Confessions of a Recovering P.K.

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Some things in life that can be good and helpful can also overtake us if left unchecked.

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I have found it to be valuable and important to recap the things that I am learning along the way.

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How well do you rest and recharge? Do you live out of your reserves or continue to replenish them?

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Some thoughts on the brink of a three month sabbatical.

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Whatever it is that we are being filled with is what we will leak. So, what is it that you are leaking?

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Finally getting around to posting my reading plan for the year.

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Hate, by itself, rarely drives us to beneficial action. Spewing that hate damages not only those around us, but us as well.

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The Worship of Power of the Power of Worship

I found myself deep in thought as I drove the other day, replaying headlines that I had read, contemplating recent events, and feeling myself getting wound up inside. Anxiety never seems to be very far lately and it sometimes feels as if the simplest and most innocuous thing might actually trigger it. I was reminded of the times throughout the Gospels when Jesus stepped away to pray and commune…

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Sometimes we ask questions but we don't really want to know the answers.

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I have been feeling the growing tension that many of us have probably been feeling. Trying to articulate that tension and figure out next steps.

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Do you take time to rest and recharge? What is it that is enslaving you and putting impossible expectations on you?

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Been a while, but here's my list of book reads from 2025. Happy reading!

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The older I get, the better I get at savoring moments.

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When did ideas become so threatening that they and their followers need to be destroyed? When did we move to such offense that we need to not just remove, but obliterate opposing viewpoints?

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On the brink of a change and transition, we embrace our own lack of control and face it as we've faced hard things before.

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Don't just do something, stand there. Might sound counterproductive and paradoxical, but it's biblical too.

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I'm not very good at adapting. I hate to wait. Life can be hard.