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Nate Turner
Right now, my primary hope in life is to journey "further up and further in" toward wisdom, wonder and joy. I live with my wife and son near downtown Fresno. And I try to escape to the mountains any chance I can get.
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Recent Posts
- Enchanted Realities: Exploring the Magic in Our World, Part 1
- Free-Range Reflections: Navigating the Layers of Freedom with Backyard Chickens
- The Need for (and Unrealized Reality of) Heroes
- Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing
- The Power of Rules
- The Ubiquitous Vocation to Love
- Wisdom: Learning Lessons from Others’ Mistakes
- 10 Words I Try to Use Less (and Why)
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Tag Archives: Dad Life
Saturday Morning
[Before reading, I want to issue a heads-up. If you are disgusted at all by conversation around excrement, this is not the post for you. Stop reading now. It seems that in order to survive, parents must develop a high … Continue reading
Posted in creative non-fiction, parenting
Tagged #dadlife, changing diapers, cuddles, Dad Life, parenting, poop
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Reflecting on No Audiobooks
This year for Lent I gave up audiobooks. They aren’t inherently good or bad, of course, but I felt it would do me some good. Here are my brief thoughts on the experiment: 1. Soon into the fast from audiobooks, … Continue reading
Posted in Knowledge, Simplicity
Tagged audiobooks, Dad Life, lent, silence, Slowing down
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Successful Meekness
A Frivolous Introduction I’m not sure the reason exactly. Maybe it’s my one-year-old’s fault. Or maybe it’s the fact I don’t exercise enough. Or maybe I should blame the Fresno summer heat. But I don’t sleep like I used to. … Continue reading
Posted in Church, How to live
Tagged Dad Life, Means verses Ends, Meekness, Process over destination, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Success
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