When pursuing happiness makes you miserable
/I underwent several rounds of Cosmo and Sex in the City tutorials before I was pushed and stuffed full of so many contradicting ideas, I didn’t quite know who I was on these dates.
Read MoreQuiet time & necessary seasons of life
/The struggles between husband and wife in a 50s TV sitcom are typically petty (not so unrealistic) and quickly resolved with a hug and a kiss (very unrealistic). Hardship for someone like Lucy Ricardo is not being able to get her California grapefruit signed by a celebrity. When I watch these shows, I laugh on cue. I always come back for more. This is how I escape life, and I imagine we all do so, in one way or another. The challenge (as we all know) is coming back to reality.
Read MoreHow Buddhist meditation made room for Christ
/Eleven years ago I stopped going to church. For a 20-year-old who had felt a real, true connection with the person of Jesus, this was an agonizing decision to make.
Read MoreHow mindfulness meditation created a life-changing "gap"
/One cold, dreary Colorado winter morning, my dog woke me up. Like every other day, she wanted to go outside. But unlike every other day, a shocking, embarrassing rage consumed me. I was angry, tired and frustrated that I had this dog to wake me up when I had been happily sleeping. I angrily marched upstairs from my basement apartment, opened the door to let her out and angrily flung it shut behind her.
Read MoreWhy I wish your pews were full
/A few months ago I drafted a blog called "Why Your Pews are Emptying." It was a vomit sort of blog -- the kind where all your insides fall onto your desk and carpet, and when it's over you're not sure if you or the blog got the worst end of the deal.
Read MoreDiscovering true love in 2015
/I began this year determined -- more so than usual. Instead of sheepishly hoping I'd meet a romantic partner, I began doing things to make this a reality. For starters, I bought a couch so we'd have a place to sit if he ever came over for dinner (affectionately named "the boyfriend couch").
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