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I am currently reading: Dominion by Tom Holland 📚

Spent some with this one today. Seeing the influence of Christianity, the good and the bad is so helpful to hold a nuanced understanding of the development of Western Civilization.

1.3 Strength - Practices that Build Resilience

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Most of spiritual growth happens where no one is watching.

In this episode, we explore how God forms us through small, ordinary acts of obedience — the quiet prayers, unseen sacrifices, daily choices to forgive, to show up, to remain steady. The Christian life is less about dramatic breakthroughs and more about faithful rhythms.

The question beneath it all: What if the “small things” are actually the main things?

In this episode:

Why hidden faithfulness matters

How ordinary obedience shapes lasting character

The connection between daily rhythms and spiritual endurance

Spiritual fitness is formed slowly, faithfully, and often invisibly.

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Parables for the Long Way Home - The Scandal of Generous Grace

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As we begin the season of Lent, we enter a specific rhythm in the Christian calendar. It is a season of lament—a time to acknowledge that the world we inhabit is imperfect. It is often sad, hard, and weary. It is a world in desperate need of resurrection.

The beauty of Lent is that it points us toward Easter. We know that in a few weeks, we will celebrate the moment history was transformed by the resurrection of Christ. But we shouldn’t rush there. As Westerners, our culture encourages us to skip the “hard” and jump straight to the “fun.” But this season, we aren’t going to skip the hardness. We are going to work through it together by looking at the parables of Jesus.

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Fun night out! Dinner ar Miller’s in Dearborn followed by hanging out at Calihan Hall to see our guy Tater-Tot.

Finished reading: The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Such a fun read! It was great to see what happened with one of my favorite characters from Stormlight Archives.

Next up: The Strength of the Few, book 2 of the Hierarchy series.

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.’”

Revelation 5 - Horses and Robes

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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.

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