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2012 Questions
Almost all of us have made a New Year’s resolution at least once. This year I’m asking New Year’s questions instead: When and why did people first start making resolutions on New Year’s eve? What do...
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Are Most People Happy?
Photo by Mohs Rahman. Fair warning: this post contains mild spoilers for seasons one and two of Mad Men. Earlier this summer Drew and I started watching a fantastic drama called Mad Men. We recently...
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How to Celebrate the Holidays When You Don’t Have an Extended Family
A new reader recently found this blog by searching for this phrase. It’s a great question, one in which is just as applicable for people who live far away from or haven’t formed a close or healthy...
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How to Rediscover Your Sense of Wonder
With his permission today I’m blogging a response to a semi-recent tweet from @mike_friesen : Somedays, I wonder how I can rediscover the beauty seen through the eyes of a child without the naivete. I...
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A Response to Nothing is More Important
Late last year my friend Zora blogged her replies to what a search engine came up with when she typed in the phrase, “nothing is more important.” A few weeks after she posted this entry I kept finding...
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3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Agree with Everything You Read
Recently I had a conversation with someone who doesn’t understand my tendency to read blogs and books written by people with whom I disagree. Why not focus on everyone who sees the world exactly the...
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Stairs to no end from Daniella Koffler on Vimeo. This is a parable about asking questions, the fear that inhibits us and how difficult it is to stifle curiosity permanently. When I was 11 years old I...
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The Controversies of 2113
“The Moon Terraformed,” by Ittiz. One of my favourite blogs, Paleofuture, shows us what people in the past thought life would be like in the future. Some predictions are quite accurate, others are...
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How to Be an Interesting Quiet Person
“Quiet” by Елена Ильина. A few weeks ago a new reader found this blog by searching for this phrase. The answer is quite simple: occasionally share the delicious thoughts you prefer to keep to yourself....
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Is Pastor Bruce Gerencser a Theonomist?
Picture by Yuma, Bilboq, and Amada44. Last week someone found my blog by searching for this phrase. It’s stuff like this that makes me wish Google Analytics provided more information about individual...
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