Currently reading: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 📚
Well, gotta say I’m glad I forgot my Loons had a US Open Cup match tonight… Houston 4-0 MNUFC. 😳⚽️
NB, publishers: describing an author as a “Forbes 30 Under 30 scientist” makes me want to read their book much, much less. 📚
Current listening: Danish Rain, the new album from a duet of wonderful musicians: pianist Justin Kauflin and bassist Thomas Fonnesbæk. 🎶
A wonderful essay by Tara Isabella Burton in The New Atlantis on Effective Altruism, the rationalist and now post-rationalist online communities, and the turn they’ve taken toward the transcendent.
Paywalled, but TNA is well worth a sub for those interested in moral engagement with technology. 🔗
Current listening: Brian Blade, Mama Rosa.
I’ve loved this singer-songwriter-Gospel album from a world-class jazz drummer. 🎶
Finished reading: Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin.
My second read; it’s as beautiful and profound as it was the first time through.📚
The Temptation in the Wilderness, part 1 (Good Teacher #3) ✝️
Original post here Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread. But he answered, “It is written ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Baptism & new life (Good Teacher #2) ✝️
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
I’m heading to Chicago this weekend for a birthday celebration with my father & brother. I’m eager for some bookstore recommendations. Any advice, Chicagoans? 📚