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THIS IS HAPPENING PEOPLE

Spending some time chaperoning my daughter’s class field trip to the Science Center!

View from the Skytrain at PHX.

Watching my kids through the screen on my phone instead of in the world is not an even trade.

My friend Chris is writing an awesome book to help individuals, churches, and families understand and practice so many of the traditions around Christmas that we often take for granted and sometimes have even forgotten!

Chris is passionate about helping people enter the worship of the historic church in meaningful ways, and he is a super thoughtful writer and researcher.

I am really excited about his book—I backed it immediately and you should too!

Drew Zeiba, writing for Vulture:

Refusing to be an artist-as-public figure in the era of social media seems almost reckless — like willful career suppression, if not suicide. As one recent art school graduate put it to me, Instagram has reached the level of “infrastructure.” And certainly, Instagram may at first seem like a boon to many artists — a form of social media centered on images. But artists are starting to feel that it’s just become an addiction, devouring their creativity.

Can You Make It As an Artist in 2018 Without Constantly Plugging Yourself on Instagram?

Signed up for ProtonMail today. Personally I’m not as freaked out as everyone else regarding Google’s use of my email for ads; but just in case I care more later I’ve got a back up.

EDIT: I actually already had an account, which I forgot about till I went to sign up. This time I reserved my preferred username.

WELL, it’s done. After just a few days on the free trial of Micro.blog, I’ve decided to really give old fashioned blogging another all-in go. My whole site is now imported and hosted on Micro.blog. I even added the podcasting upgrade because why not?

My ballerina princess is performing tonight.

Classical, creedal Christianity is reasonable because:

1. Theism (the belief that there is a supreme being of some kind) is a reasonable explanation for fine-tuning of the universe, the intuitive realm of objective moral values, and the universal phenomenon of transcendent longing.

2. A movement of invidividuals and groups grew quickly and unexpectly–against many opposing forces including embarrassment, social rejection, and open persecution–with a relatively unified, coherent, remarkably durable and reliable witness to the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

3. The resulting meta-physical and philosophical frameworks have deep explanitory power in regards to the human condition, the problem of suffering, consistent morals and ethics, and living the good life.

4. My own experience of living in the story of Christianity has ignited faith, hope, and love in my own heart, and I continually see it doing the same in others–both in history and in the present.