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"Chaos is the first step in the creative process." —Jill Bolte Taylor Last month I finished writing the first draft of my second book. It's called, "One: Unity in a Divided World." It was a really tough book to write, and there were a few times I wasn't sure either of us (me, or the book) would …
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I like to go back and read poems that I wrote fifty years ago, twenty years ago, and sometimes they surprise me—I didn’t know I knew that then. Or maybe I didn’t know it then, and I know more now. —Maya Angelou Recently, while working with my website designer, I had the opportunity to take a good, …
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Not long ago, a guy came to our city. He arrived in a gigantic tour bus and he had a police escort and he stood on the steps of our Capital building and drew a great crowd. I was not surprised by his appearance. All around town, for weeks, there had been posted fliers and posters and placards …
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Every now and then, H and I decide to have what we call, "The Longest Day Ever." It's our way of intentionally making the most of a particular day. If you're like us, you sometimes look up and realize you've gotten in a rut. The rut isn't necessarily bad. The rut is filled with all of the good, …
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I am extremely honored to be a regular guest contributor to Life for Leaders, an online ministry of the Max De Pree Center for Leadership, in partnership with the Theology of Work Project. Once each month, Mark Roberts invites me to share a weekend of reflections on the site. I hope you'll visit me …
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