The good folks at the library at Austin Seminary l...

Some really interesting ideas on meeting neighbors...

From a few years back: Alan Jacobs on exhaustion, ...

Finished reading: The Art of Pastoring by David Ha...

Finished reading: Meditations for Mortals by Olive...

David Hansen: The less said explaining the sacram...

Todd Brewer on reckless charity and infinite grace...

Respect.

Lesslie Newbigin: At the heart of the life of the...

currently listening: Blue by Joni Mitchell

Lesslie Newbigin: If the church is the bearer of ...

Kristyn and I arrived home last night from a lovel...

Lesslie Newbigin: The reign of God is a reality t...

Lesslie Newbigin: A great deal of the substance o...

currently listening: What’s Going On by Marv...

Currently reading: 100 Poems to Break Your Heart b...

currently listening: Abbey Road by the Beatles

David Hansen: For me there is one spiritual mass ...

David Hansen: Jesus specifically directed us to f...

David Hansen: Pastoral ministry is a life, not a ...

Currently reading: Treasure Island by Robert Louis...

Ross Byrd’s five signs of a true leader: A...

photo cred (and staging) goes to: Bella

Currently reading: The Art of Pastoring by David H...

I’m picking out a few gems from Abigail Fava...

Currently reading: Meditations for Mortals by Oliv...

I’m finally getting around to this Mary Town...

Why modern life feels meaningless? Answer: The nat...

Finished reading: The Soul of Shame by Curt Thomps...

Had a great time last night with my friend Dan Lis...

Currently reading: Making Disciples by Alex Foglem...

Finished reading: Jesus the Great Philosopher by J...

Bob Thune has written the perfect response to Brad...

Tis the season

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Enjoyed a stimulating lecture this evening from th...

Music to my anti-productivity attuned ears (courte...

Zac Koons convincingly argues that we ought not ou...

I’ve become increasingly suspicious of morbi...

Currently reading: Protestants : the radicals who ...

Finished reading: Terrible Beauty: A Story of Call...

Currently reading: Table Grace by Douglas Webster ...

Poplars on the River Epte (1891) by Claude Monet:

Poplars on the River Epte (1891) by Claude Monet:

Three Trees in Grey Weather (1891) by Claude Monet...

Poplars in the Sun (1891) by Claude Monet:

Poplars (Wind effect) (1891) by Claude Monet:

Three Poplar Trees in the Autumn (1891) by Claude ...

Poplars (Autumn) (1891) by Claude Monet:

Poplars at Giverny, Sunrise (1891) by Claude Monet...

Poplars in the Sun (1891) by Claude Monet:

The Four Trees (1891) by Claude Monet:

Matthew Crawford (in a comment on Substack): Appr...

Finished reading: Managing Leadership Anxiety by S...

“We’re making forts for the ants.&rdqu...

This Mockingbird interview with Aaron Zimmerman is...

currently listening: Thank God We Left the Garden ...

Currently reading: Terrible Beauty: A Story of Cal...

Finished reading: All the Light We Cannot See by A...

Oliver O’Donovan, on the challenges of actually re...

Currently reading: The Soul of Shame by Curt Thomp...

Currently reading: Managing Leadership Anxiety by ...

Linking this article (via @ablerism) for later ref...

currently listening: Total Cinema by Ken Yates

Rowan Williams: There seems to be some connection...

Rowan Williams: Ritual includes elements of drama...

Rowan Williams: Drama highlights what we recogniz...

Lesslie Newbigin, on how the ecclesial debates ove...

Lesslie Newbigin: One almost universal feature of...

Lesslie Newbigin: We are forced to do something t...

Currently reading: The Open Secret by Lesslie Newb...

Finished reading: Forgive by Timothy Keller 📚 A re...

and that’s why I have rattled on from day on...

Finished reading: Who Is an Evangelical?: The Hist...

Thomas S. Kidd, on the tension that has always exi...

Currently reading: Who Is an Evangelical?: The His...

Brad East, with an intriguing comment in the midst...

Currently reading: Forgive by Timothy Keller 📚

Currently reading: All the Light We Cannot See by ...

This post (via @Jonah) is spot on: Another Bible S...

Finished reading: The Big Relief by David Zahl 📚 I...

Interior with Young Man Reading (1898) by Vilhelm...

What our 4th of July celebration looked like (yes,...

Finished reading: Untamed Hospitality (The Christi...

Elizabeth Newman: That our bodies are so deeply c...

Elizabeth Newman: We never abandon ritual and myt...

Elizabeth Newman: All education is ultimately for...

Elizabeth Newman: As frequently noted, a liberal ...

Elizabeth Newman: Liberal politics embraces the i...

Elizabeth Newman: If we had to choose between a p...

Elizabeth Newman: Far from being apolitical, the ...

Christian Wiman: John Keats once said that no ten...

Finished reading: Waterloo by Karen Olsson 📚 Kinda...

Finished reading: How Big Things Get Done by Bent ...

Currently reading: How Big Things Get Done by Bent...

I recently finished listening to the podcast serie...

Elizabeth Newman, on not reducing Christian worshi...

Elizabeth Newman: The problem with consumerism&he...

Kristyn and I watched The Godfather (finally)

my latest masterpiece

Austin

Currently reading: The Big Relief by David Zahl 📚 ...

Currently reading: Waterloo by Karen Olsson 📚

Finished reading: How to Know a Person by David Br...

Finished reading: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Of...

Finished reading: Weird City by Joshua Long 📚 Inte...

Cove @ La Jolla

Matthew B. Crawford: AI will be the consummation ...

Currently reading: Zero at the Bone by Christian W...

Currently reading: How to Know a Person by David B...

San Diego, day 1

Currently reading: Weird City by Joshua Long 📚

Finished reading: Lost in Austin by Alex Hannaford...

Ross Byrd’s 20 Proverbs for the Digital Age ...

