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Currently reading: The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Starting a new stand alone tonight. The Cosmere is just so addictive!
Finished reading: The Will of the Many by James Islington 📚
This book read like Red Rising meets Mistborn meets Ancient Rome. I really enjoy the political intrigue that is building.
Currently reading: The Lost Metal: A Mistborn Novel (Mistborn, 7) by Brandon Sanderson 📚
I am excited for the final installment of the Wax and Wayne series.
Finished reading: The Bands of Mourning: A Mistborn Novel (Mistborn, 6) by Brandon Sanderson 📚
These Wax and Wayne books are an absolute blast. The number of times that I laugh out loud is ridiculous.
I’m thankful for the collegial and kind debate that has been happening at the 187th Stated Meeting of the Midwest Presbytery. It turns out that it is possible to disagree well.
“Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its apologia for the weak. – I feel that Christianity is rather doing too little in showing these points than doing too much. Christianity has adjusted itself much too easily to the worship of power. It should give much more offence, more shock to the world, than it is doing. Christianity should take a much more definite stand for the weak than to consider the potential moral right of the strong.”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from a sermon on 2 Cor. 12:9
This made me laugh too hard…
Spiritual fitness isn’t about having all the answers.
It’s about forming a faith that can actually carry you.
🎧 New episode of The Pastor Next Door: What Is Spiritual Fitness?
In the Kingdom, success isn’t the “Triple Bs”—Butts, Bucks, and Buildings. Jesus cares more about integrity than influence. From the “little strength” of Philadelphia to the comfort of Laodicea, the call is simple: stay faithful.
Full episode: Revelation 3 - The Second Four Churches 🎧
A good friend purchases this book for me. I am looking forward to diving in!
Currently reading: Humanism from the Heart by Steve Ghikadis, B.A., BEd 📚
This is a well written article on Christian Nationalism and the need for a resurgence of spiritual formation.
God’s kingdom doesn’t arrive loud or large. Jesus says it begins like a mustard seed, like yeast in dough—small, quiet, faithful.
This week I reflect on Matthew 13:31–33 and the grace of small beginnings.
Read or listen here: The Kingdom That Grows Small
I think that Chuck DeGroat has written a very important piece that pastors, especially, need to read and understand. I also think it’s important for anyone who sees to love well and present with another to grapple with too.
Absolutely true. I know I’ve hit on a Kingdom message when people who are on the political right and people on the political begin a sentence with, “Pastor, you know…”
