John Tyler, America’s tenth president, was born in 1790. He has a living grandson. Yes, a grandson.

In Defense of Food Why Are All The White People Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Life Together Tattoos On The Heart

Today debuts the new running feature on the podcast- “Tell Me Where I’m Wrong.” Someone who disagrees with me on some issue, big or small, will tell me what I’m missing. Rules are- I can’t argue or debate; just ask questions. 1st up-

Tucked in between the new Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd series and a Home Alone reboot coming to Disney+, The Wall Street Journal blurbs ... CT's Rise and Fall of Mars Hill? wsj.com/articles/what-…

The defunct elevator was left permanently open and stuffed with piles of all the least-loved books, which I could buy for $1 each if I brought enough lemonade stand money

FYI: missional ≠ committed to missions and/or evangelism "Missional" is a term referring to the movement started by Lesslie Newbigin & David Bosch & continued by thinkers like Darrell Guder. 1/4

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I read this in Marilynne Robinson's "When I was a child I read books," and had to write it down: "The shrinking of imaginative identification which allows such things as shared humanity to be forgotten always begins at home." So much to digest there.

My takeaway from reading the replies to this tweet (all of them) is that not one person said 3s were their favorite, besides those who were 3s themselves. Break our vain little hearts, why dontcha

9 years ago we learned how to blacksmith. Build habits that require community in 2022. Habits that connect to creation. Work with nature and relationships nature for a harvest bigger than you can handle by yourself. Join in a rhythm with a plow.

Just hearing the opening bars sent me right back

Fun little trick in the Sunday New York Times crossword yesterday: the central theme clue was "The better of two sci-fi franchises", and regardless of whether you put Star Wars or Star Trek, the crossing clues worked

#BREAKING: Dr Paul Farmer, a renowned American physician and co-founder of Partners in Health Partners In Health, has died aged 62. Farmer was a receipt of the National Order of Outstanding Friendship (Igihango), which he was conferred upon by President #Kagame in August 2019.

We must not cultivate warring men because strength can serve evil as easily as it does goodness. Instead, we must cultivate men who love God & love their neighbors as themselves. And when the time comes, this love will give them the courage & wisdom they need to resist evil.

The last 5 days, I’ve traveled through Warsaw & Krakow & some smaller border towns in Poland, and the response of churches all across 🇵🇱 to 🇺🇦 is, in an inadequate word, incredible. Every pastor I’ve met tells me they don’t know of any church that’s not involved in some way.

A Christian witness in this moment is a gospel that: >invites us to mourn >frees us to rest >offers wholeness & cohesion >teaches us our limits >faces the problem of evil >delivers us from our evil tendencies >gives meaning to suffering >embodies hope & resurrection

What is not a Christian witness: >naive optimism >celebration of hustle >furthering fragmentation >encouraging cult of celebrity >denying & deflecting responsibility >confidence in our own righteousness >avoiding inconvenience & sacrifice >winning at all cost