by: Brett McCracken There are three big dynamics of the Information Age, and the technology of the Information Age, that work against our wisdom, making it hard to be wise. One is that there’s just too much. There’s an information overload, and it’s...
The Real Work It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings....
“[Spurgeon] …saw humor as a potential weapon of righteousness. Humor can lance pride, gloom, religiosity. He loved to mock our religious silliness. He loved to mock our pride. More than that, he saw that humor was a manifestation of the happiness we’re...
Endorphins are tiny neurochemicals that play an important role in your body. Your body releases endorphins naturally in response to pain or stress, but also during other activities like eating, exercising, or having sex. These natural pain relievers are produced by...
Biblical Gratitude There are two biblical kinds of gratitude. One way to be thankful in the midst of a hardship is to be thankful that it isn’t worse. This kind of thankfulness isn’t the best, deepest, richest kind of thankfulness, but it is legitimate...
February 18, 2021by: Brett McCracken We sometimes characterize the digital age as a “post-literate” age, where images and video have taken over the place that written words used to occupy. But this is a mistaken characterization. The reality is we are reading more...