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I am the son that ran away. I am the bitter son that stayed.
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What would your life be like if you were completely aware of the Father’s deep awareness of and pleasure with you throughout all of your waking hours?
~ Curt Thompson in Anatomy of the Soul
~ Curt Thompson in Anatomy of the Soul
…the only resource for Christians to resist the ideological distortions of our faith— distortions all the more tempting because to be ‘self-servingly dramatic’ seems a better alternative than to be boring-is our faith in the God to whom Christ prays on the cross.
- Hauerwas in Cross-Shattered Christ
- Hauerwas in Cross-Shattered Christ
May 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
…the only resource for Christians to resist the ideological distortions of our faith— distortions all the more tempting because to be ‘self-servingly dramatic’ seems a better alternative than to be boring-is our faith in the God to whom Christ prays on the cross.
- Hauerwas in Cross-Shattered Christ
- Hauerwas in Cross-Shattered Christ
Hesitant to stir the pot on empathy, since it’s a verbum non gratum for some, but it’s significant that Worthington’s data shows that people are unlikely, possibly unable, to forgive wrongs without feeling empathy for the perpetrator.
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Forgiving and Reconciling: Bridges to Wholeness and Hope
Amazon.com: Forgiving and Reconciling: Bridges to Wholeness and Hope: 9780830832446: Everett L. Worthington: Libros
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May 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hesitant to stir the pot on empathy, since it’s a verbum non gratum for some, but it’s significant that Worthington’s data shows that people are unlikely, possibly unable, to forgive wrongs without feeling empathy for the perpetrator.
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This should be helpful in another 20 years when Rothfuss or Martin publish another couple sequels. www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-a...
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April 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This should be helpful in another 20 years when Rothfuss or Martin publish another couple sequels. www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-a...
Sometimes fantasy and sci-fi capture things so perfectly.
April 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Sometimes fantasy and sci-fi capture things so perfectly.
Loving these lines from G. M. Hopkins’ poem God’s Grandeur. Beautiful reminder that the dawn always comes after the dark.
April 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Loving these lines from G. M. Hopkins’ poem God’s Grandeur. Beautiful reminder that the dawn always comes after the dark.
Struck by this from Dallas Willard today:
“Western culture is, largely unbeknown to itself, a culture of rejection. This is one of the irresistible effects of what is called “modernity,” and it deeply affects the concrete forms Christian institutions take in our time.
“Western culture is, largely unbeknown to itself, a culture of rejection. This is one of the irresistible effects of what is called “modernity,” and it deeply affects the concrete forms Christian institutions take in our time.
March 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Struck by this from Dallas Willard today:
“Western culture is, largely unbeknown to itself, a culture of rejection. This is one of the irresistible effects of what is called “modernity,” and it deeply affects the concrete forms Christian institutions take in our time.
“Western culture is, largely unbeknown to itself, a culture of rejection. This is one of the irresistible effects of what is called “modernity,” and it deeply affects the concrete forms Christian institutions take in our time.
Pontus who?
My latest from the stack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/garrettlee/p/pontus-who?r=3lw0z&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
My latest from the stack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/garrettlee/p/pontus-who?r=3lw0z&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
March 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Pontus who?
My latest from the stack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/garrettlee/p/pontus-who?r=3lw0z&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
My latest from the stack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/garrettlee/p/pontus-who?r=3lw0z&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
I want to sit with this idea for a while.
It comes from one of @malcolmguite.bsky.social‘s poetic meditations in Word in the Wilderness, a lovely volume guiding my heart through Lent:
“Most of us are under pressure, external and internal, to do everything, be good at everything…
It comes from one of @malcolmguite.bsky.social‘s poetic meditations in Word in the Wilderness, a lovely volume guiding my heart through Lent:
“Most of us are under pressure, external and internal, to do everything, be good at everything…
March 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I want to sit with this idea for a while.
It comes from one of @malcolmguite.bsky.social‘s poetic meditations in Word in the Wilderness, a lovely volume guiding my heart through Lent:
“Most of us are under pressure, external and internal, to do everything, be good at everything…
It comes from one of @malcolmguite.bsky.social‘s poetic meditations in Word in the Wilderness, a lovely volume guiding my heart through Lent:
“Most of us are under pressure, external and internal, to do everything, be good at everything…
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O Lord of the nations, your ways are hidden. Human history contains such suffering, so many evils. Yet great historians have acknowledged the extraordinary staying power of American democracy thus far. We look to you for leaders to emerge in our time of desperate need.
In the Name of the one King.
In the Name of the one King.
March 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
O Lord of the nations, your ways are hidden. Human history contains such suffering, so many evils. Yet great historians have acknowledged the extraordinary staying power of American democracy thus far. We look to you for leaders to emerge in our time of desperate need.
In the Name of the one King.
