Category: Community
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Nothing to Redeem
A week ago, at my Class of 2016 reunion, I stood in a restaurant with some of the few people who still…
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Why I Went to the Class of 2016 Reunion
I’ve now gone back for two high school reunions, which takes some explaining. The Class of 2016 was my class. Those were…
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Engineers, Evangelicals, and Texas Roadhouse
My wife’s birthday is exactly one week after mine (i.e., January 27, February 3). We celebrated our birthdays a couple weekends ago…
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What’s the Heisman without Linemen?
Oregon had six five-star recruits. Indiana had zero. Oregon entered with one of the most talented rosters in the country. Indiana’s ranked…
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The Man Who Walked Out of the Woods
I haven’t brought this up in years. But it keeps coming back to me. I’ve told parts of this story before, only…
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Him Continuing Me
I’ve been thinking about a journey, The one beneath the story told— Not the tale you think you know. The one that’s…
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Parking Lot Pastor
They say some of us will never “grow up,” and they mean this not in a literal sense. Physically speaking, most of…
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Law and Longing
In a world of endless choices and zero certainties, one law student’s questioning the other day changed my afternoon. I met Josie…
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From Patient to Practitioner to Peer
I taught the people who saved my life today. Not a motivational speech. Not a “look how far I’ve come” recovery story.…
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More Than What We Do: ABA Keynote (Video + Transcript)
There are some moments in life you never—ever—expect to happen. This is one of those moments… This keynote happened at the convergence…