This is what happens when you cram an indefinably large and complex universe into a narrow, materialistic worldview. Some leakage happens.
Read moreJob 23, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
The issue with questions is not the asking of questions, but it is when those questions make demands, demands which diminish authority.
Read moreColumn: There is No Shame In It (8/20/21)
That pernicious evil is common to mankind and it seeps in, not through immorality but through our treasures and blessings, and it seeks to strangle the child-like joy within.
Read moreJob 22, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
We have now moved into the postmodern discussion. Job has challenged the entire problem with a notion of a closed system that what you see is what is.
Read moreColumn: 100 Weeks in the Mission for Vision (8/14/21)
But I think the reason writers write is to help the reader connect his specific problem with the bigger picture, to remove the blinders that automatically descend on us all so that we are equipped with what ancient scholars call vision.
Read moreJob 21, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
The book of Job is one of my favorites and truly is a minefield of wisdom; but it is difficult to understand. I continue publishing these notes to the best lectures I have heard on the book of Job.
Read moreColumn: Murder Your Darlings (8/8/2021)
We impress ourselves with things that aren’t actually impressive, so in order to impress others we have to take our prized possessions and sacrifice them to get clear again.
Read moreColumn: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (8/1/2021)
And yes, decision-making is a skill, like driving, but it’s not something you can “get.” It’s something that “gets” you.
Read moreColumn: Sucking the Marrow Out of Life (7/25/2021)
We are all like rocks skipping across the surface of life, trying desperately to slow down and enjoy it and relax, but as soon as we do, we slip below the surface and forget what we were made to do.
Read moreColumn: Matters of the Soul (7/18/2021)
The hard parts of life—the things that don’t seem to matter until you have either a brush with death or the poor-house—are these matters of the soul.
Read moreColumn: On Putting Our Wings to Good Use (7/11/2021)
I can tell you from experience that farm-raised birds are are lazy and don’t really enjoy flying, even when you kick at them.
Read moreColumn: On Independence Day, Make Us Proud, Everyone! (7/4/2021)
This is my 94th column and I am just now saying this, but thank you for spending your limited time engaging your mind with mine on a weekly basis.
Read moreColumn: We are Meant to be Burdensome (6/27/2021)
Well I have a son now, and I’m afraid you’ll be hearing a lot more about him. Tying into last week’s column, I have been thinking a lot about love.
Read moreColumn: For My Newborn Son, Whom I Love (6/20/2021)
His name is James, and he is my son. He was born last weekend on June 12th, and he’s currently swinging in the living room with my wife, while I sequester myself in the study for a while to hunch over a keyboard and stare into a monitor of light as I write this column.
Read moreColumn: Helen Keller and the Power of Imagination (6/13/2021)
You can’t tell a young Helen Keller that education is about just getting a job. To her, it was the joy of life. If we stop long enough to think about it, it should be part of ours too. Research ought to be part of our workflows; note-taking should be part of our daily impulse.
Read moreColumn: Understanding Understanding, the Heart of Education (6/6/2021)
Last week I said that the most fundamental calling of humanity is to pursue and achieve understanding—not to pass tests or succeed or be “great”, but to achieve understanding.
Read moreColumn: On Education, Finding the Cheat Codes to Life (5/30/2021)
Here’s a professor at Columbia University who changed the face of American education in the 1950s, and the only reason he didn’t receive a diploma from Columbia is because he refused to take the P.E. class, swimming.
Read moreColumn: We Need Our Work as Much as Our Work Needs Us (5/23/2021)
Due to the pandemic our country has seen an unemployment rate that is profoundly outside the realm of “normal.” While employment is verifiably picking back up, and the statistics for Lowndes county reflect that, there is a conversation rumbling that is just beginning.
Read moreColumn: Interrupting Progress with Peace (5/16/2021)
After finishing a three week series on productivity, I focused on joy last week—a relief for all of us. But what we all want, even more than productivity, is peace.
Read moreColumn: Enjoy Your Life (5/9/2021)
Enjoy your life.
We need to accomplish tasks, otherwise we won’t get anything done—but there will always be more tasks. There won’t always be enough time.
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