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Grief is a funny thing…
This week has been a tough one. I don’t often cry – I used to think of it as a sign of manly strength, but as I matured, I began to wonder if something was wrong with me. But in the past week, I’ve cried long and hard on four separate occasions. Wednesday, I was… Continue reading
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The Contemplative Critic
In The Wounded Healer, Henri J. Nouwen talks about the conundrum of being both a person who experiences pain, despair, and spiritual desert living in a broken world, and the call to interact with the world in a way that brings glory to God’s name. He writes, How can the Christian leader direct their explosive… Continue reading
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Just one more chapter…
As a child, I was a voracious reader. I remember reading by flashlight at night after I had been tucked into bed, furtively listening for the creak of the stairs that would signal a parent coming up to check that us kids were asleep. I swore by my family’s motto: Always Bring a Book. I… Continue reading
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A reflection on the end of the year
2025 was a big year! I married my best friend, graduated with my MBA, celebrated my one-year anniversary as a Career Advisor for the CBA Career Center at UNO, stepped out of the interim worship director role at my church, watched the Denver Broncos rise from the ashes of the Russell Wilson deal, and posted… Continue reading
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A Thanksgiving Liturgy
Is liturgy really the right word? Probably not – a liturgy is “a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship” (Merriam Webster), so, at best, we’re only part of the way to an actual liturgy. But liturgy is a cool word, and the author chooses the words, and I’m the author. As I… Continue reading
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The pursuit of neighbor-ness
I’m currently sitting in the Maude Jellison Library at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado. The library has been variably busy for the last 90 minutes. At moments, it’s been a total silence, marred only by the sounds of breathing and keyboards as my wife and siblings work on homework. Then, sounds… Continue reading
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The End of the Road (or really the intersection that leads to the next part of the road)
I’m here. I’m done. I hit submit. I saw the confetti. My course evals are finished. I’ve completed my final assignment of undergrad. I sat through commencement. I walked the stage. I partied. I graduated on May 19th Summa Cum Laude with a BSBA with concentrations in Marketing, Management & Leadership, and Sales, and a… Continue reading
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Quantum-mania
In the fall of 2021, I attended the CBA Career Center at the UNO College of Business. As a student worker in the Career Center, I had job duties that day but had the chance to talk to a few employers at the fair. My boss, Laura Sansoni, mentioned a company called Quantum Workplace that… Continue reading
A Profitable Read 