• My 6 Favorite Reads of 2016

    I like to read books. And although I’m in a profession where reading is somewhat of a requirement (beware the preacher who doesn’t read!), I would be lying if I said that I didn’t find a good deal of sheer pleasure in taking up a book and working through its pages. Yes, I read so that I…

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  • Why I’m Sad

    I’ve spent the last 24 hours in a daze. At 9:56pm yesterday, I incredulously texted my wife on my way out of a meeting, “Trump might win this election.” That was when the New York Times had just updated their prediction, giving him a 51% chance to secure the presidency. But even then, I didn’t…

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  • The Parable of the Leaf

    Once upon a time there was a leaf. Well, technically it was a bud—a tiny little ball of raw potential perched proudly on the tip of a branch in the cool springtime sun. Its home was a weathered old maple that for years had been stationed next to a well-traveled pathway, its mighty branches bowing…

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