Best of 2025
So Far - Monday Morning Restart, 3/10/2025
Good morning everyone!
After a brief hiatus, while I took a much-needed vacation, I thought I’d supply some links to some of my favorite posts this year. I’ll do one from me, one from Ryan, one from Speeches & Stories, Lyrics & Letters, and then three from fellow Substackers. I hope you enjoy!
Answering the Call:
Why responsibility?
At TMQ, we have 4 traits that we try to embody to help guide us in our mission to serve Christ. One of them is responsibility. One of them is not discipline, as you might expect.
Wisdom Now: Why and How:
Honorable Mentors
For most of my life, I’ve wanted a mentor—someone wiser, more experienced, and willing to invest in me. I’ve looked for that kind of relationship in teachers, pastors, older friends, and colleagues, but for one reason or another, it’s never really stuck. Either life got in the way, our paths diverged, or the relationship never deepened into something tr…
Speeches & Stories, Lyrics & Letters:
I Have a Foreboding
Welcome to the next installment of Speeches and Stories, Lyrics and Letters. This time we are looking at a speech from Carl Sagan.
From others:
The New Jerusalem is a Substack that hosts a conversation between Spencer Klavan and his dad, Andrew Klavan. Andrew is a well-known novelist and screenwriter, turned political commentator for The Daily Wire. He views the world through the story-lens, and I love his take on the AI threat of creative endeavors.
I first encountered Dr. Alan Harrelson on the podcast, Pints with Aquinas, which my brother describes as “Joe Rogan for Christians”. It’s a pretty sweet gig. I love watching that podcast. I then started following Harrelson and realized quickly that he and I have many similarities in our thinking and beliefs (except I am not Catholic, nor do I have a sweet southern accent). He could be described as a typical conservative Christian, with very nuanced views. You need to be careful putting him into a box. He loves southern culture and I have heard him say that the South was right in the civil war. Not because of slavery - which he strongly opposes, as do I!!, but because the federal government was overstepping on States’ rights, and they have been ever since.
Anyway, you listen or read this guy and could try to peg him as a typical Trump voter, but after you read this you soon realize that you can’t - his views are too complex to label him that way. I relate to him in this sense, because if you take time to read this, then you’ll realize that his views, my views, and many, many people’s views are too complex to be stereotyped. It’s why I hate sound bites and ten-second video clips. They reveal nothing but a tiny glimpse into the entirety of a person’s complete worldview. Check it out!
Having recently finished a class in ethics, this relatively quick read by Jacob provides a good framework to help a normal person understand the complex ethical systems we all use every day. Check it out.
That’s all for now,
See ya next time!