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Five Ways to Process the Sandy Hook Shooting – Special Post+

My husband and I were driving icy roads to Santa Fe when I read of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.  I...

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The Mystic Mystery+

After paging through my draft proposal and talking through my idea for a book about experiencing God’s mysterious, glorious presence...

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Tongue-tied worriers+

They say the job market stalled in May. They say the economic slowdown is widening. They say investors are running...

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The Freedom to Choose+

Bob Dylan, bless his soul, sang a song called “I Feel a Change Comin’ On.” My life feels like Dylan’s...

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My List of Rules and the Bad Woman+

I was taught that your business was my business.  For many years, I thought this was so. The woman who...

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What should I do with my anxiety?+

(Editor’s note: BreakfastReading asked Rhett Smith to tell us why he wrote his new book on anxiety. Why do we...

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Identity, Healing and the Road Without a Gaping Hole+

That is not me “What you are aware of You are in control of. What you are not aware of...

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Pay close attention+

Jesus isn’t Bobby McFerrin. He isn’t a savvy wordsmith, peddling in catchy tunes, trying to sell some positive-life strategy. He...

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The rules we’re raised with+

So, I have a confession. Sometimes I exaggerate. I may slightly-just-kind-of alter how things really happen or how I feel...

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Telling different stories+

Swimming “Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, the power to retell it, rethink...

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