A CURATED
EXISTENCE

The business model demands more than many are willing to give any more. Often, it’s more than they can give. And if leadership knew their people, they would already understand this.

A reminder to the Church: https://youtu.be/l6JKSUIew0Y?si=ol-Y0siaNYIVA9zj You are here. Beware.

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart (2 Timothy 2:22). I identify as an 88-year-old woman. While my face may retain some vague semblance of youth, my internal dialogue and the weight of my bones more often embrace the feelings of Bilbo Baggins at his 111th birthday: "like butter scraped over too much bread". Being nearer middle-age, I now understand the weariness and frustration tha

The birds and the bees are mostly a flight of fancy daydream and temporary nostalgic insanity now. This is not new territory. If you’re 40 or above, you likely already have children or don’t want any. There’s really only a few reasons left to humiliate yourself in the dating pool again. Those reasons are generally a sense of security and companionship. It’s nice to have things your way while living alone. It’s also nice to have someone visit you in the hospital, laugh at your

Have you ever fallen in love with a place because of its stated ideals? That scripted mission statement? That pinhole yet all-embracing vision? That ethical glint cast from leadership’s falsely white veneers? We’ve all fallen prey to the But this one is different airbrushed chimera dangling overhead at some point and in some place. Me too. Still, the naivety of some organizations is sometimes cringe. There’s no other way to say it. You hear it, you like it, everyone nods dur

Modern American Christianity has sold us all popcorn and peanuts and perfected the art of entertainment (along with the world). How many times have I heard Christian pastors, influencers, and teachers rail about how we Christ-followers should be the life of every party? Why do we walk around like sour-pusses? Why are we so downcast and angry? Why are we so despairing? Choose joy, they say. We should be the happiest people on the face of the planet, they say. Did they forget

No, we won't rehash whether "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie here. While there are several references to Christmastime in the movie, and while it is entirely devoid of any other thing Christmassy, I suspect that this somewhat silly (but admittedly fun) controversy won't end prior to Jesus' return. Still, the very reason why I suspect the argument won't end any time soon is precisely the reason for this post, and that reason is not Jesus' birth but, rather, the dueling fantasi

As a fiery orange sun burst over the horizon before me and the full harvest moon still sat dreamily against the purple-blue haze behind me, a thought struck: KNOWING we would misinterpret and divide over jot and tittle and the validity of the Bible, God still had men, over the course of centuries, compile and treasure and keep it - for us. KNOWING we would wholly ruin, smudge, trample, and abuse in some relationships, God still established marriage, friendship, and relationsh

A review of a must-read book regarding New Thought practices in the Church today.

You show up. It could be work. It might be a date with a friend. Maybe it's your kids or family. There were a thousand other things you could have put in that spot. Maybe a hundred other things you would have rather done at that moment. It took all your resolve to get there. You had to muscle through a thousand negative feelings. You mentally fought through the weariness, the dread, or the despair. It's not even that you don't want to be there for that person or your job; it'

Am I talking crazy? Am I the only one that wonders what is worth knowing? Knowing demands time. Knowing increases sorrow. Knowing causes problems. Wasn't it the Tree of the Knowledge (knowing) of Good and Evil we were forbidden to eat from? It's like we threw in the towel: Ate one apple; might as well go in for the whole bushel now! - Nosh! Just hear me out. I know we ate the apple - proverbially or literally, either way - but does that mean we just then swallow the whole tr

We gather information to avoid being deceived and all the while the real enemy lurks....

Blink, blink. Good morning, screen-shine. Click, click - "Pick me!" "Pick me!" "Pick me!" The social media reel is screaming. My neurons have yet to realize they're uncaffeinated. Scroll, scroll... "The New Global Diet - And You'll Be Forced to Eat it!" "What Does AI Think of Star Trek's Data?" "Why Psychology Damages You As A Person" "How Not To Dress Old" "If Crime Was Punished With Spankings" "The Day of the Lord" "An URGENT Message For Gen Z" "Philippines Earthquake LIVE"