Currently reading: Untamed Hospitality (The Christ...

Rowan Williams: Representational speech will carr...

Rowan Williams: Literal and metaphorical speech a...

Currently reading: The Edge of Words by Rowan Will...

Finished reading: God Save Texas by Lawrence Wrigh...

Finished reading: Church Unique by Will Mancini 📚 ...

Finished reading: Exclusion & Embrace by Miros...

‘It must be inconvenient to be made of fles...

Brad East, on how grace is received corporately—on...

Currently reading: Church Unique by Will Mancini 📚...

Currently reading: Lost in Austin by Alex Hannafor...

Had a blast running with my crew and Mikayla &...

Ross Douthat: “An Age of Extinction Is Comin...

Christ on the way to Calvary (1308-11) by Duccio d...

a little origami fun last night with Lily and Bell...

This is a brilliant idea: Author and journalist La...

Finished reading: The Unwinding: An Inner History ...

currently listening: SABLE, fABLE by Bon Iver

Oliver Burkeman: [W]e desperately want to be save...

Music to my ears: Jen Pollock Michel criticizes th...

Reverend Scott Bailey, All Saints Episcopal Church...

I’ve been digging into Austin’s histor...

Currently reading: Serving a Movement by Timothy K...

McWay Rocks II (Big Sur) by Tom Killion:

Mt. Tamalpais from Corte Madera Creek II by Tom Ki...

Finished reading: Christ-Centered Preaching by Bry...

Kristyn and I finally sat down to watch Conclave l...

I’ve had a contrarian streak that dates back...

Cardón, State of Oaxaca (1887) by José María Velas...

The Great Comet of 1882 (1910) by José María Velas...

Finished reading: The Wounded Healer by Henri J. M...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: Perhaps the main task of the ...

Religion in the United States (source):

Henri J. M. Nouwen: Without hope, we will never b...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: Christian leadership is a dea...

Carl Rogers (quoted in Henri J. M. Nouwen): &hell...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: …[W]hen one has the co...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: After so much stress has been...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: None of us can stay alive whe...

Currently reading: God Save Texas by Lawrence Wrig...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: It is not the task of Christi...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: But here we must be aware of ...

backyard vibes

Currently reading: The Wounded Healer by Henri J. ...

View of Scheveningen Sands (c. 1630s) by Hendrick ...

This is basically the Platonic Form of what I prev...

The Great Walnut Tree (Le Grand Noyer) (1875) by C...

Keller, Center Church, pt. 2 (Gospel Renewal)

Lily and Bella’s favorite part of the Velowa...

Finished reading: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L...

Miroslav Volf, describing the communal analogue to...

Miroslav Volf, unpacking what he calls a “ca...

Miroslav Volf: A genuinely Christian reflection o...

Miroslav Volf, explaining why he chooses to focus ...

Currently reading: Exclusion & Embrace by Miro...

Finished reading: Saving Eutychus by Gary Millar a...

currently listening: Help! by the Beatles

rooftop

Finished reading: Preaching That Moves People by Y...

Currently reading: Preaching That Moves People by ...

Currently reading: Saving Eutychus by Gary Millar ...

Finished reading: The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis ...

Currently reading: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine ...

currently listening: Coming Home by Leon Bridges

Finished reading: Preaching by Timothy Keller 📚 Pu...

Early Sunday Morning (1930) by Edward Hooper:

Overpasses (2.2) (2022) by Raluca Iancu:

George Packer: In the unwinding, everything chang...

George Packer: Alone on a landscape without solid...

George Packer: The unwinding brings freedom, more...

George Packer: If you were born around 1960 or af...

George Packer: No one can say when the unwinding ...

Currently reading: Christ-Centered Preaching by Br...

Currently reading: The Wind in the Willows by Kenn...

Currently reading: The Unwinding: An Inner History...

Finished reading: Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face...

welp.

The workaround in our household CC: @frjon @ayjay

Finished reading: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walt...

Finished reading: Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoef...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: In Christ’s incarnatio...

newest addition to the living room

Crossed the ten-mile threshold for the first time ...

Finished reading: 8 Hours or Less by Ryan Huguley ...

currently listening: Mood Ring by Joan Shelley

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, on the difference between &ld...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, arguing that Christian sancti...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Whatever the disciples do, t...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A truth, a doctrine, or a re...

Currently reading: 8 Hours or Less by Ryan Huguley...

Currently reading: Preaching by Timothy Keller 📚 ...

An Open Road by Patrick Nasmyth:

Currently reading: Radical Hope: Ethics in the Fac...

Finished reading: A Century of Poetry by Rowan Wil...

Finished reading: The Insider’s Guide to ADH...

Disabled email and internet browser on my phone fo...

Finished reading: Understanding Fundamentalism and...

Merry Christmas from Lewis and Trooper (photo cred...

Landscape with Snow (1888) by Vincent van Gogh:

Lesslie Newbigin, on keeping the right priorities ...

Lesslie Newbigin: How can this strange story of G...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Genuine prayer is not a deed...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The only required reflection...

the true meaning of Christmas

Currently reading: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Wal...

Currently reading: This America: The Case for the ...

Finished reading: The Virtue of Nationalism by Yor...

George Marsden, describing the conflicting impulse...

“Advent” by Sarah Klassen (source: Row...

Keller, Center Church, pt. 1 (Gospel Theology)

George Marsden, describing the “American pat...

Finished reading: Out of the Silent Planet by C.S....

Kristyn took this one on her NYC trip

They just don’t make ‘em like they use...

George Marsden, concluding a chapter on evangelica...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Loving one’s enemies l...

George Marsden, summarizing how certain positive s...

Currently reading: Understanding Fundamentalism an...

Kristyn is in New York for a few days with her mom...

Finished reading: The Emotionally Healthy Leader b...

Writing in Mockingbird, Simeon Zahl surveys compet...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Everyone enters discipleship...

