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6 Ways to Enjoy Boring Work Tasks

  First jobs out of college can be absolutely dull. Mine was. Or at least most of it was. A large part of my day was spent entering data into a DOS system to generate constituent response letters. I used to tell my wife that a chicken could do it …

Too Many Choices

  I just blogged about a Newsweek article that mentioned that money doesn’t buy happiness. The idea behind the “money buys happiness” theory has to do with wealth giving you more options. You can decide between vacationing in Florida or in Austria …

How Much Does Happiness Cost?

  Well, it’s been confirmed by Newsweek, so it must be true: Money doesn’t buy happiness. According to the article, studies have shown that while money does make people happier when it lifts them out of extreme poverty, there isn’t that much diffe …

15 Tips for Aspiring Writers

  In her latest Boundless Answers column, Candice talks about how to become a writer. Her sound advice includes an encouragement to just sit down and write, to read, to start a blog, and to pray. Let me add some to her answer: Write what you know. …

The Dead Cat

  The call came on my cell phone just as I was pulling into the garage on a Friday afternoon after a long, hard week at work. “Quick, Dad, come to the animal hospital! It’s Shadow!” It was my son, Joshua. Shadow would be our 14-year-old cat. Now I …

The Early Part of Autumn

Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published in 2007. I’m ready for crisp air, ripe pumpkins, apple cider and sweaters. The sun may be beating down and it’s probably 80 degrees outside, but in my heart, it’s autumn. And that means back-to-school …

Faith Without Works …

I am interested in the discussion related to Tom Neven’s post, “A Christian in the Truest Sense of the Word.” I completely agree with Tom about how the word “Christian” has become fairly trite. It is attached to music, magazines, movies — whatever — …

Compartmentalized Relationships

Did you hear the story about the Bosnian couple who met online — only to be repulsed when they met in person?  It wasn’t that they found each other unattractive. Apparently they were attracted enough to marry each other at one point.  But they were lo …

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