Batch Batchelder
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Batch Batchelder
Isaiah 55
1 “Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
1 “Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
the Author of life writes Himself into the story. In a world where people aspire to be a god, no one expects God to become a person.
Weekly Update–Third Space, YG Rafting, Women's Brunch
Light in the Darkness and Value-Truth
Ronnie G.
“The world is much better. The world is awful. The world can be much better.”
The reality of meliorism
Human Vocation Reframed
You are not made primarily to:
Produce
Accumulate
Build kingdoms
You are made to:
Dwell with God
Image God’s restful reign
Extend sacred order into the world.
Summary Sentence
Creation does not aim at work; work aims at rest.
The seventh day is the throne room of Genesis.
Everything else is just the road that leads there.
Genesis 1:1 –
... See moreThe future doesn’t care
It doesn’t care whether you’re excited or filled with trepidation.
It arrives, regardless.
What an opportunity. Or a threat.
Up to us.
It doesn’t care whether you’re excited or filled with trepidation.
It arrives, regardless.
What an opportunity. Or a threat.
Up to us.
The future doesn’t care
SethG and AtomicHabits
The father’s welcome to the repentant son was literally reckless, because he refused to “reckon” or count his sin against him or demand repayment. This response offended the elder son and most likely the local community.
Timothy Keller • The Prodigal God
“What you push down doesn’t vanish. It festers and wields quiet power over your thoughts and actions.
What needs to be addressed that isn’t currently being addressed?”
What needs to be addressed that isn’t currently being addressed?”
3-2-1: On the power of inputs, how to build a creative career, and the one habit that matters most
If you want to understand someone, figure out the narrative they tell themselves about themself.
If you want to change your behavior, change your narrative. If you want to change someone else’s behavior, offer them a more compelling narrative they can tell themselves.
If you want to change your behavior, change your narrative. If you want to change someone else’s behavior, offer them a more compelling narrative they can tell themselves.
Farnam Street • Immovable Stubbornness
Writer Virginia Woolf reminds us that agency is not in controlling what happens, but in working with what we have:
“Arrange whatever pieces come your way.”
Source: A Writer's Diary
“Arrange whatever pieces come your way.”
Source: A Writer's Diary