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How to support writers on Substack. (opens the original)
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I enjoy Substack. I think this platform is different and I believe in cultivating good in the world. Since starting to write for and engage this community, I have spent less time on every other social media app. I am better for it. You are too.This platform has allowed me:To engage with and support authors I enjoy reading and learning from - both old and new: , , , . I don’t think any other writers cover the topics they cover like these do - and I want to support that.
Millennial Christians were (mostly) wrong about alcohol. (opens the original)
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Of the many things that I was forbidden to do as a young Christian, one of the most significant was the prohibition against drinking alcohol. If you grew up in evangelical Christian circles at the turn of the century, you know that there was a list of things that were absolutely the “worst” things you could possibly do: drinking was on this list. Towards the top.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8kcu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:stee
Love God and write what you want. (opens the original)
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"Once for all, then, a short precept is given you: Love, and do what you will. Whether you hold your peace, through love hold your peace; whether you cry out, through love cry out; whether you correct, through love correct; whether you spare, through love spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good."- St. Augustine, commenting on 1 John 4I am sick and tired of seeing notes and articles go viral that are titled:R
Seriously, what is “love” and how do I practice it? (opens the original)
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This week my publisher reached out to let me know there was a sudden uptick in sales for my book Formed for Fellowship: Becoming what You Behold. I was both surprised and encouraged. I love that book, but I felt like it released in the shadow of Home with God: Our Union with Christ, which released three months before Formed.Home with God is all about life in Christ. What we call “union with Christ.”Formed for
Wendell Berry helped me get home. (opens the original)
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“…the world didn’t deserve them!—making their way as best as they could on the cruel edges of the world.” - Hebrews 11:38 (The Message)The death of Wendell Berry is a terrible loss.His passing is a wound to the imagination. I am not the only one who feels this, nor am I the most impacted. My prayers are with his family, friends, and neighbors. He belonged to his kin and Henry County, KY in a way that was deliberately different. This loss is greatest for them.Berry did not make demands. He was to
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