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Jan 31
4 min

What If You Resolved to Let Something Go Rather Than Add Something This New Year?

On New Year’s Day, just as I was debating possible New Year’s resolutions, I received an email that inspired me to toss most of my ideas...

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the hive

Jan 23
4 min

A Walk to the Future

We are living under unprecedented levels of division, trauma, and declining levels of mental health. In my dozen plus years of being a...

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Regarding Relationships: When Saving Your Life Means Letting Go

the hive

Jan 16
6 min

Regarding Relationships: When Saving Your Life Means Letting Go

A few years ago during this Epiphany-tide, I set off on a solo pilgrimage and spiritual retreat. I was going through a season of death...

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the hive

Jan 10
4 min

Eating Off Fine China

We have a problem in the Western world, an addiction to busyness. One job isn’t enough, we must have a “side hustle,” our kids must be...

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the hive

Jan 2
4 min

Holding On to Dead Leaves

For the month of January, we will be thinking about what it means to rest, feel renewal, and let things fall away. I find this especially...

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