Currently reading: Out of the Silent Planet by C.S...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, reminding us that Jesus' burd...

An incredibly illuminating essay from John Ehrett ...

With all due respect to those who’ve weighed...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, with words every minister sho...

Currently reading: Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoe...

Finished reading: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader b...

Finished reading: Evangelism as a Lifestyle by Jim...

Sabbath Notes for Future Self (inspired by Marva Dawn's Keeping the Sabbath Wholly)

C. S. Lewis: One is sometimes (not often) glad no...

James R. Edwards, commenting on Mark 7 and Jesus&r...

Trooper was not being especially hospitable to our...

Lunch with the staff team at Leroy and Lewis

Currently reading: The Virtue of Nationalism by Yo...

Currently reading: The Insider’s Guide to AD...

My family knows the way to my heart

I’m teaching on the Ascension in the morning...

dapper fellow

Finished reading: Migrations of the Holy by Willia...

William T. Cavanaugh, on the “visibility&rdq...

William T. Cavanaugh: The most common way that pe...

Lewis, chilling in his hoodie (thanks to Lily and ...

Currently reading: The Emotionally Healthy Leader ...

William T. Cavanaugh: There is a longing in natio...

We get an extra hour of sleep tonight as well, rig...

William T. Cavanaugh: Globalization cannot simply...

Aaron Renn made a splash recently with a tweet, su...

William T. Cavanaugh: The church’s confessi...

William T. Cavanaugh: The American nation-state h...

I’m teaching on Christology and the Council ...

I really shouldn’t aspire to anything beyond...

Rob Horning, on “the emergent way of seeing&...

What percentage of my life is taken up with re-sta...

William T. Cavanaugh: What takes place in the mod...

William T. Cavanaugh: The story of the death of t...

Keller, Center Church, pt. 0 (Intro: Theological Vision)

Finished reading: The Community of the King by How...

Howard A. Snyder: Kingdom witness and church grow...

Currently reading: Migrations of the Holy by Willi...

Currently reading: On Repentance And Repair by Dan...

on repeat this afternoon…

Kirsten Sanders, in an essay ostensibly about the ...

Scott Swain: All Christian social order has an eq...

Scott Swain: The systematic theologian’s job when...

Finished reading: The Ideas That Made America: A B...

Afternoon run at Lake Pflugerville with Lily - she...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, clarifying why debates over &...

Currently reading: Creation and Fall by Dietrich B...

Currently reading: A Century of Poetry by Rowan Wi...

Joshua Heavin, concluding an article on the scanda...

Howard A. Snyder: Many churches do not share the ...

Howard A. Snyder: Contrary to popular myth, norma...

Region Rowe, Massachusetts (1918) by John Marin:

Hoosic Mountains (1918) by John Marin:

Finished reading: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wils...

Currently reading: Renovation of the Heart by Dall...

Me and the girls had some fun on Saturday scooteri...

Currently reading: Evangelism as a Lifestyle by Ji...

Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, describing Benjamin Fr...

Currently reading: The Ideas That Made America: A ...

On the Lake of Como (1781) by Francis Towne:

Finished reading: Center Church by Timothy Keller ...

Currently listening:

Peter Leithart, on the Eucharist and the way thing...

Alan Jacobs, providing some of the best writing ad...

Alastair Roberts, with some very useful reflection...

Finished reading: Low Anthropology by David Zahl 📚...

David Zahl: Jesus knows that telling people to ha...

David Zahl (channeling his inner Lewis): In so ma...

David Zahl: Love is…an area of human opera...

David Zahl: There is such a thing as authentic au...

Lewis Hyde: I should now state directly a limitat...

Night Rain (2008) by Michael Mazur:

Fall Garden - 2 Chairs II (1977) by Michael Mazur:...

Autumn (2000) by Michael Mazur:

Howard A. Snyder: Too often the church has let th...

David Zahl: An inflated estimation of human natur...

David Zahl: I have preached nearly twenty years' ...

Currently reading: Low Anthropology by David Zahl ...

Finished reading: The Revenge of Conscience by J. ...

Finished reading: Prince Caspian by Clive Staples ...

Tim Keller: Legalistic Christianity leads to dual...

C. S. Lewis: When a man says that he grasps an ar...

A few gems from Calvin on preaching: Commenting o...

James Wood provides a moving account of his conver...

Ed Feser, with five gradations (of increasing soph...

Brad East, offering his answer to the question &ld...

Snagged this at an antique shop today and, upon fu...

Alastair Roberts, on “The Anglicanism of C. ...

Zacatlaxcalli Vignette (2023) by Eva Peréz Martíne...

Highlights from Freddie deBoer’s “Self...

Do non-human animals grieve?

Finished reading: The Lord’s Work in the Lor...

Francis Schaeffer: Quietness and peace before God...

Francis Schaeffer, reflecting on Jesus' words in L...

Francis Schaeffer: Nowhere more than in America a...

Francis Schaeffer: To be wholly committed to God ...

“And now we know what it feels like for the ...

I guess it’s high time I read some Albert Bo...

Wheatfield (1879) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir:

Just finished Catch Me If You Can - sadder than I ...

Got these wonderful prints from Scale House Print ...

Why do older people—with almost no exceptions in m...

Currently reading: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wil...

Currently reading: The Community of the King by Ho...

Francis Schaeffer, (unintentionally) providing eva...

Francis Schaeffer, on the central problem facing t...

Francis Schaeffer: A Christian can never say, &ld...

Currently reading: The Lord’s Work in the Lo...

Finished reading: Uprooted by Grace Olmstead 📚

Enjoyed celebrating with my mom on Thursday at the...

Tim Keller: Traditional evangelical churches tend...

Tim Keller: Most American evangelical churches ar...

Brad East, on the detrimental effects of the curre...

Tim Keller: The massive growth and influence of c...

