Tag: expectations

  • Writing about communication

    Writing about communication

    The challenge of communicating with others is that we all have our own expectations. And we act like they’re the same.

  • Why They Never Listen

    Why They Never Listen

    Episode 40 of the Make Saints podcast

  • Something a little more than nothing

    Something a little more than nothing

    When choosing between things, it often seems all of the things or none of them. Can’t we ever have some of the things?

  • Clarity—the misunderstood gift

    Clarity—the misunderstood gift

    It is valuable to gain clarity on any subject. And in your life. But the pursuit of clarity can be something else…

  • Better Than We Are

    Better Than We Are

    Jesus’s miracle of turning water into wine is famous. But it isn’t the only thing that matters about this story.

  • The Resurrection Shouldn’t. But it is.

    The Resurrection Shouldn’t. But it is.

    Easter and expectations. The pressure of what we should do. Be perfect. Figure it all out. All of that is erased.

  • At Journey’s End

    At Journey’s End

    The symbols of Palm Sunday evoke a mixed experience in a pandemic-influenced holy day. They also remind us of the art of framing the story.

  • What One Expects of a Fortune Cookie

    I like my fortune cookies to contain fortunes. It seems like a necessary part of the deal. Being in the name. That’s what I expect: a fortune. That’s also what I want. I take a moment, thinking of what I am in most need of, and crack open the cookie. Sometimes I don’t get a…