Today is launch day for Saints, Sinners, and Clickers. I should feel nothing but excitement. And I do, at least in part. Writing a book, finishing it, and releasing it into the world is no small accompl...

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Woodpeckers and the Art of Restraint Let’s talk about the woodpecker. It’s a bird that makes a living by slamming its face into trees. Repeatedly. Hard. You’d think that would scramble its tiny bi...

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“I’m back.” Samwise Gamgee says this at the very end of The Lord of the Rings—a short, unassuming line that lands with the weight of an entire epic behind it. Sam has traversed the dark heart of Mo...

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There’s a peach tree on our farm that shouldn’t still be here. It’s not the prettiest. It’s twisted, gnarled, and frankly, it looks like it’s been through hell, which, in a way, it has. When the Camp...

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