In the Name of the one King.
Two “random” things that came to me this morning:
1) Romans 13 in my reading. 😬
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established…
Paul goes on. Keep reading.
www.bible.com/bible/111/RO...
1/2
1) Romans 13 in my reading. 😬
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established…
Paul goes on. Keep reading.
www.bible.com/bible/111/RO...
1/2
March 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Two “random” things that came to me this morning:
1) Romans 13 in my reading. 😬
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established…
Paul goes on. Keep reading.
www.bible.com/bible/111/RO...
1/2
1) Romans 13 in my reading. 😬
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established…
Paul goes on. Keep reading.
www.bible.com/bible/111/RO...
1/2
From my reading this morning
“If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord— and he will repay you!”
Proverbs 19:17 NLT
“If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord— and he will repay you!”
Proverbs 19:17 NLT
March 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
From my reading this morning
“If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord— and he will repay you!”
Proverbs 19:17 NLT
“If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord— and he will repay you!”
Proverbs 19:17 NLT
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
March 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
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ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
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A Morning Prayer:
O Lord, you who establish the work of my hands, go before me this day, I pray, be above me, below me and behind me, be my guide and my guardian, so that I may fulfill your good purposes for me this day. I pray this in the name of the Guardian of my soul. Amen.
O Lord, you who establish the work of my hands, go before me this day, I pray, be above me, below me and behind me, be my guide and my guardian, so that I may fulfill your good purposes for me this day. I pray this in the name of the Guardian of my soul. Amen.
February 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A Morning Prayer:
O Lord, you who establish the work of my hands, go before me this day, I pray, be above me, below me and behind me, be my guide and my guardian, so that I may fulfill your good purposes for me this day. I pray this in the name of the Guardian of my soul. Amen.
O Lord, you who establish the work of my hands, go before me this day, I pray, be above me, below me and behind me, be my guide and my guardian, so that I may fulfill your good purposes for me this day. I pray this in the name of the Guardian of my soul. Amen.
On one hand, Iranian Christians being deported at risk of their lives.
On the other, what appears to be US government influence leading to a notoriously violent, misogynistic alleged human trafficker coming back to the US from Romania.
1/2
On the other, what appears to be US government influence leading to a notoriously violent, misogynistic alleged human trafficker coming back to the US from Romania.
1/2
February 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
On one hand, Iranian Christians being deported at risk of their lives.
On the other, what appears to be US government influence leading to a notoriously violent, misogynistic alleged human trafficker coming back to the US from Romania.
1/2
On the other, what appears to be US government influence leading to a notoriously violent, misogynistic alleged human trafficker coming back to the US from Romania.
1/2
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I still believe this, more than ever
February 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I still believe this, more than ever
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The liberated Hebrew slaves were instructed to create a fragrant oil that would give their traveling place of worship a particular scent.
They were forbidden from replicating that fragrance in common life.
The point was sensory—they could smell and know, “This is where the presence of God is.” 1/2
They were forbidden from replicating that fragrance in common life.
The point was sensory—they could smell and know, “This is where the presence of God is.” 1/2
February 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The liberated Hebrew slaves were instructed to create a fragrant oil that would give their traveling place of worship a particular scent.
They were forbidden from replicating that fragrance in common life.
The point was sensory—they could smell and know, “This is where the presence of God is.” 1/2
They were forbidden from replicating that fragrance in common life.
The point was sensory—they could smell and know, “This is where the presence of God is.” 1/2
"We grow toward Christlikeness only as we become more caring. A noncaring Christ-follower is a contradiction in terms. However, we cannot show real concern, especially for those in pain, unless we first take time to listen. We can only love those to whom we genuinely listen."
- Trevor Hudson
- Trevor Hudson
February 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"We grow toward Christlikeness only as we become more caring. A noncaring Christ-follower is a contradiction in terms. However, we cannot show real concern, especially for those in pain, unless we first take time to listen. We can only love those to whom we genuinely listen."
- Trevor Hudson
- Trevor Hudson
So disturbing. How does this kind of cruel mockery come out of the WH?
https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1891922058415603980?s=46
https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1891922058415603980?s=46
The White House (@WhiteHouse) on X
ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight 🔊
x.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So disturbing. How does this kind of cruel mockery come out of the WH?
https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1891922058415603980?s=46
https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1891922058415603980?s=46
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I wrote about masculinity. I might be wrong. But I wrote about it. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-challe...
The Challenge of Masculinity
Christian ways to think about masculinity
newsletter.oalannoble.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I wrote about masculinity. I might be wrong. But I wrote about it. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-challe...
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Exploitation of the vulnerable person tells us about the exploiter, not the victim of that exploitation, and is always an abuse of power.
February 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Exploitation of the vulnerable person tells us about the exploiter, not the victim of that exploitation, and is always an abuse of power.