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Unpacking all my books into a new space. So grateful for the ones I have read, haven’t yet read, and will never read.

This is one of the most true and challenging—yet somehow also comforting—books I have ever read. You can finish it in an hour, but consider taking an afternoon to really digest it. Then make a plan to revisit soon. I commend it to all.

Here’s a Bookmarked, Easy-to-Navigate PDF of the ACNA’s New Catechism – Anglican Pastor

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Have been using this heavily to prepare for ongoing Catechesis classes at DMAC.

Jesus is a person, not merely a principle. We share a person, not just a set of doctrines, with the world. Real religion is about real communion with the man Jesus, not merely rituals for their own sake.

Lord have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. God, in your mercy, remember all involved in the shooting at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, TX.

There are no adequate words in moments like these. I am once again driven to see how desperately the whole world needs the transforming love of Jesus, and how costly it is to be agents of that kind of love in a world still waiting for the fullness of redemption.

I was excited to receive an Osprey Arcane Small Dayback for Christmas this year, and couldn’t wait to take it out for a spin today to the movies. This is going to be one of my favorite packs for these kind of outings. Great organization, and the perfect size for me when I don’t need to be hauling all my work gear. I had a cotton hoodie, water bottle, and my “extras” pouch (meds, external battery, earphones, etc) loaded with plenty of room to spare. I could have easily have added my tablet and Bluetooth keyboard, with space left for assorted sundries.

The materials feel great, I love the understated design, and man is it comfortable!

Merry Christmas, all!

What a beautiful celebration of the birth of our Lord tonight with these awesome people along with many of the rest of our family in Christ. It was my honor and joy to give first Communion to my youngest daughter, Gwyneth this Christmas Eve!

Opinion – How Do Christians Fit Into the Two-Party System? They Don’t – The New York Times

“…while believers can register under a party affiliation and be active in politics, they should not identify the Christian church or faith with a political party as the only Christian one.”

This article has popped up for me a few times now. I think Keller is a wise and thoughtful pastor/theologian whose life exemplifies faithful Christian leadership.

While I would personally (of course) nuance some of Tim Keller’s thoughts on politics (and maybe even the quote above), it seems to me that we can’t be reminded enough as Christians that our ultimate loyalties are to Christ and his church.

From my vantage point, I see things thoroughly anti-Christ in each major party’s culture and platform. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with identifying the positive or prudential in either, or even to carefully consider which is “least-bad” when it comes to how to exercise your civic duties.

Nevertheless to find in those parties any part of my identity at all is, I think, asking for trouble, given the morally corrupt and divisive nature of the two-party system, and the trans-national character of the Church. I can only participate at a distance, commending the good and condemning the evil in each as best I understand them.