The Hard Truth

Dear Uninhibited Young Person, I know conventional wisdom and about a million facebook e-cards have taught you that it doesn’t matter what others think of you.  And that is true. Unless you want to get a job.  I promise you, when you go to a job interview it will matter very much what the interviewer […]

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May 29, 2013

Decisive Action…put off by only one short year.

Update:  Would you believe I wrote this post last spring and there are still one or two items on the list that we haven’t accomplished?  Which is why I never published it.  Well…it’s the time of year when I ramp up thinking of all things money and job-quit-y, so I’m back at trying to cut […]

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May 20, 2013

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Should we Shield our Children From Death?

Should we shield our children from death? I’m not sure I know the “correct” answer to this question.  We have chosen to be gently honest with our children when a death occurs.  We usually tell them that the person or animal who died went to Jesus. We’ve never had an old dog “go to live […]

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May 20, 2013