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Be Joyful
“Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.” Wendell Berry We live in challenging times. We look around us and we see change (expected and unexpected), unpredictability, trauma, distress, malaise, tribalism, nativism, jingoism, confusion. How do we respond? How should we respond? How could we respond? Here at ACC we have four values to…
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Be Joyful
“Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.” Wendell Berry We live in challenging times. We look around us and we see change (expected and unexpected), unpredictability, trauma, distress, malaise, tribalism, nativism, jingoism, confusion. How do we respond? How should we respond? How could we respond? Here at ACC we have four values to…
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To Push or to Pull
Here in the executive suite, we have several doors with long vertical handles. Some doors open by pushing. Some doors open by pulling. And one will go either way. (Which is my favorite door.) One day last week I wanted to pop in and say hello to some folks in the conference room. I pushed…
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Acts of Kindness
I believe in being kind. I have a little card on the wall of my office that says “always choose kindness”, and I try to live that out every day. Does that mean I’m always kind? No, because I am a flawed human being who makes mistakes, gets frustrated, and can unintentionally be unkind. But…