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Mixtape Mondays: begin at the end
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2 min read
In which I pick a song to go on a never-ending mixtape. We know the rules for the mixtape are pretty solid. You start with the best track. Seriously rocking number. Then you dial it back for the second track, then shift hard into track number three. You really only get three tracks to hook…
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Responsibility without possession
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5 min read
Proper 22A Text: Matthew 21:33-46 Like last week, the lectionary has us dealing with some pretty tough stuff. It should come as no surprise since this all takes place during Jesus’s final week. Jesus has entered Jerusalem in a mock triumphal entry with his merry band of misfits and enormous crowd of followers. The group…
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14 things you need to remember about birth
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5 min read
For months I’ve been jazzed about childbirth and what it means. Weird, I know. And posts from Thursday and Friday cover that area, but one thing surprised me: Not everybody even gets what happens in labor, including those that have gone through it. At first, I thought it was because I was focused on it,…
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My wife is a rock star
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4 min read
That is what I tweeted more than a month ago when my son was born. “My wife is a rock star.” I meant it. Because I witnessed a woman overcoming her fears and helping a 7 1/2 pound baby get out of her body by herself. If you haven’t witnessed childbirth, you can’t imagine…
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No More “Delivering” Babies
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3 min read
In our normal lives (in other words, outside of childbirth), the word delivery speaks of a relationship. Specifically the mail carrier delivers the mail. Or the pizza guy delivers your pizza. Or the stork delivers babies to the doorstep. Our relationship to the word ‘delivery’ is actually the relationship. Delivery isn’t so much about an…
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Google’s missed opportunity
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4 min read
According to some, Google+ is the purest gold and to others, it is already dead. Personally, I don’t care one way or the other. But I do believe that Google aimed too far inside the box. Now, I haven’t played enough with Google+ and haven’t sought all the different ways to jury-rig it to act…
Make a New Normal
