There is a wedding chapel down the street, and apparently you can still book a “hallowedding” this month. You can book a “ghost bride séance” as well, with a “certified minister” on site to keep it, you know, official. Walk-ins are welcome, but the package includes a medium to tell your future and a spooky […]
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Retrospective: 2004
August 25, 2012 
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The media is not an evil thing. It’s merely a channel of persuasive messages, some of which are good and some of which are bad. But your heart? Well, that is an evil thing.
Read more thanks be to God
August 21, 2012 4 Comments
I don’t think the problem is just how often we talk about ourselves. And social media is not a scapegoat for our sin. It’s really what we say about ourselves. And about God.
Read more breaking up is (not so) hard to do
June 24, 2012 2 Comments
Maturity should result in, well, maturity. Unfortunately we live in an age when celebrities break up on Twitter.
Read more alone in the big city
March 20, 2012 3 Comments
I’ve been coming to New York City in the spring for almost 20 years, usually to attend and often to give a workshop or two at a conference for student journalists. I’ve had some of best experience with students here, as well as some of my worst—losing a student on the subway or having one […]
Read more on journalism and empathy
March 17, 2012 1 Comment
This week NPR’s This American Life retracted a story about human rights abuses by Apple in China. The story “contained significant fabrications,” they said. They are sorry they aired it. But the truth is, they wanted it to be true.
Read more In the beginning was the Word
November 21, 2011 2 Comments
A good blog is a place readers come because they know what to expect, a place where their needs are respected and their comments are welcome. Here writers create conversations that matter about things they care about.
Read more the cheat sheet
November 13, 2011 7 Comments
I’m speaking at 2011 Wordcamp Detroit this weekend, a gathering of bloggers using the Wordpress content management system. As a convenience for participants (and you), I’m posting here some links and resources I referred to.
Read more getting the story straight
November 2, 2011 4 Comments
Telling the story in ways that don’t mislead or defraud is essential. Unfortunately, the story is often oversold and over sanitized. That always reflects bad leadership.
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the work of a lifetime
There are two extremes to be avoided. Don’t be an abusive and aggressive husband who says no for the sake of saying no. And don’t be a disengaged, passive husband who can’t say no at all.
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