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Why Good Intentions Fail in Spiritual Formation
Good intentions fail not because desire is absent, but because design is. In an age of distraction and comfort culture, habits are formed by default rather than intention. Spiritual formation requires structure, rhythm, and restraint. Without a deliberate pattern of life, erosion feels normal and depth remains out of reach. Continue reading
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Occupied Territory: How Modern Distraction and Comfort Erode Intentional Spiritual Formation
Live No Lies exposes how formation happens quietly, not through force but familiarity. It reveals how lies shape desires, desires harden into habits, and good intentions lose ground through comfort and distraction. A sober, timely invitation to reclaim attention and resist erosion before it feels irreversible. Continue reading
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Returning to the Work: Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act
This essay reflects on returning to guitar and writing alongside a slow reading of The Creative Act. Read like a devotional, the book sharpened attention rather than productivity. It reminded me that creativity begins with awareness, patience, and discovering something quietly new inside familiar work over time daily. Continue reading
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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life, by Scott Adams “Failure always brings something valuable with it. I don’t let it leave until I extract that value.” As many of you know, and if you don’t, Scott Adams is the creator of the comic strip,… Continue reading
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Manvotionals
Manvotionals: Timeless Wisdom and Advice On Living the 7 Manly Virtues, by Brett McKay “So our definition of manliness, like that of the ancients, is simple: striving for virtue, honor, and excellence in all areas of your life, fulfilling your potential as a man, and being the absolute best brother, friend, husband, father and citizen… Continue reading
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Daring Greatly
Photo Credit: TED.com “Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.” The title, Daring Greatly, is from Theodore Roosevelt’s famous speech, “Citizen in a Republic.” Considering the focus of this book is on the courage to live vulnerably, the title’s source is hugely appropriate. “It… Continue reading
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Tools of Titans
“Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress-stress this is healthful and the stimulus for growth.” ~Tim Ferriss A year ago Christmas, my wife surprised me with the book, Tools of Titans, by… Continue reading
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