Doug Mullin

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my #oneword365 for 2013

I’ve never been very good with resolutions. I start with something grand and ideal and drop the task mid-January. I even tried a photo-a-day project. I got past mid-January, but it fizzled before the first of February. This fondness for failing my resolutions has been the reason I haven’t not tended to make resolutions. In late 2011, I came across the One Word community, started by my friend, Alece. So I decided to consider a word to shape my year for 2012. The word that came to me popped at me through the New Year’s Day sermon at Christ Church Cathedral, given by Archbishop Claude Miller, Metropolitian and Diocesan Bishop [...]


One word 2012 recap

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“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen” My word this year was faith. This year, I noticed faith mentioned a lot in the Anglican liturgy, particularly in Scriptures read. I had no idea how my faith would be stretched in 2012. But in August, my company announced they were closing up shop. All 260 0f us would be out of work in February. I started looking for work, not expecting faith to kick in. You see I worked for a hospitality company, in the telecommunications end of the business. In the past, I have had considerations of interest in working at a hotel [...]