It’s no secret that I enjoy reading and learning from the Puritans, and John Flavel’s book on fear is one of the best. I first read this book in 2020 as the world was collapsing in fear of a virus. Flavel’s little book helped me put my own fears into a Biblical context and allowed me to shepherd others who were struggling with the same fears. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Why is …
I was first introduced to The Universe Next Door by one of my college professors, Ivan Spencer. In Dr. Spencers History of Ideas classes our main work was reading and analyzing primary sources in Western Thought (think: Plato, Dante, Karl Marx etc.) We read the works of these thinkers aiming to understand how they would answer the following seven questions:
A while back a friend and I began sharing the best quotes and thoughts we had from our personal reading. The idea was to give one another greater access to books without having to read as many. If I read a book, my friend could benefit from reading the quotes I pulled out and any thoughts I shared. For 2017, when ever I read a book I’ll share quotes I like, as well as any …