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We’re In!

For me, this week marks an anniversary. The occasion recalled a question. More than 40 years ago, a pastor asked if Jesus welcomed outcasts and embraced untouchables to make them acceptable to God. His answer: a resounding NO! He did it to show them, and everyone else, that God had already accepted them. To a […]

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Reach

“Your responsibility equals your reach.” What’s your first response? I’ve been chewing on that idea since I read it a while back. The notion, I think, is that folks with bigger platforms have a bigger responsibility to consider the potential consequences of their words and actions. We understand the principle. It’s one thing if a […]

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Absolutes

Students taught me to be wary of absolutes. Once you say never or always, you can pretty much count on two things. First, people will test the boundaries. So you have to decide how invested you are in the rule, how much time and effort you’ll spend enforcing the lines. Second, no matter how carefully […]

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Sunk

Imagine your boat is floundering. The boat will sink, everyone’s gonna drown, unless you lighten the load. Someone suggests getting rid of the heavy anchor. “We can’t! The anchor was very expensive.” It’s an example of a persistent phenomenon known as the sunk cost fallacy. Same reasoning explains why we sit through a boring movie […]

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Overwhelmed

Ever been overtaken by a sense of gratitude? I’ve been working for a while on summarizing FREEDOM TOUR 2022. Flipping through photos, I was struck by the sheer number and range of people who came together to make it happen. Literally hundreds of cyclists, walkers, runners, donors, and volunteers. Stepping into a wide variety of […]

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