Finished reading: Less is More: How Degrowth Will ...

Landscape with a Woodland Pool (c. 1497) by Albrec...

Courtyard of the Former Castle in Innsbruck withou...

View of the Arco Valley (1495) by Albrecht Dürer: ...

Currently reading: The Revenge of Conscience by J....

Philip Bess, in an old two-part essay at Public Di...

Did this to get the folding table flush with the d...

Our makeshift table in the living room for dinner/...

An interesting piece from Jake Meador at Mere O on...

I’m currently listening to The Second Mounta...

Brad East, in the course of encouraging pastors to...

Charles Marsh, in a long essay in which he respond...

Finished reading: Strange Glory by Charles Marsh 📚...

Currently reading: Uprooted by Grace Olmstead 📚 ...

right before we loaded up for the return trip to A...

on the way up to Pike’s Peak

a few more pics from CO (my sister took these)

Day 2 of our journey to Colorado Springs (left Ama...

Bonhoeffer (quote from Marsh’s bio): The ea...

Finished reading: The Lion, the Witch and the Ward...

Kristyn and I spent a few nights away in Comfort, ...

Why do extroverts insist on calling themselves int...

currently listening: Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan...

Finished reading: Technopoly by Neil Postman 📚 A p...

In the concluding chapter of Technopoly, Neil Post...

Keturah Hickman, on the allure of being irreplacea...

Neil Postman: One characteristic of those who liv...

Neil Postman: Norbert Wiener warned about the lac...

Neil Postman, on the computer as Technopoly’...

Neil Postman: In Technopoly…subjective for...

Evening, Honfleur (1886) by Georges-Pierre Seurat:...

Currently reading: Less is More: How Degrowth Will...

James Wood, in a strange article on evangelical pr...

Neil Postman: One way of defining Technopoly&hell...

Neil Postman, on the new world—the “improbab...

Neil Postman: The milieu in which Technopoly flou...

Neil Postman, describing the Founders' vision of t...

Neil Postman, on what results when traditional con...

Neil Postman: The fact is, there are very few pol...

Neil Postman: The world we live in is very nearly...

Neil Postman, on the assumptions undergirding Tech...

Jake Meador, on how various responses to the diffi...

In Technopoly, Neil Postman offers a threefold tax...

Farmhouse in Nuenen (1885) by Vincent van Gogh:

Cottage with Peasant Woman Digging (1885) by Vince...

The cottage (1885) by Vincent van Gogh:

Finished Heavyweights tonight (though it was a slo...

Joe Biden is setting old people back so much&helli...

Matthew Crawford, writing in The Hedgehog Review o...

Tim Keller: Some churches hold to orthodox doctri...

The St John Ophthalmic Hospital, Jerusalem (1927) ...

Storm Clouds (c. 1932) by David Bomberg: Flowers (...

San Justo, Toledo, Spain (1929) by David Bomberg: ...

Evening, Cornwall (1947) by David Bomberg: Sunset,...

Tim Keller: Over time, all churches, no matter ho...

Kristyn and I finished watching Food, Inc. this ev...

(from the CD booklet for Arcade Fire’s Refle...

Tim Keller: The gospel is not a simple thing&hell...

(from the CD booklet for Arcade Fire’s Refle...

Kristyn and I celebrated eleven years of marriage ...

currently listening: Painted Ruins by Grizzly Bear...

Neil Postman: New technologies alter the structur...

Neil Postman: Technological change is neither add...

Neil Postman: Embedded in every tool is an ideolo...

Neil Postman: Stated in the most dramatic terms, ...

Currently reading: Technopoly by Neil Postman 📚 ...

Currently reading: Center Church by Timothy Keller...

Phase 2

Finished reading: Outgrowing the Ingrown Church by...

Kirsten Sanders, concluding a piece about how reli...

Currently reading: Strange Glory by Charles Marsh ...

Fire at the Grand Storehouse of the Tower of Londo...

Watched Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) this even...

Life!

Finished reading: Strong and Weak by Andy Crouch 📚...

Andy Crouch: Understandably, the felt need of nea...

Winter landcape with figures and tents on the ice ...

Winter Scene on a Canal (c. 1615) by Hendrick Aver...

Winter landscape with skaters (c. 1608) by Hendric...

Foray into gardening

Finished reading: The Republic of Grace by Charles...

Albarran Cabrera

a cool picture my sister, Lynne', took of the girl...

Currently reading: Strong and Weak by Andy Crouch ...

Finished reading: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 📚...

Quote from Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 (Grange...

Lewis in the wingback (photo cred: Kristyn)

Once Upon a Time in the West (2018) by Matthew Won...

The Kingdom by Matthew Wong:

From the 2019 New York Times obituary for Matthew ...

From a 2018 interview with Matthew Wong, in respon...

Coming of Age Landscape (2018) by Matthew Wong:

Charles Mathewes: The first virtue of all exercis...

Charles Mathewes: Why are we so committed to the ...

Charles Mathewes: Authority seems invisible to us...

Charles Mathewes, trying to gesture at a more robu...

Charles Mathewes: Today our capacity to be creatu...

Charles Mathewes, speaking here on the delicate to...

A drawing of Bruce Springsteen by my mom, which sh...

Freddie deBoer (HT: @ayjay), in a post that begins...

Sabrina Little, in an essay for Aeon, takes up a q...

Charles Mathewes: If we want to ask the question ...

Charles Mathewes: We are not called just to wait ...

Charles Mathewes: Hope is transcendent because it...

Charles Mathewes: Hope is a means of accessing re...

Charles Mathewes (emphasis mine): This, I submit,...

Currently reading: The Republic of Grace by Charle...

Currently reading: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ...

rope swingin'

James Davison Hunter: It is essential, in my view...

James Davison Hunter: Faithful Christian witness ...

Finished reading: Confident Pluralism by John D. I...

