But–I reemphasize, because it is so important–the primary “learning” here is not about how to act, just as the primary wrongness or problem in human life is not what we do. Often what human beings do is so horrible that we can be excused, perhaps, for thinking that all that matters is stopping it. But [...]
“Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence.”
Eugene Peterson - p.96, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction
Those who I look up to are always joyful. Even with the greeting in passing, their joy is contagious. That is something I wish I could give to people, a contagious joy. It is [...]
Andy Crouch in his book, Culture Making, discusses a relational model where creativity creates. Many successful companies and other sources of things created are led by a group of three, that is to say a small small, tight knit group of like minded creators, working together for a common goal. Often I try to create [...]
I’m nearing the end of Culture Making (book, website), by Andy Crouch and ideas keep continue to build and inspire. I love how a lot of ideas presented are redemptive and life giving. For example, Crouch talks about the three human desires, namely sex, money and power. He notes that the first two are redeemed [...]
Any work done faithfully and well is difficult. It is not harder for me to do my job well than for any other person, and no less. There are no easy tasks in the Christian way; there are only tasks that can be done faithfully or erratically, with joy or with resentment. And there is [...]
