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Next week I have a really fun event prepared for my staff. We love team building. We work hard. We enjoy play. We have multiple, extremely talented individuals on our team. We also encourage emotional, physical and spiritual healthiness. In that health, we value, too, the importance of relational connection
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Ugh. It was approximately 2:36. Did I mention “a.m.”? We had each fallen into bed just 3 hours prior, having driven 7 some hours after a long day and even longer weekend. We were spent. It had been a great time, but the hours of traveling with still
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So let’s begin with a quick caveat, followed by a minimum of one, two or potentially more deep, hopefully calming breaths. The Intramuralist is not a fan of Donald Trump. The Intramuralist is also not a fan of Joe Biden. We are not attempting to invoke any “bothism,” so
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[So one more grad note this special time of year. This one, no less, may be my favorite. I wrote it 4 years ago, when my youngest was graduating from high school. While gifted in many areas, a college degree is not expected to be a part of his forte
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Grad speeches are an interesting thing; are they not? And let’s be honest; some are awesome; some are awful. And sometimes we disagree which is which. To be clear, the audience matters. The speech one gives at West Point wouldn’t be the same one gives at Barnard, Benedictine,
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And so the calls came to fire one not because of anything to do with how good he is at his job; the calls to terminate employment came solely because of an opinion one holds. He should not be allowed to possess that opinion and remain employed in a prominent
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One of the things that gets my goat is when I sense other people thinking I’m stupid. Sorry. “Stupid” is strong language for me; it’s just that it feels so disrespectful. I’m not suggesting that a person can’t disagree nor even think I’m wrong. I’
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[This is our annual graduation post. I questioned running it on Mothers Day. And then I realized that one of the things in life I'm humbly most proud of is my adult children, how they've grown, and how they've embraced so much of the
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Joe Biden is the oldest American president at 81 years of age. He is the ninth oldest national leader in the world. Donald Trump is “only” 77, still placing him in the top 20 should he return to the Oval Office. Third party and presidential wannabe RFK Jr. is seemingly
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This week we watched continued protests on the college campus. Before we address the main point of today’s post, let’s provide factual context… As the Israel-Hamas war moves into its seventh month, encampment protests have erupted on multiple college campuses in support of Hamas, calling for schools
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Tired of the news? Don’t trust the news you actually do hear? Believe it's biased to the point of being untruthful? We can’t omit the bias, but we can learn lots by sorting through what people have been talking about. Because the question mark is our
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Four years ago, it was a little bit like easing the bandage off a painful, measly bit at a time. First there’s this mysterious illness. There are rumors of a Chinese origin, but something strange soon surges in Europe. It was January of 2020. Two months later there’s