A few years out of college, my dad called me while I was at work one day. He told me, “Brent, I might need you to come pick me up. I’m in too much pain to drive.” When I picked him up, he told me what happened. It was a cold weekday, and on his way to the mailbox, he slipped on the ice and fell. He didn’t think much…
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Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 A time For Everything
When my son was 18 months old and learning to talk, he would precede anything he didn’t know how to pronounce with “ah”. So the letter “W” would be “ah-yu,” and “dinosaur” would be “ah-saur”. A year later, he’s stopped doing that, and I didn’t…
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Is Parenting Fun?
Yes and no. My firstborn toddler likes to “play” pickleball. He’ll randomly say “Da Qiu (play ball in Chinese),” which is my signal to get out the paddles. He’ll stand about 1 meter away from me as I sit on the floor, and we’ll spend…
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Habakkuk 1:2-4 When God Doesn’t Seem Good
I received a message one evening from a friend that read, “Brent, help me. I don’t know what I’m doing anymore.” The cheekish part of my brain noticed the lack of context and wanted to respond with “I don’t know what you are doing either,”…
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The Powerful Forces Behind Your Habits
A few years ago, I was proctoring the SATs at school, and we were given more time than needed, so we had about an hour left before students were dismissed. After collecting everyone’s materials, I told the students that they could retrieve their things. I’m…
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The Bottomless Void We All Try To Fill
I still remember exactly where I was when I heard about Anthony Bourdain’s death. It was June of 2018, and I was in a friend’s basement playing board games when someone checked their phone and stunned us with the news. It was also then that…