The Brave In-Between
Amy Low has written an astonishingly vulnerable book titled The Brave In-Between: Notes from the Last Room. Her story begins when her life has it all. She is successful, smart, married to the man of…
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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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The Crucibles That Shape Us
Full disclosure, I have not yet read The Crucibles That Shape Us, by Gayle Beebe. But I have lived it with the author, at least in part, so I know the lessons in this book…
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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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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…
