Speak up about what you think is important, to take up oxygen that otherwise feeds the hatred and division
Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s interview with President Biden arrived on my birthday. What a gift.
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There is always time for kindness
There’s always time to be kind: good thoughts for Valentine’s Day during a winter break.
The moral potential of surprise
Desmond Tutu: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
Don’t let others frame your story
Many conventional narratives miss the crucial elements and the good news staring us in the face.
The perennial desires of the wise
The things that happen to us are not what’s important. What’s important is our response.
Welcome to your empire
Wise people know how to find some joy even in the midst of what is hard.
Not our masters, but our guides
The past has much to teach us. Yet elders are not our masters, but guides.
It’s an old, old story: Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals
N.T. Wright observes that we are made to exercise power, but true human power comes through self-giving love.
Uncharted: How to navigate the future
Margaret Heffernan sees our humanity and creativity as key to navigating an uncertain future.
The Outlier: Jimmy Carter’s unfinished presidency
Kai Bird’s portrait of a president who saw how myths can hobble as well as ennoble a country.
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