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by Eddie Pipkin Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay I heard a good story recently from a pastor friend who had made time for parishioners who had requested an ‘urgent’ meeting.  [...]

by Eddie Pipkin Image by Anja from Pixabay It’s plenty easy to cruise along with something that’s “good enough.”  Right now, I have a busted stereo in my 2002 Jeep, so I keep [...]

by Eddie Pipkin Photo by Dayne Topkin on Unsplash Perhaps you are familiar with the work of Arthur Brooks, author, academic, and researcher of the science of happiness.  He has lots of practical [...]

by Eddie Pipkin Image by Ivana Tomášková from Pixabay Last week I wrote about Starbucks and “forced joy,” a directive from corporate leadership that employees would express joyful interactions by writing encouraging messaging [...]

by Eddie Pipkin Did you see Starbucks in the news in recent weeks for adding an additional mandate to the responsibilities of employees?  Beginning in January, according to an edict from CEO Brian Niccol, all [...]

by Eddie Pipkin Image used under Pixabay content license. I had designated the past couple of weeks to work on home projects. I am not known as a handy guy. I can get [...]