Book VII of St. Augustine’s Confessions is incredible. It’s astounding to me how much he thinks like a modern man – in particularly, how his […]
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Derek Webb’s Fingers Crossed
Derek Webb’s Fingers Crossed came out a year ago. I feel like writing about it because I think it’s the most disturbed I’ve ever felt […]
“A system which was so economically profitable must be morally justifiable”
Last quotation from Strength To Love that struck me. He’s talking about slavery and segregation, and how people let it go on for so long, […]
The church must be the conscience of the state
Here’s another quotation from MLK Jr’s Strength To Love that I found relevant for the evangelical church today: The Greek Church in Russia allied itself […]
A Tough Mind And A Tender Heart
I just read Martin Luther King Jr.’s Strength To Love, a collection of his sermons, and I found it enormously thought-provoking. One thing that amazes […]
Japan
We spent the weekend in Japan – Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe. I was struck mainly by two things. One, it’s kind of ridiculous how cash […]
Korea
We’re in Korea right now, got here Saturday night. I come to Korea every few years, infrequently enough that it feels different every time I […]
St. Augustine on Morality
I’m reading St. Augustine’s Confessions for the first time and I came across the most reasonable explanation for standards of morality that I’ve ever read: […]
I’m not a tiger parent with piano
I’d say my mom was a tiger mom (at least to me – for some reason I’ve never understood, she kind of let up on […]
Calling
We had a small group leader’s meeting at church on Sunday and they gave us a book: Strengthening The Soul Of Your Leadership. I’m not […]