marcialarsonpeiffer

Lacrosse mom to 6 kiddos. Born Phoenix, AZ. 3 yrs Paris. 10 NYC. @VanderbiltU & @nyuniversity grad. Former @NewsCorp @WSJ. Board member @salvationarmyUS.

[marcialarsonpeiffer @marcialarson]

We recently celebrated the 3rd anniversary of our first date. Love you @enpeiffer ! Finally, a Keeper via @NYTimes https://t.co/3Ae3X3BMdr

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My latest post is live: https://t.co/09RVHgoQ3k

[Luke Simmons @lukedsimmons]

10 things lead pastors should inspect:

1. Their own souls
2. The well-being of their fellow elders
3. The text they are preaching
4. The average weekly giving per capita
5. The guest experience & follow-up process
6. The serving & giving track record of potential leaders
7. The job descriptions of staff members
8. The relational culture among leaders
9. The volunteers with great potential
10. His wife’s experience of the church

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@ryanburge Big fan, just saw your Ross Douthat interview. Appreciate you helping us all see the numbers. Accurately.

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Felt this last night in our living room hosting @gengiving

[Emir Han @RealEmirHan]

Eva Mendes says she quit acting to raise her kids with Ryan Gosling.

“It was like a non-verbal agreement. Ryan’s gonna work, and I’m gonna work here.”

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“Have you met children?” this is the best piece on @GreatWolfLodge by @DawnGilbertson in @WSJ https://t.co/EokeMPWTSa

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From Sally Lloyd-Jones “Thoughts to make your heart sing”

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@sepinwall Can't wait for this!

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Nuts

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Trader Joe’s totes are being carried in Seoul, Melbourne and Tokyo. Because there are no Trader Joe’s stores abroad, the bags now sell on resale platforms like Depop, eBay and Korea’s Karrot market for up to $10,000. https://t.co/W2Wbm6uFio

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Author @johngreen was a minister, and it shows. @MattSmethurst's book on @timkellernyc. Do we still need the Billy Graham rule? And I need a little more @martysupreme in my life. @DavidBahnsen would agree. https://t.co/shNQ7q0X5N

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Helpful & practical from @bzcohen @WSJ

[David Brooks @DavidBrooks224]

I love everything about this story:
The genius who came up with one of the greatest ideas in the history of the automobile: the arrow that tells you which side of your car the fuel tank is on. https://t.co/2aTT53Hg9I

[Seth Schachner @SethASchachner]

AI, Actors and Hollywood: thoughts on CNN. @cnni @CNN #AI #Hollywood

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So good from @DavidBahnsen & @collinhansen on @TGC podcast on work: https://t.co/dle6hyKvwj

[marcialarsonpeiffer @marcialarson]

Parenthood is worth it. Like most good things in life it is also taxing, hard, and humbling.

[Anthony Bradley @drantbradley]

We live in an era where being a normal father is extraordinary & noteworthy.

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Truth

[Mike Cosper @MikeCosper]

I've been thinking about this a bit.

We have this "vulnerability" culture in which people go online every five minutes and complain about what's bothering them in life. And a post about the frustrations of parenthood, especially when kids are young — blowout diapers, public tantrums, etc. — is going to get more attention than a simple post with a photo of a child, or a video of a person reading to their child. (Read to your kids, btw.)

So what we get is this weird recency bias, kind of like negative polarization in politics, around parenting. And it's unfortunate.

The other element I think of CONSTANTLY is that we've convinced ourselves, because of one-click Amazon orders and Door Dash and so on and so forth, that life is supposed to be easy. But nothing worth doing is easy. Being an athlete is hard. Writing is hard. Learning to play an instrument is hard.

Parenting is hard too. And what Roan doesn't say — and I guarantee in every case except maybe one or two psychopaths — is that every parent who complains about parenting would tell you they don't regret having kids.

Parenting is hard. But then some nights (as happened this week) you get to turn on a favorite movie and your teenage kid lays on your shoulder and laughs at the same joke you laugh at and talks about the film's cinematography because it's one of your obsessions you've passed along and no drug on the earth could levitate you more.