Currently reading: Confident Pluralism by John D. ...

The Sheepfold, Moonlight (1856-60) by Jean-Françoi...

Finished reading: Uncommon Unity by RICHARD. LINTS...

Richard Lints: It is [the] mixing of political an...

Richard Lints: The biblical account runs against ...

Richard Lints: As “images,” we gain o...

Currently reading: The Call by Os Guinness 📚

Brad Littlejohn and Clare Morell, making a conserv...

Finished reading: The World-Ending Fire by Wendell...

Wendell Berry, from “Family Work” (198...

Wendell Berry, from “Family Work” (198...

one could do worse than be a swinger of birches

Wendell Berry’s standards for technological ...

Wendell Berry, from “Word and Flesh” (...

Wendell Berry, from “Word and Flesh” (...

Wendell Berry, from “Faustian Economics&rdqu...

Wendell Berry, from “Faustian Economics&rdqu...

Wendell Berry, from “Faustian Economics&rdqu...

Wendell Berry, from “Faustian Economics&rdqu...

Currently reading: Outgrowing the Ingrown Church b...

Wendell Berry, from “The Unsettling of Ameri...

Wendell Berry, from “The Unsettling of Ameri...

Wendell Berry, from “The Work of Local Cultu...

Wendell Berry, from “The Work of Local Cultu...

Wendell Berry, from “The Work of Local Cultu...

Wendell Berry, from “Horse-Drawn Tools and t...

Hi Malin

Richard Lints: The contemporary democratic ethos ...

Richard Lints: Democracy highlights the significa...

Richard Lints: Doing justice both to the history ...

Richard Lints: The polarization of our contempora...

Richard Lints: An important irony is the ever-gro...

Richard Lints, on the experience of diversity in m...

C. S. Lewis in The Great Divorce (quoted in Lints'...

Currently reading: Them by Ben Sasse 📚

Alan Jacobs, quoted in the same report: Very few ...

Mark Noll, quoted in the “Faith and Healthy ...

Andrew Koperski, in reviewing some historical inac...

(from the CD booklet for i,i)

(from the CD booklet for i,i)

Currently Listening: i,i by Bon Iver

Currently reading: Uncommon Unity by RICHARD. LINT...

Currently reading: Generations by Jean M. Twenge 📚...

Joseph Lawler, concluding his piece in The New Atl...

The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice (c. 1730) ...

The Stonemason’s Yard (c. 1725) by Canaletto:

Some watercolors from Marie Bracquemond:

Finished reading: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inqu...

Matthew Crawford: Today, in our schools, the manu...

Matthew Crawford: There seems to be an ideology o...

Matthew Crawford: Somehow, self-realization and f...

Matthew Crawford: The problem of technology is al...

Matthew Crawford: Maybe we can say, after all, th...

Currently reading: The World-Ending Fire by Wendel...

Currently reading: Exclusion & Embrace by Miro...

Kirsten Sanders, on the role that “certainty...

Currently Listening: Kid A by Radiohead

So many questions: about cover design and content&...

Currently reading: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inq...

Finished reading: People Skills by Robert Bolton 📚...

Grabbed coffee this afternoon with an old friend a...

Last night, Kristyn and I finished Look & See:...

To mark the beginning of Providence’s new se...

Finished reading: Becoming a True Spiritual Commun...

Jef Verheyen:

Alastair Roberts, explaining why he traded in his ...

Alan Jacobs, arguing re: digital technology’...

The Oaktree in the Snow (1829) by Caspar David Fri...

Memories of the Giant Mountains (c. 1835) by Caspa...

Larry Crabb: The spirituality of a community can ...

Trooper

Finished reading: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hal...

It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those w...

W. H. Auden, with an apt description of the &ldquo...

Picture of Austin earlier today

A composite image from Cooper Lake State Park in T...

Larry Crabb: The passion to protect ourselves, to...

Eclipse vibes

A Cornfield by Moonlight with the Evening Star (c....

A Moonlit Scene with a Winding River (c. 1827) by ...

The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring by Alfred Sis...

John Stott: The church’s very first need, before ...

Polaroid of Lewis (courtesy of Lily)

Kristyn and I finally watched Dune: Part One last ...

There are not many essays that need to be written,...

As a native Austinite, I surely have a biased and ...

Matthew Crawford, on the problem of science being ...

Alan Jacobs: A surprisingly large and rapidly gro...

Currently Listening: Everybody Else Is Doing It, S...

Currently reading: Becoming a True Spiritual Commu...

Karl Barth, with important words for preachers on ...

Karl Barth: Nothing, absolutely nothing, can one ...

Currently Listening: The Joshua Tree by U2

Christine Rosen: The rise of public digital surve...

Christine Rosen, on how private surveillance techn...

Peter Leithart: Holy Week is a disguised coronati...

Photo cred goes to my wife, Kristyn

(from the CD booklet for Shut Up I Am Dreaming by ...

(Untitled, known as Christ’s entry into Jeru...

Currently Listening: Room On Fire by The Strokes

The Goldfinch (1654) by Carel Fabritius:

Tyler Been, who went through clinical pastoral edu...

(from the inside flap of the CD case for Strangers...

Finished reading: Reaching Out by Henri J. M. Nouw...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: It is very hard to tolerate t...

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Henri J. M. Nouwen: The paradox of prayer is that...

Beautiful watercolor from Allen Say’s Grandf...

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(from Henri J. M. Nouwen’s Reaching Out)

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Henri J. M. Nouwen, with a beautiful meditation on...

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Henri J. M. Nouwen: We indeed have become very pr...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: Silence is such a difficult t...

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I bought a new (old) car this evening—no Bluetooth...

(from the CD booklet of The Radio Dept.’s Cl...

RIP Frank Erwin Center

Morning, Austin

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Bogumil Jarmulak, warning of the dangers of &ldquo...

