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The Ironic Experience of Reading Psalm 119

I am not a naturally skilled reader. I also don’t enjoy reading a whole lot. It’s taken a good deal of intentional habit-building to start developing any semblance of wholesome habitual reading in my life. Perhaps you could call this a character deficiency. At any rate, it has put me in a funny spot asContinue reading “The Ironic Experience of Reading Psalm 119”

To Have and to Have-Not.

There is a sentiment in society today that success perpetuates success. You acheive to display acheivement, which leads to more acheivement to display all the more, which leads… This is all very well and good, appropriate and understandable (we all do this to varying degrees). But it does become a little bit more difficult whenContinue reading “To Have and to Have-Not.”

Thoughts on Reading “The Bible in Australia” by Meredith Lake

First of all, this is not a review. It’s more a reflection on the experience of reading the book itself. A book-reflection then? Probably not a good idea to redefine established formats just yet. Call it what you will, I read a book and now I’m thinking about it and sharing my thoughts with you.Continue reading “Thoughts on Reading “The Bible in Australia” by Meredith Lake”

On Christian History

It is a funny irony to be a Christian and to dislike history because to be a Christian requires faith in the historic claims of Jesus and his disciples. This ironic situation was a reality for the first few years of my Christian faith. As I went through high school I disliked history and IContinue reading “On Christian History”

The Glorious Book You Can’t Read

Have you heard this before? “I just finished reading [insert amazing book]. I think it would be undeniably perfect for what you’re thinking about. You are under every conceivable obligation to read it!” So, after hearing these exact words and quickly opening up Amazon you one-click-buy and hoist your sails for a new and betterContinue reading “The Glorious Book You Can’t Read”

On Reading.

When I finished my degree at Moore Theological College last year I wanted to make sure that one item on my self-help productivity list was reading books. But there’s a lot to read and so we need to prioritize what we’re going to feed our eyes, ears and hopefully brain. At the top of theContinue reading “On Reading.”