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March 25, 2023

Permission to Look for Gold: My New Approach to Reading

Growing up, I always found it fascinating how my mom would read a book. She was always reading something or other (non-fiction) but her approach to reading was quite different...

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January 7, 2019

A writer by any other name…

It’s funny how we often define ourselves according to those around us. Many times we do this subconsciously, not because anyone particular has even made us feel that way. It’s...

"What we hunger for perhaps more than anything else is to be known in our full humanness, and yet that is often just what we also fear more than anything else. It is important to tell at least from time to time the secret of who we truly and fully are . . . because otherwise we run the risk of losing track of who we truly and fully are and little by little come to accept instead the highly edited version which we put forth in hope that the world will find it more acceptable than the real thing. It is important to tell our secrets too because it makes it easier . . . for other people to tell us a secret or two of their own . . . "— Frederick Buechner

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Permission to Look for Gold: My New Approach to Reading

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