“More fundamentally, I think we need to accept that being desynchronized isn’t bad. Stepping out of time isn’t going to hurt us or our families.”
The Pace of Daily Life Is Unbearable by newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com
“We should treat highly distracting digital garbage like junk food – something we largely avoid – and purposefully schedule a non-trivial amount of time each day to read, write, and self-reflect, just as we now dedicate time to walking, jogging, and weight lifting.”
Why Reading Matters by Study Hacks
“For us, fidelity means standing honestly in that memory: testing all things by Holy Scripture and the Church’s historic witness, refusing to let a tidy theory displace theological truth.”
Thomas Cranmer and the Shape of the Reformation by Rev. David Straw
What a great interview! — 466 - Malcolm Guite - Old Stories Know Secrets That We Have Forgotten — The Symbolic World
Yesterday, 100% of my trips (morning coffee meeting, work, and dinner) were done by bike. The worst part? Cars. — Cycling is so lovely. I hope someday we have better infrastructure and limit the places cars can bring their noise, heat, and smells.
Totally makes sense. My Twitter account, however, will remain deleted. — Manton Reece - Reevaluating the Twitter / X API
“When stable institutions and common spaces weaken, individuals retreat into private life or conform to mass society. The result is not simply personal alienation but the collapse of the public realm necessary for human plurality and agency.”
Flourishing 4.0: Four Cultural Movements in the Search for Meaning, Justice, Happiness, and Well-Being by Margaret Diddams
“flourishing is not merely a psychological state or a social condition, but the wholeness of a person created and redeemed by God.”
Flourishing 4.0: Four Cultural Movements in the Search for Meaning, Justice, Happiness, and Well-Being by Margaret Diddams
“Our love matters. Love has direct implications on our politics and our lives. And when our witness does not display God’s love for our neighbors, we should not be surprised when people wonder about the truths of Scripture.”
Deconstructing for Lack of Love by newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com
“the more atomized we are, the weaker our institutions are and the fewer of them we belong to, the more susceptible we are to propaganda and the pressure of the Worldly Powers.”
On Worldly Powers and Looming Totalitarianism by newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com
That was an intense game! Norway should be proud. They played hard!
“By continually translating the gospel into immanent terms, we steadily demythologize it. We offer accounts of the church, Scripture, and salvation that no longer require a grounding in transcendent realities.”
The Disenchantment Death Spiral: The Immanence Feedback Loop by experimentaltheology.blogspot.com
“Because if the diagnosis is “many of us are suffering psychologically in the isolation of remote work and many of us are losing basic emotional and relational skills to the general detriment of our society”, then surely there are other imaginable therapies besides “look to the workplace to provide what you’re losing, regardless of how precarious, unpleasant and costly life in the workplace might be.””
Academia: The Answers We Don’t Offer by newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com
73 weeks strong, but some big changes are underfoot. — Back on the Bike
View from the office on Demonbreun in Nashville, TN.
It’s been a bit warm cycling into the office this week.
My kids got me a green chess board, a growler of beer, a bag of sweet heat chips, and asked to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail. — I feel very seen and loved.
O God, who from the family of thy servant David didst raise up Joseph to be the guardian of thy incarnate Son and the spouse of his virgin mother: Give us grace to imitate his uprightness of life and his obedience to thy commands; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Steht auf! 🇩🇪
This game is stressing me out! Auf geht’s Deutschland! Let’s make it happen in the second half. 🇩🇪 ⚽️
Finished reading: Galahad and the Grail Merlin’s Isle by Malcolm Guite 📚
De NOS-pagina staat ook open voor de Nederlandse wedstrijd. Hup Holland, hup! 🇳🇱 ⚽️
Der VPN läuft. Die Sportschau-Livestream-Seite steht offen. Ich bin für die WM 2026 bereit. (Nach der Messe, natürlich…) Auf geht’s, Deutschland! 🇩🇪 ⚽️
Currently reading: Galahad and the Grail Merlin’s Isle by Malcolm Guite 📚
