 2022May 24, 2022