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August 20, 2025 5 Good Ideas

Five Things Worth Your Attention This August

Five Things Worth Your Attention This August

August asks us to slow down before the world speeds up again. Five things worth paying attention to before the month runs out.

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August 9, 2025 Random Thoughts

In Defense of the Second-Hand Bookshop

In Defense of the Second-Hand Bookshop

There is a particular kind of afternoon that can only happen in a second-hand bookshop, and I worry we are letting it become extinct.

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July 29, 2025 Leadership and Personal Growth

The Leader Who Listens

The Leader Who Listens

Most leadership development focuses on what to say. The rarer skill — and the more useful one — is knowing how to stop talking long enough to hear what's actually happening.

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July 17, 2025 Humor

The Theology of a Church Potluck

The Theology of a Church Potluck

No institution in American life is more theologically rich, more fraught with social complexity, or more dependent on the green bean casserole than the church potluck.

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July 6, 2025 Food for Thought

On the Underrated Virtue of Changing Your Mind

On the Underrated Virtue of Changing Your Mind

We tend to treat changing your mind as a sign of weakness. I've come to think the opposite is often true.

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