Advent to Epiphany Reading Plan
This Sunday is the first Sunday of the Advent season. 🕯️ This year I’m using the reading plan from O Come, O Come, Emmanuel by Jonathan Gibson 📚 The book is an excellent resource for advent, but you can also just use the reading plan. I’m a day late posting this as the plan actually began yesterday.
Finished reading: Growing Downward by Nick Thompson
I was surprised by how consistently good this book was all the way through. It is definitely one of the top books I’ve read this year.📚
Wipr 2 is available today. This excellent little app has been my Adblocker of choice for years now. It does its job better in my experience than most of its competitors while remaining lightweight and unobtrusive. apps.apple.com/app/id166…
Youth is when you lie down in the grass, watch the sky, and no one thinks it odd. At middle age, were you to lie down in the grass and look up at the clouds, passersby might stop to check on your well-being. Old age is when it’s no longer possible to lie in the grass and get up again without aid.
I was pleasantly surprised today to see new episodes of The Day One Podcast appear. I always enjoyed this podcast and was sad when it went dormant. Now, after a three-year hiatus, it seems they are relaunching, and I have high hopes. The Day One Podcast is Back!
Currently reading: Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks 📚 This has been on my list for a long time and I’m finally getting around to it.
Sad to hear about Panic Software’s (completely understandable) decision to drop support for Google Drive. I hear a lot of concern about Apple becoming developer hostile and driving away devs. One reason I think that hasn’t happened more is that Google is even worse to deal with.
This beautiful weather has me wanting to go camping. 🏕️ Planning a short trip next week if we can get everyone over their head colds. In the meantime here are a few pictures from our trip to Montauk State Park in 2021.
We haven’t taken any evening walks for a while but it has finally been cool enough to venture out. The trail passes by some fields and there was tractor parked near the path. Our youngest, who is infatuated with tractors, was thrilled.
Moom 4 has been released. It includes:
- An Updated UI
- Drop Zones
- Hover actions
- And more
Looks like a great update to one of the best window managers on the Mac.
Principles for Christian Disagreement On Matters of Conscience
The idea of Christian Liberty is seldom discussed or considered today but it was a common fixture of the historic confessions, and is still just as relevant today. Regarding things not expressly addressed in Scripture, believers are free to follow their own conscience before God. Of course this means that there will some times be disagreement between Christians in these areas. Here are nine principles drawn from Romans 14:1–15:7 for how we should handle these disagreements.
A quick snapshot of sunset from the driveway. In the heat of summer, this is my favorite time of day.
Do political texts really work? I’m never going to vote for someone because of a text message, but frequent messages do give me a negative impression of your candidate. 🗳
The August heat is here and with it comes the lack of desire to do anything. I’m going to have to be extra intentional about managing my time. ☀️🌡️
GoodLinks has released version 2.0 with highlighting! It has been along time in coming, but it seems to be well executed and will certainly streamline my workflow. Also, I think they handled the upgrade pricing fairly. 👏🏼
Some reasons I switched to Micro.blog.
- Solid stable platform with features I actually use.
- Use of open standards and interoperability with other services.
- Actively developed with new features and updates.
- Feels like a community, not just a service.