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The problem with the way we talk about poverty
Our skeptical approach to talking about poverty is gross. It’s also intellectually lazy and fundamentally based on opinion, not reality.
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It shouldn’t be so hard to buy a pen
The perils of buying pens when you want to care way more than you actually do.
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Why it is hard to start a new Bullet Journal
It’s hard to start a new bullet journal. You don’t want to mess up! Which is why you need to start anyway. You’re going to mess up. Opening the pristine pages of a new journal is like unwrapping a new present: you’re excited to open it and feel what’s inside. And scared of ruining it…
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Exuberant Generosity
The miracle at the wedding at Cana isn’t the most important part of the story. It’s what Jesus shows us about God’s dream for the world. Making enough into enough Epiphany 2C | John 2:1-11 When I first served at a table alone as a priest, it was the kind of weekday mass we do…
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OK, now the new year can start
The real challenge of New Year’s is not just that we write the wrong year on documents. It’s our living the wrong life again. I finally started my Bullet Journal for 2019. It isn’t pretty and I’m not showing off all my beautiful pages. But the fact that we are nearly a week into 2019…
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Choosing to Bullet Journal
As a disorganized, aloof leader, the bullet journal gives me something no productivity system can: the freedom to make it mine. I’m not what you would call organized. I make piles. Books, papers, emails: literal and virtual. While I’ve always known this about myself, I rarely accept it. I push myself to be a person…
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Baptizing Jesus
When John baptizes Jesus, we’re witnessing the scandal of God’s true mission: that humans would participate at all in blessing the world. the scandal of blessing all of creation Epiphany 1C | Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 So Jesus grew up. I know it’s only been a week since the wise men came and gave him presents —…
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