(from Henri J. M. Nouwen’s Reaching Out)

Jeff Reimer, in a moving essay entitled “How...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: To wait for moments or places...

(from Henri J. M. Nouwen’s Reaching Out)

Henri J. M. Nouwen, speaking my love language as h...

Currently reading: Reaching Out by Henri J. M. Nou...

A good write-up in the Austin Chronicle on Kareem ...

Me and Lewis (just chillin')

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The Viaduct at L’Estaque (1907) by Georges B...

Finished reading: How to Inhabit Time by James K. ...

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James K. A. Smith: There are lots of religious pe...

James K. A. Smith: God’s sanctifying presen...

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The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (1586) by El Grec...

An interesting meditation from Ellen Charry on the...

Peacemakers (1997) by Paul Hobbs:

Gentle Breeze (2009) by Paul Hobbs:

David Ford’s recent commentary on the Gospel...

Finished reading: A Spirituality of Fundraising (H...

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Dinos bearing gifts

Brad East, commenting on how surprising it is (or ...

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Cypresse (1889) by Vincent van Gogh:

Robert Bolton: When listening does not encourage ...

Robert Bolton (I almost took out the exclamation p...

Currently reading: How to Inhabit Time by James K....

My family took a trip to the library this afternoo...

Watched a fascinating little documentary on the &l...

Low Tide (2002) by Howard Hodgkin:

Dr. Elton Mayo (quoted in Robert Bolton’s Pe...

Andrew Bird, Noble Beast

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Despite these slings Despite these arrows I’...

Finished reading: God in the Dock by C. S. Lewis 📚...

C. S. Lewis, in an essay entitled “First and...

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Kirche in Cassone (1913) by Gustav Klimt:

Litzlberg on the Attersee (c. 1910-1912) by Gustav...

Houses at Unterach am Attensee (1916) by Gustav Kl...

Avenue in the Park of Schloss Kammer (1912) by Gus...

Farm Garden with Sunflowers (1907) by Gustav Klimt...

Watched the first episode of Kenneth Clark’s...

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Christopher Lasch: The invasion of the family by ...

It never gets old

Cabin vibes

The Timeless Airport

Heading to Montana in the morning—I have the privi...

Lewis' essay on the dangers of national repentance...

Big Brother Playing (1890) by Harriet Backer:

Blue Interior (1883) by Harriet Backer:

Sewing Woman (1890) by Harriet Backer:

Summer Night (1886) by Eilif Peterssen:

Fra Sevilosen ved Savallen (1907) by Eilif Peterss...

Jane Clark Scharl, from an essay on applying the p...

Paul Kingsnorth, describing the religious center o...

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Christopher Lasch: Modern society has achieved un...

C. S. Lewis, replying to the charge that he doesn&...

The White Bridge (c. 1875-1890) by John Henry Twac...

Wild Cherry Tree (c. 1901) by John Henry Twachtman...

C. S. Lewis: In all true Christian asceticism, [t...

Valley in the Mountains (c. 1930s) by Louis Hovey ...

Pasadena Light by Louis Hovey Sharp:

Annie Dillard (HT: Austin Kleon): One of the few ...

David F. Ford, commenting on John 13:34-35: Love ...

C. S. Lewis, from “On the Transmission of Ch...

C. S. Lewis: The people who keep on asking if the...

C. S. Lewis, channeling his inner Leslie Newbigin:...

A portion of my mom’s latest painting

C. S. Lewis, on the apologetic value of Christians...

Finished reading: The Drama of Doctrine by Kevin J...

“To be quiet and still is a special thing.&r...

C. S. Lewis: Christianity does not simply affirm ...

Kevin J. Vanhoozer: Gerhard Ebeling famously decl...

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James R. Wood, asking in Comment “Can the Ch...

Afternoon session: “liner” by Justin V...

“powers” on repeat this AM

For those interested: an update on where life has ...

C. S. Lewis, in answer to a question about the div...

C. S. Lewis: When any man comes into the presence...

It’s like I’ve fallen out of bed From ...

My first piece for Mere Orthodoxy is up today: Wha...

Currently reading: Harry Potter and the Deathly Ha...

Richard Lovelace: It is hard to generalize about ...

The end of an era

Kevin J. Vanhoozer: The first truth about human b...

Kevin J. Vanhoozer: A hypocrite…is one who...

Finally watched (yes, for the first time) It&rsquo...

Kevin J. Vanhoozer: The canon is the norm of theo...

Finished reading: For the Time Being by W. H. Aude...

SIMEON: And because of His visitation, we may no l...

Oliver Burkeman, giving readers permission to forg...

Christopher Lasch: Imprisoned in his self-awarene...

One of our favorite holiday traditions: eating at ...

MARY: O shut your bright eyes that mine must endan...

Late Christmas lunch at Arpeggio!

Success! Mom’s gift is finished (see here an...

THE THREE WISE MEN: At least we know for certain t...

CHORUS: Blessed Woman, Excellent Man, Redeem for t...

Currently reading: God in the Dock by C. S. Lewis ...

Anyone else remember Cybiko? It ranks as my all-ti...

Now that the books have all migrated home, I&rsquo...

Merry Christmas from Laz 1

Update on Mom’s chairs: have added new foam ...

Currently reading: For the Time Being by W. H. Aud...

The girls enjoying their new paint set, courtesy o...

Kevin J. Vanhoozer, on what the “mind of Chr...

My Christmas gift to the bro-in-law: Pictured here...

Christopher Lasch: A denial of the past, superfic...

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First time listening to Radiohead in a whiiiiiile

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Finished reading: The Abolition of Man by C. S. Le...

Currently reading: The Stoic Challenge: A Philosop...

Marshes in New Jersey (1895) by Henry Ossawa Tanne...

