One Little Word newsletter - September 19, 2022
TBC Worldview Night, remembering Eliza Fletcher, and an important new documentary
Hello friends,
This was a full week, which is why the newsletter is getting to you a tad late. I was in St. Louis for couple of days, speaking to a group of Baptist pastors. I had a wonderful time there. It’s great to see what God is doing there, even if I did bring up, in my speech, the Sports Illustrated cover when the Cub won the 2016 World Series. It’s really all I’ve got over and against the always-good, annually-in-the-playoffs St. Louis Cardinals.
Speaking of, I’ll be speaking in Houston on Thursday night at Sagemont Church where Texas Baptist College is hosting a Worldview Night for students, youth leaders, and parents.
A few updates on my work:
I had the chance to be interviewed on Baptist Press to discuss the political responsibilities of Christians:
If we’re to love our neighbors as ourselves, we should care about the institutions and the policies that affect our neighbors’ flourishing. We have this stewardship, and I think we should steward it well.
My latest column for World urges GOP legislators to not run away from a national 15-week ban on abortion.
I really enjoyed Kelly Kapic’s book, You Are Only Human. World graciously allowed me to review it.
What I’m Reading:
Andrew Walker has a poignant column honoring slain Memphis teacher, Eliza Fletcher. It’s such a tragic story.
I also write for one other reason, and that is to issue a charge to men to honor and protect women. A rejection of vicious brutality should remind us of what men are actually for.
I really like this new feature at CNN. For Christians, we might heed James 1:19 and resist the rush to judgement.
Here’s an important piece in Tablet Magazine about the devastating impact of marijuana as medicine.
Great job here by Lila Grace Rose in a very adverse environment:
Jason Thacker posted an important Twitter thread on the imago dei:
Tyler Bauer contributed an important piece to The Land Center on reconsidering virtue in a political context.
Brian Mattson writes a thoughtful piece on the importance of liberty.
Here is a new trailer on an important new documentary:
Lastly, an oped in Washington Post by two judges, one conservative, one progressive on the problem of tribalism in America.
Books I’m reading:
I just started Deeper by Dane Ortlund. It’s so rich and so good and a wonderful campanion to Gentle and Lowly.
Almost finished with The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. What should I read next? Another Hannah novel like The Great Alone? Everything Sad is Untrue? Cloud Cuckoo Land? Or back to my usual rotation of biographies? There is a Jon Meacham one on Lincoln. Ugh, choices, choices.