Apprentice 2 Jesus

Culture

  • Vices and virtues on the road to characters

    Reflecting again on David Brooks’ work, The Road to Character, (the beginning of the chain begins HERE), the greatest virtue is HUMILITY. It is vital we have an accurate assessment of our own nature and our place in the cosmos. We have weaknesses, and we are the underdog in that struggle. Individual talent alone will not overcome… Read more

  • America becoming less Christian

    So America is becoming “less Christian.” I still think the number who “profess” is way to high, but that’s just me. The sad part is the desire to have LESS of a religious voice in the public square: While the number of Evangelicals hasn’t changed much, the number of unaffiliated Americans has, and they are… Read more

  • Deflating News

    When we are more educated about air pressure in footballs than we are about national debt, or poverty issues, or international trade issues . . . we may be in sad shape. If we cared . . . Read more

  • The long road to character: Admit the flaw

    The biggest victory is NOT “changing the world.” The biggest victory is overcoming the flaws and see character form within. Read more

  • Road to Character: Quit living for happiness

    Some thoughts along the way from David Brooks’ book, The Road to Character, and especially his wrap thoughts he calls “The Humility Code.” Thought One: We don’t live for happiness. We live for holiness. We are endowed with moral imagination and we settle too easily with surface pleasures. The life well lived is one that orients around… Read more

  • The crooked-timber school of character

    The Road to Character is a book that needs to be nearby in the coming months. It should be an ongoing conversation. Brooks has a website where the conversation can hopefully keep going on this subject. What I am impressed about with Brooks is that over the past few months I have noticed a decided change… Read more

  • Good people disagree

    Remember when that used to be a thing? It’s not so much anymore. This is a time where I truly do pine for the “good ol’ days.” Read more

  • Are you living your resume virtues or your eulogy virtues?

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  • The moral conversation

    David Brooks hits the moral conversation issue hard again.  Where do we find the answers to the great questions we have, such as, “What is the purpose of my life?” We still ask those kinds of things, but where are the voices that can help guide the answers? Public conversation doesn’t want a moral voice… Read more

  • The choice of joy

    The enemy robs through anxiety. Jesus restores through joy. Read more