Sunday Firesides

Sunday Firesides: The Hills Will Find You Out

We often think we’re strong, when really, we simply haven’t been tested.

Aug 2 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: Keep Looking Over Your Shoulder

There is something in your blind spot.

Jul 26 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: Advancing on Chaos and the Dark

There is something valiant in standing fast against the entire bent of the universe.

Jul 19 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: Excitement. Stability. Choose One.

Exciting things aren’t stable. And stable things aren’t exciting.

Jul 12 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: The Empty Niche

Every life carves its own niche. Whether it ends up filled, or empty, is up to you.

Jul 5 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: Silence as a Soundtrack

If life isn't interspersed with interludes of silence, it becomes a benumbing blur.

Jun 28 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: You Are Not the Exception

There's no getting around life's universal laws.

Jun 21 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: In Your Element

Many people go through life like a perpetually dry-docked swan.

Jun 14 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: Exercise, Man’s Most Faithful Companion

Picture for a moment a man out running in the cool evening air. He appears to be alone. But he is not.

Jun 7 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: Dying of Embarrassment

Strange as it may seem, people will move toward a threat rather than violate social norms or risk awkwardness.

May 31 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: Life Bathing

When life’s most human, satisfying, transcendent and increasingly scarce experiences present themselves, they should be intentionally amplified, deeply…

May 24 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: Self-Development Is a Duty

Self-development is more than an optional hobby: it is a moral responsibility.

May 17 • Kate McKay

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