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Last year I went to the first ever Story Conference in Chicago, Illinois (I won’t mention how Mike Salisbury and I got ridiculously lost–despite his phone’s GPS–along the way).
Story is a conference for what they call the “creative class” in the ministry sector. Each session puts a different filmmaker, actor, musician or other creative on [...]
Some people talk about the Holy Spirit like he chooses their breakfast cereal for them each morning.
Or like he finds them parking spots.
Or like he makes their red lights green on command.
As if he’s the butler of the trinity.
The spirit hasn’t ever worked that way for me.
But there have been times when an idea, a [...]
So…the verdict on the Sleep Challenge? Upping my sleep was such a simple way to restore noticeable energy and health to my daily schedule.
I’ve been clocking out by 11 every night, which gets me a full seven hours. Beautiful. At least half the nights, I’ve been aiming at 8 hours. Yep. 8 hours.
The results?
I’ve been [...]
Continuing the emphasis on sleeping enough this week:
There is a clear link between sleep and satisfaction with a marriage. Marriages where couples don’t get enough sleep are strained by daytime sleepiness and lack of emotional energy.
Not to mention, a healthy sex life and sleep are connected. Sleep enough? You have energy for sex. Have sex [...]
I do a few things with my life.
I kick it with my favorite sports addict, raise the world’s most beautiful infant emperor, sink seven hours a day into at-risk teenagers, soak up big love with a handful of friends, and write, speak and meet about various “common good” projects on the side.
It’s a lot by some people’s scales, [...]
I’m still a sleep novice. An amateur sleeper, if you will. Hence why I took the Sleep Challenge a few days ago. (You can read the first post here and the second post here.)
I’ve always figured our bodies have a “natural” way of working. That if I just let my body sleep when I felt [...]
So, per my Sleep Challenge, I’ve been sleeping more.
Keeping in mind that more for me was not all that much.
I typically scraped by on about six hours. That’s a midnight lights out and a 6 a.m. wake-up call. Sort of measely, I know. But I survived by cheating the morning routine. You know, sleeping in [...]
I am about to take the Sleep Challenge.
Here’s how it works:
You commit to getting an extra 15 minutes of sleep tonight (turn the lights off, lay your head on the pillow and begin winding down even if you don’t fall asleep right away).
Then you pay attention tomorrow to whether your energy level, memory or emotional tolerance improves [...]
Some of you “met” my dog through his role as fellow-landscaper in Picking Dandelions.
But in case you missed that reference, let’s be clear. Wrigley (named after Wrigley field) was not the valedictorian of doggy obedience school.
He is, instead, a ridiculously hyper mix that results from blending two high-strung breeds–the Jack Russell and the Brittany Spaniel–into the same gene pool.
In [...]
Ahem. (Dramatic throat clearing.)
I have an announcement to make.
Some of my friends and I just started collecting things.
(Some of you who are already convinced of my super-nerd status are picturing stamps or coins, I know it.)
But we’re not really collecting things as much as we’re collecting… people.
(See?! WAY less nerdy.)
Specifically, we’re collecting people in their [...]
