Mark Goodyear

"Incredible, Deidra, not that I expect anything less when I see your byline. So many of the comments talk about how this is almost an allegory for all of the ways we press ourselves and burn ourselves into the shape society expects from us--at home, at work, even at church. I confess that I envy the ability not to wash hair every day. That would be sweet." - Mark Goodyear

"I don’t think we are disagreeing. I made that comment from my phone, which unfortunately was an experiment to see if commenting from a phone could be done without coming across terse. Experiment failed. What I was trying to say is that our business on earth is loving God and loving people (hearts and minds and souls and bodies). We definitely do not want to hide our faith, the reason for loving others, but the Spirit will work through us when we love others." - Mark Goodyear

"Actually, souls are God's business. My business is glorifying God, Loving my neighbor, and working hard to add goodness into the world where I can. That approach to faith has really liberated me. I don't hide my relationship with God by any measure, but I am pretty easy going about it with people who have been burned by zealots." - Mark Goodyear

"Having just purchased iPhones for myself and my wife, I'm wondering how long they will make us happy. And whether my soul needs new tech toys to find satisfaction..." - Mark Goodyear

"Thanks, Liz. We’re planning our annual usability survey next week, and I’ll seriously consider some of the ideas here." - Mark Goodyear

"I'm wondering how this question would apply to a usability study of FastCoDesign.com. Would it confuse readers to ask, "On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident do you feel using FastCoDesign.com?" If so, how would you rephrase the question for the context of a website like this?" - Mark Goodyear

"I was thinking about this one again, and realized I never commented here. In AP English, one of my primary goals was to teach students the art of recognizing paradox. That's what made a good essay for the AP test. Funny that we don't apply it more to business and life." - Mark Goodyear

"aurabella, I think the "family run business" side your situation makes it even more complicated. I pray that you can find redemption there as Glynn talked about in this post." - Mark Goodyear

"So you eventually learned? There must be hope for me then!" - Mark Goodyear

"I read this and think: "Please, God don't let me be a bad manager." I can get threatened sometimes. I can get impatient and grumbly and unappreciative. I hope when I disappoint people, just a few of them think, "It's hard, and I don't want to do this. But I'm going to pray for that jerk."" - Mark Goodyear

"More than anything, I like the way you play with time in this. You really had me hooked at "a dream moment, nothing but a blink, really." I also like how it resists our impatient culture. Our coffee shops have drive thru windows, for crying out loud!" - Mark Goodyear

"In the Bible there were always many more false prophets than actual ones." - Mark Goodyear