Finished reading: The Lost Metal: A Mistborn Novel (Mistborn, 7) by Brandon Sanderson 📚
I can totally picture how this series will be serialized and I am so excited for it to hit Apple TV.
Do you ever bump into a quote that just resonates for you? I bumped into this one by David Foster Wallace today and it did just that today:
“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.” - David Foster Wallace
The pain of death is real. Ash Wednesday is a reminder of that truth.
I long for this day…
“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’”
The stark reality of Ash Wednesday weighs a bit heavier today.
My new podcast is publishing on multiple platforms. You might be encouraged by it. You might not be. Maybe give it a shot…
Revelation 5 - Horses and Robes
To listen to full unabridged audio listen here: Revelation 5 - Horses and the Multitude
We are moving into the “tricky stuff” today as we pick up in Revelation chapter 6. Up to this point, we’ve witnessed the glorious worship of the heavenly throne room. We’ve seen Jesus identified as the only one worthy to open the scroll—the representation of God’s will and His plan for the world. Now, we get to see that plan begin to unfurl.
Currently reading: The Lost Metal: A Mistborn Novel (Mistborn, 7) by Brandon Sanderson 📚
”What’s the point of all this if people can’t change.” - Wax
You know you are from Michigan when 45° feels wonderfully warm and you choose to sit outside enjoying a good pipe in the sun!
I started reading: Fight Like Jesus by Jason Porterfield 📚
A friend is hosting a weekly discussion of this text. I can’t attend but, I am reading alongside. I think I will share some thoughts throughout Lent from this little book.
Tomorrow at Tap Room we are discussing nationalism, not just the Christian variant. This description of Christian nationalism by Tom Wright hits the nail on the head.
God's Kingdom Come - The Joy of the Kingdom
For the full unabridged message listen here: God’s Kingdom Come - The Joy of the Kingdom
Last year, two hikers in Czechia were walking through the woods when they spotted something metallic sticking out of the dirt. At first, they figured it was just trash—the kind of random debris you find in the wilderness. But when they pulled it out and opened it, they found pounds of gold.
In an instant, their lives were transformed. They weren’t looking for treasure; they just stumbled upon it.
Watched: Shrinking S3E3, D-Day 🍿
“You can get through this on your own. But remember this, you don’t have to.” ~ Paul
This show…
Dang…
The podcast picked up a couple listens. It’s a start.
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
- Frederick Douglass