”Jesus never predicted his death without adding that he would rise”
-John Stott
Blog, page 19
”Such a man is altogether beyond our reach. He succeeded where we always fail. He had complete self-mastery…”
”A staggering moment for Chicago”
And for people everywhere. It stirs me up to pray things like the psalmist frequently prayed in the face of inexplicable cruelty.
”Since 2009… 140,000 more Mexican migrants left the United States than arrived”
I love these kinds of counter-popular-media-narrative statistics.
“Presidential primary stare-down debate”
“Stanford dean explains why helicopter parenting is ruining a generation of children”
”Humans fight over bits of compressed carbon, tracts of dirt, addictive mind-altering substances, and soccer matches”
”Send out your light and your truth and let them lead me”
—Psalm 43:3
”Good teachers make it possible for people to change their positions without shame”
-Rosaria Butterfield
“The systematic failures in TSA security checks”
Auditors saw 95% ‘success’ rate for smuggling in bombs and guns.
“498 Years Ago Today: Luther and His 95 Theses”
“Economics and happiness”
There is an asymmetry in the way people compare themselves with others.
“Cubs sweep series”
”We’re going to spend 5 days defining 2 words: ‘urban’ and ‘culture’”
-gordon venturella