by Guy Sayles | Apr 11, 2017 |
For most of my life, I’ve used time as if it would never run out and burned energy like it could always be renewed. My focus has been on productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. I’ve worked at everything, including not-working: playing was a project, resting...
by Guy Sayles | Apr 3, 2017 |
Many people aren’t sure about God. I don’t mean about God’s existence, though there are people who, for reasons of reason or of heartbreak or of both, have concluded that that there isn’t a god. Instead, I mean people who are unsure about God because they feel...
by Guy Sayles | Mar 20, 2017 |
One of my Lenten practices is to reduce the amount of “breaking news” I watch. During last year’s election season, MSNBC was the steady background noise of my mornings and evenings. Most days, there was less than an hour’s worth of actual news, but it got...
by Guy Sayles | Mar 11, 2017 |
A few years ago, someone in New York got the number of one of our credit cards and spent a few thousand dollars in stores I never heard of on stuff I’d never use. He also got my Social Security number, filed a false tax return, and pocketed a nice refund. I was a...
by Guy Sayles | Mar 3, 2017 |
Several years ago, I got lost in the Pisgah National Forest. I’d heard about a trail that made a loop from the trailhead and back again, ascended enough to offer a challenge, and promised breathtaking views. The friend who’d told me about it said the hike would...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 15, 2017 |
Near my desk, in a picture frame I don’t dust often enough, is a fading photograph of our daughter, Amanda, and our son, Eliot. Amanda’s about six years old; Eliot has just turned four. They’re standing in the bright sunshine of an Easter morning. She has on a...
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