From “Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most” by Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz To help us out, we’ll turn to Smokey Bear, America’s iconic forest fire prevention representative. For those who aren’t familiar with him, Smokey Bear is a cartoon character created by the United States Forest Service for their […]
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By Shelly Palmer “The company says it blocks hundreds of thousands of automated comment attempts daily, and cited a Cloudflare finding that bot traffic now exceeds human web requests.” Read the free article here
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From “Trust the Whisper: How Answering Quiet Callings Inspires Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Grace“ by Kathy Izard Who could imagine that all of our whispers were part of the same story and that we would someday all be connected? To me, that is evidence of a small world connecting to a big God that resulted
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From “The Discipline of Inspiration: The Mysterious Encounter with God at the Heart of Creativity” by Carey Wallace Inspiration appears in a dizzying variety of times and places. It dictates in Homer’s ancient Greek and through the keys of Lamont Dozier’s piano. It catalogs the chickens, snow, eels, and chrysanthemums of Jakuchu’s Colorful Realm. It
From “Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life” by Luke Burgis Every industry, every school, every family has a particular system of desire that makes certain things more or less desirable. Know which systems of desire you’re living in. There’s probably more than one. Entrepreneur and VC Marc Andreessen, in an April 2020
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From “How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion” by David McRaney Pascal and Karlovich explained in one of their papers why this work was so important: “The degree of polarization concerning current events is at an all-time high.” A study by Pew Research confirms this. According to its findings, “Republicans and
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From “Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life” by Richard Rohr Most wars, genocides, and tragedies in history have been waged by unqestioning followers of dominating leaders. Yet there is a strange comfort in staying within the confines of such a leader and his ideologies, even if it leads us to do
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From “Listen To Your Day: The Life-Changing Practice of Paying Attention” by Paul Angone So what if we got into the daily habit of waking up and asking ourselves this one question: What is the goal of my day? If you start by giving your mind a goal, then your mind will work on the
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