The Everyday Advantage
Sustainable growth for a centered life
The Everyday Advantage is a space for thoughtful exploration and intentional growth. With book reviews, meaningful meditations, and curated resources, we offer practical tools to help you find balance and live with purpose.
Our goal isn’t about doing more its about learning to live better.
Book Review – StoryBrand
Like most people, I first came across Donald Miller in his book, “Blue Like Jazz”. Anyone who read that memoir of a man trying to make sense of early adulthood in the Pacific Northwest will have a hard time reconciling that image with the man...
Meditation For People Who Aren’t Really Weird
About this time last year, I begin working on a new discipline – meditation. When most people think about meditation a bunch of weird, new age images pop into their heads. At least, it did for me. But, the more I read about the habits...
Good News for Fellow Failures
One of the reasons we love to celebrate the turning of the new year is the promise of a fresh start. We can look forward with hope that in this next year we will somehow, maybe be a better version of our self. The problem...
Not a Bad Friday Evening
A little Bulleit and a fire are a fine way to spend an evening....
Christmas is for Everyone
Everything about the Christmas story is designed to remind us that the birth of Jesus is good news for everyone. The natural form of this world is to favor those with access to money, power, and privilege. The system is rigged. The rich get richer,...
Top Books of 2017
Maybe I am the one person in the world who looks forward to all the “Top __________ of 2017” lists that come out at this time of year. Almost without exception, I learn about some new app (album, movie, book). Books are about the only...