# John's Substack

This is a place to think honestly about leadership, desire, faith, and adulthood—especially when life gets complicated and the old stories stop working.

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## [The Man in the Sonar Chair](https://johnalanturner.substack.com/p/the-man-in-the-sonar-chair)

_2026-08-17 · John Alan Turner_

It’s Saturday, 6:10am.

## [The Bill You’re Already Paying](https://johnalanturner.substack.com/p/the-bill-youre-already-paying)

_2026-08-14 · John Alan Turner_

Last week on The Book of Faces I posted that I had room for three people in a new program I’m offering called Overcoming Overwhelm.

## [Flip the Record](https://johnalanturner.substack.com/p/flip-the-record)

_2026-08-13 · John Alan Turner_

Somewhere in your house is the “equipment of rest” you have not used.

## [The Day Off That Never Showed Up](https://johnalanturner.substack.com/p/the-day-off-that-never-showed-up)

_2026-08-10 · John Alan Turner_

Here is an inventory of one man’s day of rest — a Saturday, not long ago — reconstructed from the evidence:

## [The Calmest Person in the Building](https://johnalanturner.substack.com/p/the-calmest-person-in-the-building)

_2026-08-06 · John Alan Turner_

Is the One Deciding What's an Emergency

## [The Siren and the Furniture](https://johnalanturner.substack.com/p/the-siren-and-the-furniture)

_2026-08-03 · John Alan Turner_

Here is a man at 6:45 on a Monday morning, standing at his kitchen counter.

## [The Argument You Keep Losing to Your Own Body](https://johnalanturner.substack.com/p/the-argument-you-keep-losing-to-your)

_2026-07-30 · John Alan Turner_

Here is the nightstand of a person trying to think their way to calm.

## [Life During Wartime](https://johnalanturner.substack.com/p/life-during-wartime)

_2026-07-27 · John Alan Turner_

You wake up at 5:47, thirteen minutes before the alarm, heart already at cruising altitude.

## [The Most Ignored Theater in America](https://johnalanturner.substack.com/p/the-most-ignored-theater-in-america)

_2026-07-23 · John Alan Turner_

Somewhere over Nebraska right now, a flight attendant is performing the most ignored piece of theater in America.

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## [The Patron Saint of Everyone Else](https://johnalanturner.substack.com/p/the-patron-saint-of-everyone-else)

_2026-07-20 · John Alan Turner_

Somewhere in your phone there is a record of every appointment you’ve made in the last twelve months.