The Lord bless and keep you today. There are some worthwhile Kindle deals today. (Yesterday on the blog: What Can God Do With Broken Hearts?) Turning Toward Light Andrea Sanborn: “Pessimism is my soul’s default setting. Even when life is filled with blessing, melancholy has always been my temperament’s natural course. As a result, it has been the work of my Christian life to turn away from the darkness and look up, look away, notice beauty and give thanks. “ Pray for Jennifer I frequently link to Jennifer Myhre’s blog. (You may know her from her excellent books for kids where she is credited as J.A. Myhre). Her husband recently posted on it that she was in a terrible accident and is in need of prayer. Kanye the Pious I found this an interesting look at Kanye, his new album, and his critics. “If you were to read half-a-dozen reviews of Kanye West’s latest album, Donda — and I recommend that you don’t —you would learn chiefly that West is a bad person. He’s a bad person for associating with social undesirables; he’s a bad person for supporting Donald Trump; he’s a bad person for hosting album release parties; he’s a bad person because he’s a navel-gazing egomaniac with suspect spirituality; he’s even a bad person for learning how to value women from his experience of having daughters.” The Roman Catholic Call to Confusion Keith Mathison: “What Protestants should understand is that once a person accepts the philosophical principles of skepticism, there is no certainty … Continue reading A La Carte (September 8)