Blessing the voyage: launching them without losing them: My friend and colleague Stacy MacLaren with a timely piece, “We don’t raise our children to keep them. We raise them to release them.”
An unremarkable life: Jonny Pollock says, “The modern mantra appears simple. Be remarkable. Whether through career achievements, our social media feeds, or our personal brands (don’t roll your eyes, we all have them!), the pressure is relentless.”
Is there ever anything better than getting what you want? Samuel James warns us, “For Christians, there is an inescapable question that frames our walk in this world toward the next one. “What will you want later?” Some desires we have now will turn into regrets in the light of eternity.”
The parts of you that don’t want to be healed: Christopher Cook says, “One of the most disorienting discoveries in the spiritual life is that the unsubmitted parts of your personality are not chaotic or irrational in the least bit. Instead, they are often meticulously organized. They have a logic, a set of values, and a surprisingly coherent worldview, and that worldview is almost always dressed in the language of virtue.”
Five amazing tech inventions we should expect in the next 25 years: Imagine how much would change if nuclear fusion was available?
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