What do you do when you’re not sure whether you’re meant to continue something that you’ve been doing for a long time? There are many answers to a question like this. One is you just stop, and see how it feels. Depending on how frequently the practice is, you take a week off, or aContinue reading “First Week of Advent: Options”
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No Perfect Time Book Excerpt: Darren
The following is an excerpt from No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith. Today marks 20 years since the events described in this essay, and I wanted to mark this important day by sharing it. While I was in college, I joined a fraternity. A lot of people who have never been inContinue reading “No Perfect Time Book Excerpt: Darren”
If It Hurts, Stop Doing It
Turning 43 has taught me a variety of lessons. Back when I was in college–a season fading further and further away into my rearview mirror–my religion professor advised one of my classes never to turn 43, because that’s the age when one gets bifocals. I am happy to report that I have thus far avoidedContinue reading “If It Hurts, Stop Doing It”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 