Empowered to Repair
Does it seem to you that the world is falling apart? I’m not actually a big believer in such defeatism, but you hear people talking about it all the time. Wars abound, democracy is threatened,…
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Annual Book Recommendations
Thanks to all of you who tell me how much you look forward to these recommendations. Writing this post is one of the few consistencies in this blog! As of now I’ve read 70 books…
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Summer Reading
Lots of people know me as the junkyard guy. Or the Belize guy. Or the devotions guy. Or even, though increasingly less common, the real estate guy. But here’s a surprise. I’m also the book…
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Five Books That Changed My Life
A few years ago, when I published my second book, I was asked to write a short article about the five books that changed my life (and the Bible was assumed so they asked me…
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Ten Best Books of 2022
Okay, it’s actually the ten best books I read in 2022. Does that count? I think it does. It’s my list, so it reflects my interests. All of them would make good gifts to the…
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Smart Brevity
Emails, snail mail, Slack messages, texts, books, tweets, posts, blogs, reports, articles, shared documents … we are awash in communications! Shouldn’t we stop a moment and think about how we write all this stuff? Back…
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The Power of Stupid Questions
I want to be as constantly stupid as the disciples. Or rather, to ask the kind of stupid questions the disciples ask Jesus. A trademark of my writing – especially in my books – is…
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A book you should read, part II
This post was written years ago, but it’s worth reposting. It’s about a book almost everybody I know should read. A friend mentioned the book recently, so it seemed timely to repost my thoughts. Henri…
