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Sunday Firesides: Say Yes to (This) Life
Saying a Nietzschean yes to life requires resisting the impulse to escape, whether into the passive peace of future perfection or the comfortable…
Mar 15
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Despise Not the Thing That Would Save You
We often bemoan the seeming weaknesses of our personal make-up, contrasting them unfavorably with our best, most winning qualities. What we fail to…
Mar 8
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Kate McKay
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Sunday Firesides: Don't Lose the Thread
In all our relationships, there are cords that connect us.
Mar 1
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Kate McKay
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Sunday Firesides: Turn on Your Inner Lights
We inevitably pass through periods in which external lights go dark.
Feb 22
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Kate McKay
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Sunday Firesides: Give It to the Busy Man
Energy operates on the principle of the flywheel.
Feb 15
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Kate McKay
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Sunday Firesides: The Sweet Taste of (Healthy) Revenge
Revenge typically gets a bad rap. But a certain kind can actually be a healthy, productive force.
Feb 8
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Kate McKay
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Sunday Firesides: You Don't Have to Be Perfect, Just Aware
Happy relationships do not depend on participants overcoming their flaws — only on the frank acknowledgment of them.
Feb 1
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Kate McKay
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Sunday Firesides: Physical Prayer
Prayer can be spoken. Prayer can be embodied.
Jan 18
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Kate McKay
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Sunday Firesides: No Regrets
When we think about life’s big regrets, we often picture not going after the one who got away, choosing the wrong profession, or never taking that…
Jan 11
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Kate McKay
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Sunday Firesides: A Liturgy for Our Lives
We tend to think fulfillment lies in chasing one new thing after another. But the pleasure of sheer novelty is fleeting.
Dec 7, 2025
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Kate McKay
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Sunday Firesides: Give the Gift of Self
Everyone knows that some acts mean more than others. And everyone, deep down, knows why.
Nov 30, 2025
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Kate McKay
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Sunday Firesides: Keep in Touch
There’s value in keeping in touch with a wide variety of energies, even in the form of irregular contact surfaces that allow you continued connection to…
Nov 23, 2025
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Kate McKay
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