Dr. Robert Sullivan
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Give Yourself a Margin of Error
My first gig out of school was a breathtaking foray into the world of mortgage banking. Most folks deal with mortgage banks (what we called our employer) or mortgage companies/servicers (what customers called us) at some point, thanks to their status as homeowners. You send payments to the company, resolve issues, refinance and pay property …
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Plus Minus
It is probably safe to call me a data junky. I might even let others call me that without a fight! Granted, I wrote a quantitatively driven dissertation. Still, it would be hard to refer to myself as an expert; yet that experience does give me a sense of both the value and limitation of …
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Why Worldly Confusion Can Lead to Incredible Spiritual Blessings
Have you ever struggled with the details of your life, such as when, where or who you are in the grand scheme of things? Such wondering (and wandering) can leave us disoriented and discombobulated. Disoriented means “having lost one’s sense of time, place or identity.” It also means: — Confused. — Frustrated. — Rudderless. — …
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Where Do You Turn When the World Doesn’t Make Sense?
One question constantly perplexes me: Why do my shoelaces always come untied? What constantly causes my shoelaces to unravel? The picture illustrates my frustration. While it might be more reasonable for jogging shoes to eventually come untied because of the ongoing activity, what’s the excuse for common house shoes? What could I possibly be doing …
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