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  <description><![CDATA[Faith, family, work, and life - all intertwined]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What I'm Coming Back To]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On sabbaticals, solid selves, and staying]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What I'm Not Doing This Week]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Last week I promised a new offering would open for booking today. It isn't. Here's the decision behind the delay - and why the delay is itself the essay.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Modern Steel Mill]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 23:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Granite City has lived next to industry for 130 years. Data centers are the industrial technology of our era, and we already know how to do this - if we're willing to negotiate instead of refuse.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The One Who Stays]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A reflection on Luke Burgis's "The One and the Ninety-Nine"]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, Lex Vivendi]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[How we pray shapes what we believe shapes how we live]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Long Middle]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about the two ways honest people answer the identity question wrong - the role trap and the wound trap. A lot of you wrote back. Some of you s]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Four Sons, One Week]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On seeds, stages, and the rare gift of watching them bloom at once]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What I Couldn't See Then]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[When I first took a Director role at Adobe, I thought I knew what I was saying yes to. I didn't. On the two traps that catch honest people in a career transition - and what the identity question actually wants.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Question Underneath]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[He sat down and told me he thought he was done climbing. He wasn't sure he was allowed to say that. What surfaced next changed how I think about every career decision - my own included.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Letter to Matthew (The Public Version)]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On seeds, silence, and the son you release]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What We Released This Weekend]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and the work I was made for]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Four Days, Four Altars]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On weekday Mass, Confession, and what happens when you show up]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A Granite City Man Sat Down With Fulton Sheen]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On an old article, a kindred spirit, and the beatification ahead]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What the Sabbatical Is Teaching Me]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On stepping back, saying no, and seeking first the Kingdom]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Next Climb]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Integration is not one decision. It's an ongoing climb.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Morning He Left]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On last weekends, blessings, and letting go]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Spring Water]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On trout streams, sabbaticals, and coming to rest]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Guard Slipped]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On trimming, sabbaticals, and the work ahead]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ordinary Time]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On rest, re-entry, and rightly ordering our days]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pentecost Happened]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 09:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[What I preached, what I learned, and a word I should have used]]></description>
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