Choosing Kindness
The ride on the crowded R train was a little warm, particularly in my regular work attire of slacks and a button down. My fellow commuters were in their quiet rush as they exited the subway and then headed up the stairs to the busy street. I crossed Broadway and went into the office. It was a normal day. As I walked into our work area, Brian, my colleague and friend on our consulting project, was the only other one from our team there. He immediately said “we need to go up t
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Melody and Harmony
I was in the backroom of a weathered, wooden bar with low ceilings. It was a fairly tight space. Cigarette smoke floated in the air. That wood had soaked up vast amounts of beer. Combined with the cigarette smoke, it gave the place a familiar and permanent scent. Odor might be a better word. Booths lined the walls, and the sounds from the neighboring pool tables were in the background. My two friends, Kevin and Colby Logan, were playing acoustic guitars and singing from the
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There are some things we should talk about.
Howdy. Hope this finds you doing well, wherever and whenever this lands with you. The last post I wrote kicked up some good conversations about death and dying, conversations I think are pretty healthy to have. The topic of death can be one that we want to avoid, for obvious reasons, but I think that's a mistake. What could it look like to have those conversations in way that is life-giving? A while back, I read My Bright Abyss by Christian Wiman, and it hit me in all the rig
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