The Cedar Life
Living for the Long Run
First Principles It is hard to believe a year has passed since I first pressed publish on The Cedar Life. When considering my ‘Why’ for starting the blog, I posed a...
Artistic License Working in a public accounting firm, the opportunities to be expressive are somewhat limited. Dress codes have loosened in recent years. When I started out, most men wore a...
Math Lessons In a recent episode of the Order of Man podcast, host Ryan Michler interviewed Chris Williamson, host of another show I frequent, Modern Wisdom. The men covered a variety...
Sunday Practices One of the weekly pillars in the life of my family is going to church. Spending an hour together in community, in worship, and encounter is something that I...
Lyrical Reminders Sometimes a song I have not heard in a while will come on and capture my attention. It might remind me of the place I first heard it or...
Learning to Love Before getting married, I had never heard of Gary Chapman’s book, The 5 Love Languages. Marriage does not come with a manual, but if it did, the concepts...
Gone Fishing Last summer, my son asked me if I could take him fishing down at the river near where we live. He had done this a few times with my...
Long Nights In the early months of 2012, I was working at a large accounting firm in the midst of ‘busy season’. This meant long days, late nights, and little room...
Side Part As a child, I parted my hair on the side. Each morning before school, I would stand in front of the mirror and make sure it looked the way...
Clutch Shooting The 1998 NBA Finals ended with an iconic moment. With the Jazz up by one point in Game 6 and the game on the line, the Chicago Bulls regained...
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