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For years I’ve found myself observing overreactions. As a career Human Resources professional, it goes something like this… When a person leaves a place of employment (regardless of reason), what that person was perceived to be most lacking is what becomes over-emphasized in the one who replaces him
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I miss summer. I know. It’s still summer, but it doesn’t feel like summer… I miss baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet! (Although in all transparency, I can’t tell you the last time I’ve eaten a hot dog, and I’ve long loved my Honda
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Our most recent post contained a singular line I’d like to address further today in a little more detail. I speak not of the need to “assume a humble posture.” I speak not either of being “lured into believing life is a series of binary choices.” Today’s post
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We are broken… Our nation. Our political system. The individual heart. Friends, if we are going to actually craft solution, it will not come by drowning others out, winning “one more to our tribe,” nor employing any rules for radicals. If we are going to address our ballooning brokenness, there
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While undaunted by current blogging challenges (recognizing that there seem things you’re supposed to say, not supposed to say, and certain things you must say a certain way… on top of all, if you say nothing, then there’s also something wrong with you or you’re insensitive or
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On this life journey — like it or not — we’re all taking together, I’ve never really wondered if God existed. With total respect to my more skeptical friends, let me add that God has certainly felt far away at times. But for me, over the course of my life,
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Crazy cultural moments give me hope. Making light of no one’s challenge, I’m hopeful because I feel like the great big God of the universe is attempting to get our attention. Will we listen? … or will we continue to find another way to rely on our own knowledge,
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I’m simply a student today, friends. Join me. If we studied more than we shouted, my sense is each of us would benefit. Hence, first, what is “cancel culture”? From Dictionary.com: cancel culture [ kan-suhl kuhl-cher ] Cancel culture refers to the popular practice of withdrawing support for
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Thanks to the many who have read or reached out to discuss what you are earnestly processing at this tense moment in time. I sincerely appreciate your sharing and sharpening. I also appreciate agreement and disagreement — and all the landing spots in between — recognizing each sharpens perspective. Hence, witnessing the
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Hey, it’s me again. I know we’ve been talking a lot lately. Thanks for getting it. Thanks for the times you totally get it, even when I’m not doing any talking… or listening either. That tends to be more my issue. I’m not always good at
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My sense is there’s a lot of talk right now. Everyone has an opinion. Many want to tell us how they think. Many want to tell you how to think. Many others want to go bury their head in the sand, forgetting the year of 2020 and all its
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Today I will write for just me. My sense is we often tend to write and speak for others, telling them where they need to change. I understand. It’s easier. It’s also less effective. The most effective maturing comes not from the demanding of another, but rather, from