A principle that has served me well: Get whatever requires the full use and collaboration of head, heart, and hands done as early in the day as possible, before the world’s had a chance to infuriate you

“We are justified by faith alone,” said Luther, and liberated four generations. When preachers say these words today...they bind us to the terrible law of having to save ourselves by the quality of our sincerity -- Robert Jenson

Several folks I admire — incl. I'm pretty sure @cvaldary and Mike Kelsey? — take one day off from Twitter per week, one week / month, and one month / year. I'm told St. Teresa of Calcutta urged the same pattern for those caring for the sick and dying. Sabbath matters so much.

Bought a volume of poetry today by Aaron Belz because I just became acquainted with him here and it's important to buy poetry. Chose his volume Lovely, Raspberry: Poems because of the title, and I chose the title because of the comma.

I was lecturing on the glories of the Triune God, my mind and heart awhirl in trying to share the beauty and truth of God. A student raised his hand and said, “where are your children right now?” bethfelkerjones.substack.com/p/i-dont-know-…

Mr. Rogers made a courageous decision to defy the racial segregation norms of 1969 by extending an invitation to Officer Clemmons to join him in cooling their feet in a shared pool. At that time, pools in America were strictly segregated, and Black individuals faced the threat of

Definitely mining photos from my children's childhoods for this one. Read and enjoy!

I feel like the subtitle speaks for itself. Read and enjoy!

How to pursue social trinitarianism more helpfully, if you're inclined to pursue it at all. fredfredfred.com/2024/02/but-su…

I never pass up an essay from Rebecca Brewster Stevenson Society for Women of Letters open.substack.com/pub/rstevenson…

rstevenson.substack.com/p/love-perseve…

A short read (or listen) here: rstevenson.substack.com/p/a-kind-of-up…

Poetry, theology, cicadas. Why not? rstevenson.substack.com/p/its-only-mus…

Who is like the Lord? Who but the Lord does not tire of our need? Who but the Lord cannot defraud us nor deceive? Who but the Lord is such unbearable light, he wraps himself in darkness lest we perish at the sight? Who but the Lord, being Love, cannot love us less without

A word or two on divine immensity or omnipresence or both, with thanks to Fred Sanders and katie kadue for some inspiration. rstevenson.substack.com/p/vast-distanc…

More thoughts on where in the world we are. rstevenson.substack.com/p/fair-sounds-…

All awash with angels More thoughts on where in the world is God. open.substack.com/pub/rstevenson…

The latest: A Mouldering Feast: The Dangers of Victimhood as Identity mereorthodoxy.com/victimhood-ide…

True confessions: writing isn't always this fun. rstevenson.substack.com/p/make-old-thi…

Christ came to destroy the works of the devil, not by acting powerfully, but rather by his and his members' suffering, so as to conquer the devil not by power, but by righteousness (ST 3.41.1ad2).