Finished reading: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson 📚
This was another fun read in the Cosmere! I am excited to read the next in the series. It’s a welcome change of pace from the non-fiction that I am constantly reading.
Lives Hidden With Christ - Fullness
For full audio you can listen here: Lives Hidden With Christ - Fullness
I have a simple, yet profound, question for you to consider: What truly fills you up?
What is that activity, experience, or acquisition that leaves you with a deep, satisfying sense of “I am whole, and I am full?”
For many of us, the chase for this sense of satisfaction comes to dominate our lives. We are constantly seeking to fill an inner void—a feeling of emptiness that is, perhaps, innately human.
This Tuesday, Tap Room Tuesday kicks off our new series on “Wealth, Work & Economic Justice” by tackling: “The Ethics of Capitalism.”
Let’s discuss: When does profit-seeking become unethical? What are the moral duties of businesses? Your insights are vital!
🗓️ Tuesdays, 8 PM 📍 The Tap Room
Currently reading: Dominion by Tom Holland 📚
I just finished the preface. Let me tell you, I think this book is going to be epic. I’ve heard a number of interviews with Holland (a self avowed atheist) and the premise of the text, that Christianity is more disruptive on the stage of world history than we realize is profound.
Today I get to host and help celebrate a successful completion of a grant that a local youth ministry was rewarded.
This team did real work and I believe have laid a wonderful foundation for years to come as a result.
One more test for @ozzy@agora.cafe
@wordle@olio.cafe
I’m running a little test for @ozzy@agora.cafe
Wordle fun? !wordle@olio.cafe
For those of you politically engaged, I would encourage you to post solutions to the problems that are continuing to emerge.
We need solutions and suggestions to move forward towards and to act in love.
There is so much we can do.
**Let’s share actions to take. Encourage and model the change you want to see. **
Finished reading: Slow Theology by A. J. Swoboda and Nijay Gupta📚
This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. I highly recommend it!
Yesterday was one of those super fun Saturdays that you only get in the Fall:
Run: ✅
Mow: ✅
Chili: 🤤
Newcastle: W
IU: W
Iowa: W
Red Wings: W
Michigan: W
Friends and laughs: ✅
Life is pretty darn good when we look for the good.
As I have been processing the loss of SNAP benefits for those who are in great need I am struck by two things.
First, I immediately thought of the words of our former Lincoln Consolidated Schools superintendent who said when Covid shut everything down that it was a humanitarian crisis for the children who were dependent on the schools for breakfast and lunch. This is first and foremost something a humanitarian issue. Please consider supporting your local food banks at even greater level. If you’re in Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor, Inwould encourage you to support the work that Hope Clinic is doing.
Secondly, it strikes me that this is a moment when churches need to ramp up their commitment to helping feed those who are hungry. I would argue we do this not by starting new programs but by coming alongside the existing programs in our towns and supporting them in more profound ways as they are going to be stressed to the point of breaking. They need, now more than ever our time, talents, treasure.
I am pretty excited about the day of sportsball:
Now: Newcastle v Fulham (Howay the lads!)
Noon: IU/UCLA
3:30: Iowa/Minnesota
7:30: Michigan/Michigan State
Just a fun slate of sports!
Saturday morning “run”. It’s getting better but still not where I want to be. Better than Thursday! #195by50
Currently reading: Slow Theology by A. J. Swoboda 📚
This book! Whew.
“Few things shape us more than the questions we spend our life pondering… the deepest questions do not necessarily deserve quick answers. In fact, the quick answer very well may cheapen the sacredness of a holy question.”
Today’s lift was great! Barbell should press might now have become my least lift. 😮💨 #195by50