Flight Into Egypt (1923) by Henry Ossawa Tanner:

Pomp at the Zoo (1880) by Henry Ossawa Tanner:

The Annunciation (1898) by Henry Ossawa Tanner:

The Banjo Lesson (1893) by Henry Ossawa Tanner:

The Seine (c. 1902) by Henry Ossawa Tanner:

Checking out Barrett’s for the afternoon

Finished reading: How to Be Normal by Phil Christm...

Kevin J. Vanhoozer: “Tradition” names...

Naples Afternoon (c. 1948) by William Congdon:

Broken yolk in western sky My stomach turned, my m...

Matt Dinan, on “Friendship as Soulcraft&rdqu...

Landscape after Wang Ximeng (1948) by Zhang Daqian...

Mist at Dawn (1968) by Zhang Daqian:

Phil Christman, with a wonderful description of te...

Phil Christman: We are Americans; our national my...

Phil Christman: If the phrase “meaning of a...

Sunset pictures never come anywhere close to captu...

Mom’s Christmas gift: reupholstering her old...

After covering the so-called Nazca Lines with the ...

Phil Christman, with his concluding paragraph on t...

Phil Christman, commenting on Blackness in an essa...

Phil Christman: Many Americans have been trained ...

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Oliver Burkeman, author of the superb Four Thousan...

“I’m getting a snack; do you want some...

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Kevin J. Vanhoozer: The ministry of the Word invo...

Kevin J. Vanhoozer: Theology’s task is to e...

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Rowan Williams, with a characteristically beautifu...

R. Lucas Stamps, on how the Advent season ought to...

“Hit Me With Your Best Shot” came on a...

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Apropos of nothing: I’m most of the way thro...

The Division of the Light from the Darkness (1924)...

Brad East, in an essay on “the ends of theol...

Parade Hoboken, New Jersey (1955) from Robert Fran...

There is a light Bright star shining In the dark n...

Paul Kingsnorth, with quite the understatement: &l...

Exquisite botanical paintings from Jacques le Moyn...

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C. S. Lewis: Sometimes, Lord, one is tempted to s...

C. S. Lewis: Five senses; an incurably abstract i...

Saw Ridley Scott’s Napoleon tonight with Kri...

Finished reading: Reading the Gospels Wisely by Jo...

Marseille (1954) by Nicolas de Staël:

Sicile (1954) by Nicolas de Staël:

Agrigente (1954) by Nicolas de Staël:

C. S. Lewis, dropping some truth bombs about the a...

Why is it “Febreze” instead of “...

Christmas has arrived at the Bowman’s

Finished reading: Little Platoons by Matt Feeney 📚...

Still not all of ‘em…

Jonathan T. Pennington: Jesus' death was confusin...

My buddy Ricardo recommended to me “Montana&...

A pet peeve of mine: When a junior scholar—say, a ...

Albarran Cabrera:

C. S. Lewis: It is hard to have patience with peo...

Currently reading: Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis 📚...

Alan Jacobs, with what begins as a balanced take o...

Lily and Bella got me NBA trading cards for my bir...

One bookshelf down (made completely from scrap woo...

Matt Feeney, on the deepest, essentially philosoph...

Matt Feeney: I have no control over the degree to...

Also from the Tomb of Nebamun

From the Tomb of Nebamun

Jonathan T. Pennington: While affirming the essen...

Matt Feeney: Parents gain early knowledge of what...

Cityscape #1 (1963) by Richard Diebenkorn:

From Petworth Park (1932) by Christopher Richard W...

Hampstead Heath (1921) by John Lavery:

A Moorish Landscape - Evening (1914) by John Laver...

West of Ireland Landscape (c. 1920) by Paul Henry:...

Matt Feeney: The main functional benefit of moder...

Matt Feeney: From the first queasy hints of pregn...

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Finished reading: The Unbroken Thread by Sohrab Ah...

I’m calling for a moratorium on book subtitl...

View of Dresden by Moonlight (1839) by J. C. Dahl:...

Frederiksborg Castle (1814) by J. C. Dahl:

Currently reading: Reading the Gospels Wisely by J...

The Met is running an exhibition entitled Africa &...

The National’s new album, First Two Pages of...

Birthday gift for mom (Quick aside: Is there anoth...

Finished reading: Esther and Her Elusive God by Jo...

John Anthony Dunne, on how the church can embrace ...

John Carpenter, on the ways that consumerism has c...

Feeling pretty good about this

Cassandra Nelson, describing the high school learn...

“Nonsense on stilts"—I’ll have to...

David J. Siegel, on the goods to be enjoyed in pul...

Mary Delany, an 18th-century English artist, with ...

View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer (c. 1660-61):

Michael White eloquently describes his experience ...

I read Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel with the...

“Can you lift me up to a higher place?&rdquo...

Finished reading: The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan ...

Happy Saturday!

I painted this back in 2018; I’m a one-trick...

A fascinating 2018 documentary on Paul Kingsnorth&...

A “nekyia” scene (i.e., an ancient Gre...

My wife and I are finally watching Alfred Hitchcoc...

If at all feasible in your situation, don’t ...

Harry did not really listen. A warmth was spreadi...

First fire of the season

James K. A. Smith, with sage advice on how to visi...

So many questions raised by these scenes, which co...

Alan Jacobs, arguing that intractable cultural deb...

Quesoff 2023—a food competition my wife could get ...

“Dive” by Beach House

We’ll see if this guy’s any good

Sohrab Ahmari: Barbarism…isn’t the m...

Currently reading: The Unbroken Thread by Sohrab A...

my happy place

Here’s a current installation of Kawamata&rs...

Stumbled upon the work of Tadashi Kawamata, who re...

Naples (c. 1841) by John Ruskin:

Study of Dawn: purple Clouds (1868) by John Ruskin...

Matt Crawford, on dirt biking as an example of the...

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Joy says hi

Geoff Shullenberger, shedding some light on the ul...

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Finished reading: Deschooling Society by Ivan Illi...

