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I Want Everybody to Be Okay
Faith, hope, and the stories I choose to tell
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November 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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The coffee is ready, and you don’t have to have it all together. Join me on the front porch for a conversation about friendship, embarrassing memories, taking responsibility, and giving ourselves—and ...
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November 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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Someone may be lying to you.

Get reliable information before acting on every complement.

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Someone May Be Lying to You
They may mean well. Your job is to tell yourself the truth.
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November 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Winning an election may be the easy part. Stewarding the victory is hard.

Winning Well

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Stewarding Victory
Wednesday in America — Tom Sims
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November 4, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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A walk through how I photographed about 300 cards in ten minutes, used PowerPoint and ChatGPT to build a contact list, and started writing the notes I’d been meaning to send.

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A Knack for a Hack with Business Cards
You go to an event. You give out your business cards. You receive business cards. You put them in your pocket, bring them home, and make a…
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November 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Join me for a reflection on curiosity, clear thinking, mixing apples and oranges, and learning to disagree honestly while listening well.

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What Does That Have to Do with the Price of Eggs in China?
On chasing rabbits, mixing apples and oranges, and learning to stay with the question.
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October 29, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Salute to a Giant
I did not have the honor of knowing Dolores Huerta personally. But she lived in my time, and I lived in hers. Our lives overlapped for 71…
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October 28, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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The day I woke up and decided to provoke.

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Do You Bait the Click — or Click the Bait?
My experience with sort-of baiting the click, clicking the bait, and hoping someone reads past the title.
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October 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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I’m a woke white whippersnapper from way back—and I’m still waking up. What does it mean to stay awake to our history, our neighbors, and the consequences of our choices? This reflection considers t...
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October 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Maintain and Gain
Finding your lane and making a little progress each day
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October 22, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Putting the “To” Back into Today
It is never just a day.
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October 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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I just published When a Bigger Paycheck Still Does Not Feel Like Enough

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When a Bigger Paycheck Still Does Not Feel Like Enough
Questions about money security and the life we hope to live
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October 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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What the dickens is ideation? You may have done some before breakfast.

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What the Dickens Is Ideation?
Some loose thoughts about thinking, scribbling, chasing rabbits, and giving an idea room to grow.
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October 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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A Candle of Conviction
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A Candle of Conviction
Remembering the Oxford Martyrs and the freedom of conscience
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October 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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What are your insights?

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HABIT: What We Hold and What Holds Us
There is something worth exploring in that word: habit.
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October 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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A Second Time Jonah 3:1–3; John 21:15–19 “And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying …” — Jonah 3:1, KJV I can’t help but love that phrase. A second time. What an honor to...
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October 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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At the End of the Day
What Do We Mean?
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October 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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When Cruelty Becomes a Spectacle
John Wesley, love made visible, and the work that begins on Wednesday
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October 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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It Goes Without Saying. Or Does It?
When a Society Loses Track of What Ought to Be Self-Evident
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October 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Livin’ the Life
On encouragement, purpose, and discovering that the front porch is already here.
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October 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Psalms 86–87: An Undivided Heart and a Place to Belong, by @tomsims

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Psalms 86–87: An Undivided Heart and a Place to Belong
Coming to God empty-handed, learning to trust, and discovering how wide God’s welcome can be.
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October 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Do Our Times Shape Us or Do We Shape Our Times? medium.com/@tomsims/do-...
Do Our Times Shape Us or Do We Shape Our Times?
By Tom Sims
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October 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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September 28, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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You Still Get to Choose What You Believe
Are you still thinking about joining Medium? I encourage you to do so, but, in the mean (or medium) time, you can use my free friend link…
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September 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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My doctor once answered a question about my complicated symptoms with a grin and one number: “42.”

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Don’t Settle for 42
I once asked a doctor whether there was one explanation for my whole galaxy of symptoms.
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September 23, 2026 at 8:54 PM