Following Jesus; How To Not Burn Out

In the last post, I wrote about going through the motions of serving God. You get tired of it fast and crash and burn, especially if it is only you doing it. Except you are not alone. In fact, your strength isn’t needed. How is that? I came across a book called A Spirit-Empowered Life. …

ConCom Christianity?

I was reading a book titled The Me I Want to Be, and in one chapter, he expanded on ‘turning the other cheek’. He wrote that first century Jewish society was about honor and shame. Then he mentions a hidden meaning that I had been told about before by one of my readers, Sean, and …

Red Letter Application

A while back, I was in a conflict with those I considered friends. It hurt, and I was a little angry, and was tempted to do anonymous internet sniping. Except now, I do not operate by solely what I want. So I investigated, made peace, and said as much in a private group. This led …

Fieldstripping Life

One of the first articles I read in 2015 was on artofmanliness.com about a principle called via negativa. I read about the concept before in the book Antifragile. It is fieldstripping life by removing deadweight rather than a complete change in direction. Instead of using your willpower to create a good habit in place of …