Beauty and brokenness are a package deal. If I live only in beauty, I live in denial. If I live only in brokenness, I live in despair. Beauty in the midst of brokenness is the cup of cold water, the hint of hope that there is more to come.
Read moreThe 11th Commandment
Because if we opened ourselves to joy, well, there could be . . . dancing. And then how would we ever get back to the real grind of work?
Read more10 Things I Re-Learned in 2014
2. Life is bitter/sweet.
Read moreThe Triple-Layer Christmas Letter
'Tis the season to get those “our-kids-are-taking-a-break-from-Harvard-to-serve-in-the-Peace-Corps” Christmas letters.
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