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What I’m Reading: September 2026 (opens the original)
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TL;DR: I read a lot of books, including far more than I have time to feature individually on the podcast or Substack. So I’m continuing with a monthly book roundup: a quick look at what I’m currently reading, what I’ve recently finished, and a few ideas from those books that have stuck with me.Subscribe nowWhat I’m Reading Right NowSocially Awkward Evangelism: Overcoming Fear in Sharing the Gospel by Mark Teasdale<
Is There Such a Thing as “Atheistic Christianity”? (opens the original)
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TL;DR: After reading Carolyn Chen’s book Work, Pray, Code, I’m convinced that just as Buddhism is not Buddhism without the Buddha, Christianity cannot be Christianity without a risen Christ.Subscribe now<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!edyu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feacdfd2
The Right Side of History Is a Terrible Change Strategy (opens the original)
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TL;DR: Necessary change can still be badly led. Looking back at the cultural upheaval surrounding gay marriage and the political backlash that followed, I wonder whether humiliation and dismissal helped fuel the anger that eventually found a champion in Donald Trump. Churches face a similar challenge: people remain responsible for how they respond to change, but leaders are responsible for how they lead it. Compassion is not capitulation, and humiliation is a terrible change-management strategy.
Beyond Consent: What Are We Teaching Young Men? (opens the original)
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TL;DR: A recent book about the troubled culture of Canadian hockey got me thinking about how we form young men—not simply to understand sexual boundaries and consent, but to become people of character who treat women with love, care, and dignity.Subscribe now<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6mJd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fp
Affinity groups are the new Homogeneous Unit Principle. (opens the original)
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TL;DR: Mainline Protestants rejected the Homogeneous Unit Principle because churches shouldn’t simply reproduce the divisions and similarities already present in society. But when we build new churches around shared affinities—hobbies, identities, class, or politics—I argue we may be doing much the same thing under a different name. The church should create relationships that affinity alone cannot explain.Subscribe now<figure
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