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You’ve got options
We sometimes tell kids they can be anything they want to be. I think that’s poor parenting. If you’re 4’10”, you’re probably not going to be a pro basketball player. If you can’t carry a tune, you’re not hitting the top of the charts. This is nothing to be ashamed of or fight against. It Continue reading
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The Ship of Theseus
It’s a classic philosophical thought experiment: If, over time, you repaired a ship plank by plank so that no original planks remained, is it still the same ship? Does it matter how long a new plank is on the ship before the next one is replaced? Once the 50% threshold is crossed, does it cease Continue reading
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Who made the boots?
If someone is very good at their work and makes strides to improve their own position in the world, we often say they “pulled themselves up by their bootstraps.” Especially in the modern West, we tend to value hard work and ingenuity. We like people who are self-reliant. It’s the (particularly American) myth we revere. Continue reading
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How to be a Good Person
In 1973 a study was done at Princeton Seminary to see if there was a situational component to being a good person. They conducted what has become known as “The Good Samaritan Study.” The researchers asked each of 67 seminary students to deliver a sermon on the parable of the Good Samaritan, a Bible story Continue reading
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Being Not-Wrong
When I was in High School, I was a debater. I was pretty good, if I’m honest. I was on the team my Senior Year that went to State. I thought being a good debater taught me about good arguments. It did not. What I learned later in life is there is a difference between Continue reading
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Experience < Ideas
The older I get, the more I wonder why anyone let me be in charge of anything. I’m grateful – let me be abundantly clear – because the gift of being able to stretch my wings and learn was invaluable to who I am today. It is also invaluable for anyone at the start of Continue reading
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You Should Know About Ben Rector’s Instagram
I like music. A lot. I like songwriters that are smart but not overly clever. I’ve come to deeply appreciate some version of a “story song.” When a set of lyrics can sound like a real life conversation and not a contrived set of rhymes in meters, I’m particularly impressed. Ben Rector is that sort Continue reading
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The Given
One thing that surprised me as a high school student was that I was good at math. I wouldn’t call myself a “math whiz” by any stretch, but I was better at calculations than I thought I would be. Math was a puzzle to solve, and I enjoyed it, especially algebra. I was quite good Continue reading
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There Be Dragons
You know the idea that if you keep having the same problems over and over in different relationships, then the smart bet is that you are the problem? That you’re the common denominator? In my own life, it’s that I’ve been reticent to let people know who I am. I’ve worked on this a lot Continue reading
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Full Steam Ahead
One of the best story arcs in the Bible is the one about Elijah fighting Jezebel and Ahab. There are some great characters in this story, and some magnificent scenes. Should we turn this part of the Bible into a TV show, Jezebel would be the best of roles. She absolutely gets a bad rap Continue reading
About Me
My name is Landon Whitsitt. I live in Oklahoma City. I have a wife, four kids, and two dogs.
I’m a pastor and a speaker. I’m a writer and a thinker. I’m a photographer and musician.
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