It’s official! I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that my next book will be published by @eerdmansbooks. It’s tentatively titled: “Conversation Seeking Communion: The Art of Christian Disagreement.” It hasn’t been written yet, but you should definitely order a copy today.

In my book, John Calvin’s prayers pitch no-hitters, beat the ‘95–96 Bulls, and win the Super Bowl.

Why doesn’t Pittsburgh have an NBA team yet? This is unacceptable.

Looking forward to diving into this! @JohanSnel | @wipfandstock

This morning I started out composing a tweet about how much I love Abraham Kuyper’s idea of “civic righteousness.” By noon it was a meditation on how it has informed my thinking about a “more” Christian approach to societal living. Now it’s almost an essay and I think it could to find a place in my Newman/Kuyper project on the family and civic formation!

This is going to be fun!

So we’re still doing this Steelers game in Paris while France is burning thing? Got it.

Tomorrow isn’t about the coffee. Or the bread. Or the “Hey—how was your week?” Or even the pastor’s sermon. Or the wine. Or the pastor’s benediction. It’s about Jesus. It’s all about Jesus. So don’t conflate means with grace. But, also, don’t be a Donatist.

A Christian is one who, wherever he or she looks, finds Christ. Alexander Schmemann

The Voice that told a fish to spit a man upon dry land will one day tell the land to spit up men to the Fisher of Men.

Most of the spiritual diseases we suffer from are a result of us resisting God's dominion over some area of our lives, not devoting ourselves to the wellbeing or blessing of our neighbor, or having the disposition to love ourselves too much.

"Relying on Christ as our Mediator, may we never cease to entertain hope even in the midst of a thousand deaths."

God’s greatness is incommunicable. Don't try to match it.

Those seeking heaven because it gets them away from this finite earth would do well to remember that heaven is finite, too. cf. Isaiah 40:12, 48:13; Deuteronomy 4:32

The breathing, aching, hunger pangs, possibility of stubbed toes, having to brush your teeth— Don’t run away from your finitude. God gave it to you. And He called all of it “very good" (Genesis 1:31).

Name five thinkers you would eagerly and earnestly want to get into a room to disagree with. I’ll start: 1. Thrasymachus 2. Machiavelli 3. Schopenhauer 4. Nietzsche 5. Alain de Botton

Do people in this world still listen to Mumford & Sons?

A fascinating piece: Why You Can't Rest Without Feeling Like You're Losing "There is a version of rest that asks you to exist without making a case for yourself. No wonder you reach for the broom." dailicle.com/read/why-you-ca…

Agreed. And a quite narrow understanding of what “spiritual direction” means. Ironically, I think Calvin is one of the most underrated spiritual directors in Christian history. We don’t read his sermons enough. He is perspicacious in identifying how sin precludes us from freedom and happiness and straight to the point in telling you what to do. That being said, I’d say, these books have directed my spirit the most: Augustine’s Confessions Cassian’s Conferences Seneca’s Moral Epistles Climacus’ Ladder of Divine Ascent Calvin’s sermons (esp. on Galatians) Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain’s Handbook of Spiritual Counsel Kierkegaard’s Discourses (esp. the Upbuilding Discourses) Kuyper’s Practice of Godliness