I’m an accumulator. But I know it won’t make me satisfied. Neither would getter rid of all my stuff. From Wyatt Graham at Gospel Coalition Canada: [Accumulation or Minimalism as] options to happiness are modern. But there is an older way of life that promises freedom like minimalism does and joy like accumulation does. Central …
Some thoughts on the transformation of boredom from passing phases of disinterest to a more fixed state of dissatisfaction by Matthew Payne at the Gospel Coalition Australia. People have always been bored. We’ve all experienced the feeling of disinterest in what we’re doing or not knowing what to do with ourselves. But what this paper …
Michael Milton relates an episode from his past life experience of receiving a safety warning while working on an oil field and draws a parallel application to spiritual health: [The warning from his foreman] “When you smell rotten-eggs at the well site, boys, you are smelling a poisonous, corrosive, flammable gas that is hydrogen sulfide. …
Winn Collier writes about the beatitudes as encouragements for those at the margins rather than a recipe of ‘be this and get that’. Why? To assure us that in the kingdom, we should never be undone by finding ourselves at the margins. From the post: The life Jesus announces really does turn everything topsy-turvy. Jesus …
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