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Improv as a Way of Life
IMPROV IS CREATIVITY ENERGIZED BY CONSTRAINT By Paul Richardson Winston Churchill was chided for ending a sentence with a preposition. His answer? “That is the sort of arrant pedantry up with which...
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Who is This King that Demands my Life?
Leonidas at Thermopylae By Paul Richardson DO YOU SEE THIS PAINTING? I SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS staring at it when I was a little boy. My dad kept a book about ancient Greece and Rome. From the...
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The Reward of His Sufferings
In this current toxic and noxious political climate, I find my stomach queasy over the political leaders being held up before us, and my heart is yearning for inspiring leaders who walk in humble...
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Forward Culture Shock
The Cambridge Seven, 1885 Culture is strong stuff. It’s always bearing down on us, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We usually don’t realize its shaping effect on our lives until we visit another...
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Drudgery Schmudgery
When I was 22 and newly married, I worked as an essay grader for a standardized test that the State of Texas inflicted upon fourth graders. My job was to evaluate, on a scale from one to five, how well...
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A Killy Bride
When our daughter Ana was four and still living in a delightful princess world, she loved to play dress up. One day she ransacked her dress up box and came out of her room wearing raccoon slippers, a...
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The Hurried Samaritan
I blew past someone in the need the other day on the way to a church meeting. They were on the side of the road with car trouble just ahead of me, obviously in distress, and I was running late. Sorry,...
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Fret Not
When our daughter Naomi was a toddler, and it was time for a family outing, I would often let her play on the front porch until it was time to go. The family would pile into the car and buckle up,...
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Undercover Boss
What was the last novel, TV show or movie that made you cry? John Eldredge says that we should pay attention to when art touches us so deeply that the tears peak out. That’s a big theme in his...
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The Final Smile
There’s a popular television show in Indonesia called Minta Tolong!, which basically means “I need help!” Every week a hidden camera crew sends out a down-trodden person into the streets to ask for...
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