Ivan Illich: The alternative to dependence on sch...

Ivan Illich: A child on the streets of New York n...

Stumbled upon a video, produced by Fuller Seminary...

If you needed further evidence that Lazarus is the...

surprised by Joy

Ivan Illich: I believe that a desirable future de...

The Hunters in the Snow (1565) by Pieter Bruegel t...

Annunciation to the Shepherds by Taddeo Gaddi: The...

I’m giving Sufjan’s latest, Javelin, a...

Awkwardly coexisting is about the best you can hop...

Ivan Illich, with a passage that deserves to be re...

Currently reading: Deschooling Society by Ivan Ill...

Finished reading: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Vol. ...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, on how learning to curb our e...

Finished reading: The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lew...

C. S. Lewis: [W]e are afraid that heaven is a bri...

John Webster, on theological criticism as an activ...

my new office doormat, courtesy of the Davenant In...

As I embark on a self-directed course of study in ...

C. S. Lewis, on (gulp) hell: There is no doctrine...

Lewis…doing his thing, I suppose

C. S. Lewis: The Christian doctrine of suffering ...

C. S. Lewis: The sacrifice of Christ is repeated,...

Here’s a map of the fictionalized town of Wi...

I need to return to Sherwood Anderson’s Wine...

C. S. Lewis: When we merely say that we are bad, ...

C. S. Lewis: Beware lest you are making use of th...

C. S. Lewis: From our own childhood we remember t...

it’s time to repave

How do I say bye to that face?

Finished reading: In the Name of Jesus by Henri J....

Henri J. M. Nouwen: Confession and forgiveness ar...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: Do you know the incarnate God...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: The Christian leader of the f...

Currently reading: In the Name of Jesus by Henri J...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, commenting on the horizon-exp...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: For Christians the beginning...

design submitted by a reader of Paul Kingsnorth&rs...

Paul Kingsnorth: My belief in the profanity of te...

Finished reading: What Is Christianity? by Herman ...

Herman Bavinck: What is contained in that Bible i...

Herman Bavinck: The unity of the church and Chris...

Currently reading: The Problem of Pain by C. S. Le...

treasures old and new

Finished reading: The Decadent Society by Ross Dou...

RIP mummy

Courtesy of Arielle Austin

Currently reading: Esther and Her Elusive God by J...

Currently reading: What Is Christianity? by Herman...

Henri J. M. Nouwen: The question of where to live...

Finished reading: The Doctrine of Scripture by Bra...

Currently reading: Gardner’s Art through the...

1947-Y-No. 2 by Clyfford Still

PH-218 by Clyfford Still

PH-21 by Clyfford Still

Brad East: The home of Holy Scripture is worship....

Brad East: There is no one right way to read the ...

Brad East: It is no accident that monastic life i...

Finished reading: Durable Trades by Rory Groves 📚 ...

Rory Groves: The fact is, our perceptions about t...

Brad East: Scripture is…a book for the mis...

George Macdonald (HT: Alan Jacobs): Instead of as...

from the cover of Brad East’s book

Currently reading: The History of the Ancient Worl...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, providing me with further amm...

Currently reading: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works: Life...

Brad East: The church’s liturgy is the nati...

Albarran Cabrera

A conflicted movie that left me feeling conflicted...

Ross Douthat: The truth of America and the West i...

Currently reading: The Decadent Society by Ross Do...

Finished reading: Stewards of Eden by Sandra L. Ri...

Currently reading: The Doctrine of Scripture by Br...

Finished reading: The Church’s Book by Brad ...

Brad East: The great hermeneutical virtue of the ...

On the Bank of the River by Paul Signac (from MIA)...

Currently reading: Stewards of Eden by Sandra L. R...

Brad East, in discussing the difficult question of...

Zena Hitz: Nowhere are our true feelings about wo...

Finished reading: The Gift: Creativity and the Art...

Finished reading: How to Work with (Almost) Anyone...

Lewis is grateful for the rain

Finally saw Oppenheimer. Great film - my attention...

from the cover of James Rebanks' book

Finished reading: Freedom for Ministry by Richard ...

Richard John Neuhaus: In ministry, as in life, we...

Currently reading: How to Work with (Almost) Anyon...

Richard John Neuhaus: Many pastors report that th...

Richard John Neuhaus, warning of the dangers of pr...

Currently reading: Durable Trades by Rory Groves 📚...

For whatever reason, this has been the track for s...

Thesis: The best cultural criticism is at least a ...

Given how much I’ve enjoyed his Freedom for ...

Richard John Neuhaus: It may seem like a cop-out ...

Richard John Neuhaus: Were one to indulge in para...

Richard John Neuhaus: The sign on the front of a ...

Richard John Neuhaus: If we are honest with ourse...

Chapter Four of Neuhaus' Freedom for Ministry, ent...

Brad East: Christian theology consists of variati...

Finished reading: The Politics of Gratitude by Mar...

Richard John Neuhaus: While we dare not pander to...

Brad East on two ways of reading: One way of read...

Richard John Neuhaus: It is liberating to know th...

Matilda of Tuscany, an interesting figure I was mo...

Are people able to use Nextdoor in ways that enhan...

Pete Davis: Why is commitment necessary to change...

An addendum to the last post. Hadden Turner on &ld...

William James, in a letter to Mrs. Henry Whitman d...

Finished reading: Harry Potter and the Order of th...

Martha Nussbaum: There is a kind of striving that...

Currently reading: The Politics of Gratitude by Ma...

Currently reading: The Gift: Creativity and the Ar...

Ellen Davis (HT: Wesley Hill): Cultivating unsett...

Leo Tolstoy, with some Ecclesiastes-style wisdom: ...

Dorothy Sayers: The one thing I am here to say to...

Currently reading: The Church’s Book by Brad...

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Currently reading: Freedom for Ministry by Richard...