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 📚
I’ve been using Kagi for a while now and really like it. — What The Big Tech Escape Hatch Should Look Like
“For Mr. Nixon, the pope’s open letter read like one of the many government policy documents that have been shared among think tanks and regulators over the past several years.”
At the Epicenter of A.I., Pope Leo’s Warnings Are Dismissed by Cade Metz
Magnifica Humanitas was a good read. I appreciate Rome’s understanding of work and the family. Many great quotes. But, I must say, as an Anglican I found it lacking a lot of Jesus. Save a few throw away sentences here or there it could have been written by any secular philosopher. — Obviously, the drive in the philosophy was distinctly Christian. But, to leave out the centrality of the Good News of God becoming man, defeating death, and being raised to new life is a missed evangelistic opportunity. Some mention of the gospel in the conclusion was welcome, but Jesus should be the center and drive of all we say and do. Not a side show. In this, the bishop of Rome “hath erred.”
“In Christ, we are called to cooperate in the work of creation, rather than be disinterested observers of technological processes that limit our freedom and responsibility.”
Magnifica Humanitas by vatican.va
“if technology becomes the ultimate criterion, the human person risks being reduced to data, a cog in a machine or a commodity.”
Magnifica Humanitas by vatican.va