Personal Development
‘Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~ Viktor Frankl
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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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Field Research: Year Bearing
This Field Note invites a quiet pause at the start of the year. Rather than setting goals, it encourages readers to name their current roles, choose a clear direction, and take one small step forward. Year Bearing begins not with ambition, but with orientation and attention. Continue reading
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Choosing a Bearing
This essay reframes resolutions as direction, not declarations. It invites readers to name their roles, choose a bearing, and make small course corrections through the year. By practicing agency and resolve through simple, repeatable actions, lasting change compounds quietly, shaping who we become by December rather than what we achieve. Continue reading
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From a God We Hardly Knew | Repost
The article argues that the true Christmas story isn’t about our generosity but about receiving an unimaginable gift from a God we barely know. Instead of affirming self-sufficiency and giving, the nativity highlights our need to receive grace. It challenges pride and calls us to acknowledge our indebtedness to divine love. Continue reading
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Sunday Evening Collective ~ December 14th Edition
Advent Week Three turns toward joy that is quiet, durable, and near. Not cheer manufactured, but longing awakened. Through Lewis, Buechner, and song, this edition invites attentive waiting, shared beginnings, and embodied notice. Joy arrives as gift, woven into ordinary moments, pointing beyond itself toward grace, hope, and home, together. Continue reading
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Quote to Ponder ~ G.K. Chesterton
”The aim of life is appreciation.” ~ G.K. Chesterton Continue reading
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Sunday Evening Collective ~ December 7th Edition
This week of Advent invites us to receive Peace in the midst of rising demands. A cold morning walk becomes a reminder that steadiness is given, not earned. Through song, stillness, and a simple daily practice, we learn to quiet the hurry and let Peace meet us where we are. Continue reading
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Field Research: Hope in the Early Dark
Advent begins in the quiet before dawn. Hope takes shape not in brightness but in the early dark, where the horizon softens and the heart leans toward what it cannot yet see. This week invites simple practices of stillness, attention, and longing so we can notice how God draws near. Continue reading
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