Mike and I continue down the rabbit whole of attention, but from a different angle in this conversation. We actually start out discussing tensions and end up overlapping with our last conversation about attention. Tensions are helpful in pulling us beyond ourselves and what we pay attention to, has a certain effect on us.
Today’s conversation is a great doorway into a deep rabbit hole. While Mike and I discuss a recent news article, the conversation touches on many of the ideas Mike has been writing about for years. In this conversation we talk about why it’s important to pay attention and be selective about what we pay attention…
Continuing the train of thought on the path forward, this conversation ventures into the notion of building community and how to do it as we begin to understand the times we are in.
At times I find myself wondering, with all that Mike and I have talked about, what is our path forward. What do I do with my work, my family, my community to bring glory to God? In this conversation Mike provides an answer; one that is, in his usual fashion, quite provocative.
This week Mike and I discuss contentment and what is has to do with godliness. Paul mentions in 1 Timothy 6 that godliness with contentment is great gain. What does that imply? Does the call to contentment mean we should accept our circumstances and stop looking to change them?
Last week we ended our conversation on three great debates, the final debate regarding human nature. This week we pick up where we left off and talk about how this debate affects what is beautiful, good, and true.
As Mike has been writing about poetry lately I thought it would be good to bring that into our conversations. In today’s conversation we talk about just that – poetry. We look at how it relates to human nature and widens our faith.
In my spheres, I’ve picked up on this underlying notion of feelings being “valid”, “real”, and therefore “true”. Yet I have found myself qualifying my own statements with, “this might not be how I should be feeling, but I feel…” I was curious if this self suspicion had merit and related to some of the…
Mike recently wrote about making his next ascent. In this conversation, we look back at the meadows Mike has been through and the lessons he’s learning as he makes his ascent into the next meadow.
Mike and I talk about artificial intelligence, what its implications are, and what we ought to be mindful of moving forward.