Look, I'm not saying King Herod is a perfect role model. I wouldn't want him to be my rabbi or boss. But let's be honest—he has a responsibility to protect his people. And from what he learned from the magi, there was a
Anthony Parrott
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Author: Dallas Willard Rating: 6/7 Date Finished: 2026-01-09 I hadn't read a substantial Dallas Willard book in about six years. That's a long time to leave an author who fundamentally changed your life on the shelf. When I was in undergrad, Willard's The
Author: Jo Walton Finished Date: December 28, 2025 Rating: 5/7 One Sentence Summary: Follows Mor a disabled Welsh teenager who, after losing her twin sister in a magical confrontation with their abusive mother, finds solace in science fiction novels while navigating grief, isolation, and the complexities of magic at
Hey friends, I pray December and the holidays are treating you well. Here's a quick review of what went up on the site this month—some thoughts on Scripture, a few book recommendations, and the random internet finds that caught my attention. Quick reminder: I'm currently
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell This is one of those beautifully devastating books that's impossible to describe. Yes, at its bare essentials, it's about Jesuits traveling to space and meeting aliens. But it's also about colonialism and pain and romance and asceticism and so
H/T Kottke: Watch Jonas Wolf and three friends sing a choral arrangement of the Bee Gee’s Stayin’ Alive in the style of a madrigal. Just in case (like the me of 1 minute ago) you don’t know what that is (although you will recognize it from just