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Building character
There are some practices we can install into our lives that build deep character. It’s beyond the quick dopamine hits we get from short videos or quick hits on social media. This is the deeper work we need to rebuild in our lives. A few years ago, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist, Angela Duckworth, got a bit more specific. She…
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Reading with pen in hand
I ran across an article about Richard Nixon’s method of reading books with a pen so he could write in the margins. (HERE) There was this quote from John Adams:
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Bible notes
To whoever inherits my Bibles… good luck trying to decipher my notes in each one. (I’ll also leave my Logos password and log in so you can try and decipher all that as well.) And I also have hundreds of notebooks to decipher… So… good luck.
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Ugly handwriting
I write all the time. Even when I process much more quickly using the computer, I still write. Those who know me best are familiar with my love for fountain pens and in the last few years I have put together a favorite collection I like to use on a regular basis. And I can’t read my own handwriting at…
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Thinking about thoughtfulness
For all of my love for things tactile, like real books and real pens, I’ve lost touch in this fast paced culture. I still get Christmas cards from people… and haven’t sent one out myself for years. Well, Christmas is past, but I want to start something up again in my life: I want to jot a note… an actual…
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The Breath of Fresh Air
I have long been a fan of the written note. Technology has stripped that from me far too much. I need to sit down and jot a note much more than I do. Today in my mailbox at the school where I teach were two hand written thank you notes. Those will feed my soul for a week!
Tag: Notes
