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missionwork

2019-07-12T19:54:44-05:00

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Running a Marathon Like a Sprint

Last updated on: July 12, 2019 at 7:54 pm   By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

Three weeks ago, just after we moved, I was in Kroger, shopping. When I shop I normally price-compare, check coupons, move through the store in order, and generally attack shopping as if it's D-Day and I'm the Allied generals. Somewhere next to the frozen tuna, it all fell apart. Read more

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Sabbath

2019-06-27T11:18:29-05:00

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One Move is the Equivalent of Three Fires

Last updated on: June 27, 2019 at 11:18 am   By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

If, like me, you are someone who depends very heavily for your sanity on having things stay where you put them, like the Entwives, moving will test that sanity. Read more

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moving

physical world

2019-05-20T13:54:06-05:00

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Phone Menus and the Uncanny Valley

Last updated on: May 20, 2019 at 1:54 pm   By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

We are now trying to pretend this is an actual human interaction. It's not. It's a bot. I'm OK with it being a bot. Read more

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Uncategorized

automation

2019-05-17T19:32:35-05:00

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Yes, Virginia, There is Math You’ll Use Every Day

Last updated on: May 17, 2019 at 7:32 pm   By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

I believe in learning for its own sake as a way of building character and connecting us with the transcendent. I also believe that it wouldn't hurt us to tell people when we're learning things that are learned not for their own sake, or even for our own sake . Read more

Common Good

common good

education

2019-05-08T15:45:56-05:00

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Why I Don’t Like Open Offices

Last updated on: May 8, 2019 at 3:45 pm   By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

Let your employees come up with their own rhythm of creativity and productivity. And for Pete's sake, let them shut the door. Read more

Faith and the Workplace

Sabbath

work-life balance

work-life integration

2019-04-23T16:56:32-05:00

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Surprised By Easter

Last updated on: April 23, 2019 at 4:56 pm   By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

It has not been an Easter kind of spring. Read more

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Easter

Eastertide

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2019-05-20T13:54:29-05:00

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Why Am I So Tired?

Last updated on: May 20, 2019 at 1:54 pm   By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

I've been thinking often about how there are so many things that were done by others when I was a child have been offloaded to the individual, perceived-as-autonomous-and-rational consumer. Read more

Faith and the Marketplace

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automation

choices

optimization

Sabbath

2019-03-22T11:07:40-05:00

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This is My Content, Tweeted for You

Last updated on: March 22, 2019 at 11:07 am   By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

There are thousands of digital ways to deliver spiritual content and in my more Luddite moments I ask the question as to whether digital ways are inherently unsuited for delivering spiritual content. Do they ultimately make us unable to receive what we most need? Read more

Faith and Family

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technology

2019-03-07T20:34:26-05:00

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All the Tiny Little Pieces

Last updated on: March 7, 2019 at 8:34 pm   By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

Take one boss and imagine him or her setting a course for the next few months, casting a vision, laying out a roadmap, or whatever it is bosses do these days. Now multiply that by six. Read more

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Vocation

gig economy

2019-02-20T17:20:22-05:00

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Are Your Affairs in Order?

Last updated on: February 20, 2019 at 5:20 pm   By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

You can, as a matter of fact, show love for someone by giving them money, especially when money (rather than, say, "thoughts and prayers") is what they most need. Read more

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