Here's hoping the U.S. follows suit. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Praise God, there is a day of justice coming: “The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.” - Zechariah 14:9

Today at work, I carried 200 pounds of turkey up a few flights of stairs, bought a restaurant grade coffee grinder, wrote out my family’s genogram, and planned an academic calendar. Ministry is weird.

“That God none the less admits access to Himself and intimacy with Himself is not a mere matter of course; it is a grace beyond our power to apprehend, a prodigious paradox.” - Rudolph Otto, The Idea of the Holy

One year ago, our St. Louis Metro churches and team , led by Darren Casper , united around a shared vision for Education as Mission. The incredible fruit of that vision: City Christian Academy St. Louis ! 🎉🙏 Grateful for what God has done through our unity. #UnitedVision mycitychristian.com

“The first act of love is the giving of attention.” - Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines What a profound word for our time, when many frivolous things vie for our attention. To what or whom will I offer my love today?

Tune into KMOX St. Louis News this morning to hear hourly stories about our school and a longer feature running at 9:20am!

I could not be prouder to be a part of this new initiative in my neighborhood. If you’re in STL, I’d love to give you a tour. Check us out at the link below.

I love this prayer from Jehoshaphat, when facing an army he knows he cannot defeat with human might: “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.” - 2 Chronicles 20:12

“The greatest reward of following Jesus is, quite simply, Jesus - encountering him, knowing his presence and pleasure, understanding that our lives brought him joy and made him smile.” RevivingMission InterVarsity Press

This is the most fun (and informative) thing I have read this week: open.substack.com/pub/matthewygl…

A reminder that Evangelicals should be, as they once were, among the most reliable supporters of refugees, a stunningly large proportion of whom are persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ.

“The design of God, in permitting the remains of sin in believers, is to make them remember that the corruptions of their own nature differ in nothing from those of others.” - Calvin, Commentary on Romans, 1539

A really helpful, balanced take on the absolute debacle currently happening with USAID: Make foreign aid great, by Matthew Yglesias open.substack.com/pub/matthewygl…

Solid reminder that the wealthiest empire with the most sophisticated military industrial complex in history, whose executive office publicly gloats at its expulsion of the global poor… …is not now and never has been a “Christian” nation. One day this too shall be made right.

A word of comfort from Calvin to stretch your faith today: “…for much as we may be troubled and seem wearied out, yet we cease not to feel the divine kindness towards us, which is the most abundant consolation, and much greater than if prosperity attended all our undertakings.”

Personally, I'm not sure dismantling the smallest Cabinet department, which manages to handle the fourth-largest Cabinet budget at only 3.5% overhead, counts as efficiency. What the Department of Education actually does: open.substack.com/pub/matthewygl…

25 March is the date that J.R.R. Tolkien chose for the day when the One Ring was destroyed. It is the traditional date of both the Annunciation to Mary and Jesus's crucifixion. It is the date which marks the triumph of life over the forces of evil and death.

Last day of population genetics this semester at WUSTL. One student comes to me after last lecture, thanking me for teaching a class he enjoyed so much. Seems to be holding back tears. I ask him what’s wrong, and he starts to cry. Personal issues, he says. Soon he is telling

As parents make progress on the first norm (no smartphone before 14), they increasingly notice that schools are putting screens on their kids' desks and gamifying the school day. ⁦Hadley Freeman, in The Times and The Sunday Times, lays out why this must change: thetimes.com/comment/column…