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I’m listening to music as a write this. It’s a groovy track by Peter Ibbetson called “Wednesday.” Like most songs it’s got momentum to it, with an occasional break to let the listener catch their breath. It starts sparse, building a backbone, and adds instruments, takes them away, and then brings them all back at […]

The Interwebs are alive with tons of articles about the power of routines and habits. I think that’s for two reasons – well, there’s probably way more than two reasons, but two is a good number to start with. First, because they work. Doing the same things every day builds a lot of momentum. Second, […]

This is the session you’ve probably been waiting for: the habits you can build into your life that will help you stay aligned with the values of the Kingdom of God. I’ve resisted jumping straight into this for a couple of reasons. First, Western culture likes to make checklists, and Checklists for Life™ are burdensome. […]

I’ve always found light fascinating. Did you know it’s all electromagnetic radiation? Our eyes are actually finely tuned Geiger counters, and the more radiation we encounter the brighter the light is. And each color we see is just a specific frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum we call “light.” As the frequency changes, the color changes […]

We’re all familiar with the idea of seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall1, and Winter. The seasons cycle around and repeat every year. Now, life doesn’t repeat every year, but it does mimic the cycle of birth, life, decline and end. Also, unlike the normal kind of calendar seasons we’re used to, the circumstances around each season […]

New parents often complain about the monotony of taking care of a newborn. Every day is basically the same, and the days all blur into each other. They have no idea if it’s Monday or Friday. It’s just an endless series of repeating tasks. It can be depressing.

We live in the most ludicrously wealthy country in the history of the world. We have more choice than humans have every been presented with – even the most minute decision is met with a billion options. Cereal? Here, you have 150 options. Milk to go with your cereal? Sure! Pick from Whole, 2%, Organic […]

Look, I’m not the foremost authority on the power of habits or even creating habits. That title belongs to Charles Duhigg’s book The Power of Habit12. What I do know is this: habits have completely changed my life. They’ve helped me build into my life the things that I know I need to do but […]

Every time I go on a road trip I make sure to get the wheels aligned on my car. If I don’t, then I know I’ll be fighting my steering wheel for 900 miles and it’s just not fun. (fn) I’m either going to be pulled to the side the entire trip or my steering […]

For the last six weeks we’ve been talking about two competing ways of life: the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Man. We’re going to wrap things up here on this topic for the time being, so I thought it would be good to recap things – a kind of cheat sheet if you […]