This Week's Recommendations

  1. What to do in conflictBenjamin Vrbicek says, “Rarely do interpersonal struggles get better until the people involved move up what I call the ‘Hierarchy of Communication Ladder.’”

  2. Five ways AI is impacting the next generationShelly Melia reports, “According to Common Sense Media, half of teenagers use AI companions regularly, while almost 75% of teens have experimented with them. Another study found almost 1 in 5 students have used their back-and-forth conversations with AI to have a romantic relationship.”

  3. Notes on being a man and advice to young men who are feeling lostAmong other disconcerting data, Scott Galloway reports that, “45 percent of men ages 18 to 25 have never approached a woman in person.”

  4. Abortion in the early churchIn this video Gavin Ortlund explains why the early church’s witness on the sanctity of life is important for us today.

  5. The Winners of the International Landscape Photographer of the Yeartake your time with these stunning photographs… “the heavens declare”!

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