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Augustine told Firmus, his "literary agent," that *The City of God* must be read repeatedly to understand its meaning. Lots of people riff on that "great and arduous work" without having read it even once.

My list of regular re-reads: Augustine - Confessions; City of God Athanasius - On the Incarnation Gregory - Pastoral Rule Calvin - Institutes Chesterton - Orthodoxy De Lubac - Catholicism; Splendor of the Church Schmemann - For the Life of the World Newbigin - Household of God

The work of a contemporary author to which I most regularly return:

constantly seeing that video of the couple caught at Coldplay concert is just sad sad thinking about how common cheating is and how many lives it affects

I’m gonna start saying yes to these and see what happens

Augustine, recognizing the man as the leader in the marriage, calls husbands to lead by example in chastity

Augustine with a different take on "manliness": "You’re the man; show it. ‘Man’ comes from ‘manliness,’ vir in Latin from virtus, or virtus from vir. So have you manliness, any virtue? Conquer lust."

one reason this instance of social shaming of adultery (which in general would be a positive development in our culture) seems less pure is because a lot of the energy appears to be driven by schadenfreude ressentiment toward the wealthy (billionaire CEO) & hatred of HR-karens

If you want some, here is an episode we recorded just this week. Link below

just finished a chapter which included discussion of bishop Ambrose's public rebuke of emperor Theodosius spiritual authority should touch on real life, especially the destructive, sinful actions of highly public figures otherwise it is cowardly dereliction of duty

Imagine if Jesus thought this

a fun day of writing with some old friends

Male college grads are now just as likely to be unemployed as people who never went to college Same is not true for women, who are much more likely to land a job once they graduate college The data is just eye opening. We are leaving young men behind like never before

Very important and underappreciated book.

For God loved.