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Today’s Kindle deals include some excellent picks like Dream Small by Seth Lewis and The Future of Everything by William Boekestein.
(Yesterday on the blog: Unexpected, Unwanted, and Unwelcome)
Book Brief: My Only Comfort is a slight but effective reimagining of the Heidelberg Catechism. In place of the standard Q&A presentation, it offers the content formatted much like The Valley of Vision. It makes an ideal devotional supplement.
How One Family Navigated Smartphones and Social Media in the Teen Years
No one has this issue completely solved, but some have at least taken good steps. Here’s how one family navigated the smartphone and social media issues as well as they knew how.
Maybe You Don’t Need a Therapist
This is worth reading and considering. “I’ve found that for a growing number of people there is an assumption that to be a human is to need therapy. We’re all maladjusted, and the purpose of therapy is to adjust us so that we’re high-functioning members of society, living flourishing, mentally healthy lives. In this model, therapy is something like a weekly medicine we all need to mentally survive a hostile world.”
Will There Be Roombas in Heaven? Rethinking AI, Work & Time
The title of this article may be a bit silly, but it opens up some interesting avenues of discussion. “As AI enables more devices to become more capable, I’m led to reconsider another favorite question that I often ask Christian audiences: What technology do you think will—or won’t—be in heaven? More specifically, why (or why not) would there be Roombas in heaven? And what does our answer tell us about our relationships today with technology, work, and time?”
Why Progressivism Destroys Everything
You have probably noticed, as I have, that progressivism seems to destroy everything it touches. Andrew Walker explains why this is.
It Takes Years to Grow
“We think transformation will be quick, and sometimes it is. But generally speaking, God isn’t in a rush. There’s a certain kind of holiness and beauty that develops only after decades of walking with God. You can’t microwave it. But when you see it, it’s a beautiful thing.”
The Blessing of Praying Together
Yes, there are so many blessings that come as we pray together. “Many have had negative experiences with corporate prayer. Perhaps people droned on about distant relatives’ needs and little time was spent in prayer. Or maybe you experienced an emotionally manipulative prayer gathering. There are many ways that corporate prayer can go wrong. But when it goes right, there are few things more spiritually invigorating.”
Flashback: What Can a Heart Do?
…we need to keep the heart, tend the heart, guard the heart, and feed and satisfy the heart with good spiritual nourishment.
I have reason to praise him for my trials, for, most probably, I should have been ruined without them.
—John Newton
