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A picture of Mo’s. We try to go whenever we visit Oregon.
And yet, just outside the restaurant was this sign pointing us the way home to Arizona.
If you don’t know the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, get yourself some headphones and 30 minutes of headspace to listen to this beautiful piece. There are so many wonderful versions! Here’s a great one. And there is something magical about the violin cello duets in this one. 🎵
Now is a good time to build yourself your own little internet homestead. It’s so fun. I use Micro.blog, which is offering a summer special right now, $1/mo for 4 months.
If you need some comfort and encouragement, listen to the sermon I preached last Sunday morning. If you want to hear about how foolish it is to think you can control people, even if you have more power than anyone else, listen to my sermon from the evening.
The Golden Nugget reached 225,000 miles this summer. I’m thankful for all the adventures our family has had in this van.
Russ Roca’s paintings are an inspiring reminder that many things are best enjoyed at a slower pace. Bicyclists will especially enjoy them. 🎨 🚲
Memorizing the Westminster Shorter Catechism is one of the best things you can do. Read this article in New Horizons to get some inspiration and see how one of our families at Covenant is getting after it. Way to go!
We got to watch Sound of Freedom tonight. Go see this movie! Generous people have even provided free tickets.
Do We Actually ‘Hear’ Silence? | Scientific American
Does the brain actually “hear” silence as an input processed by its auditory system in the same way it does a car horn? Or does the organ instead infer these empty spaces by inserting place markers between sounds that are then perceived as the silent bits?
One time I was in an informal class with Yo-Yo Ma. He told us to “play the rests.”
If you like J. C. Ryle’s writing, you will want to read his recommendation of the puritan Thomas Manton. As Ryle explains his admiration for Manton, you also get a sense of what makes Ryle tick, and what he thinks makes a good man, writer, theologian, and preacher. It’s an inspiring portrait.
Listening to Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto and waiting for the monsoons to samba over Tucson. 🎵
I took this picture of a balloon man in Eugene, OR. He was giving life and purpose to balloons in order to bless others. God does this when he re-forms people in Christ—“we are his workmanship”. If your life right now involves some painful twists and turns, consider: could God be re-forming you?
One of my all time fav things is Growing Native by Petey Mesquitey. These 5 min. celebrations of life in the borderlands have storytelling like G.K’s news from Lake Wobegon but are true and have more cactus. Long time fans will enjoy the Tucson Sentinel’s recent profile of the man behind the mic.
Want to fight perfectionism and dementia while boosting confidence and creativity? Do things you’re bad at.
Fred Sanders considers the doctrine of God found in the Declaration of Independence.
American citizenship gives a person many valuable rights, but maintaining those rights requires Americans to fulfill certain obligations. Consider this a little more via Hans Zeiger’s review of The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens by Richard Haass. 📚 🤝 🇺🇸
Here’s my first try at painting with watercolor. It was fun and I’d like to learn more. Painters, what’s a great book to get me started? 🎨
I explored the themes of loneliness and solitude in a recent pair of sermons. The first is on the sorrow of loneliness in Psalm 102; the second considers the godly practice of seeking solitude through Jesus’ example. I hope they are helpful to you.