to-read
(218)
currently-reading (4)
read (362)
did-not-finish (1)
christian-history (4)
jesus (3)
western (3)
biography (2)
catholic-church (2)
currently-reading (4)
read (362)
did-not-finish (1)
christian-history (4)
jesus (3)
western (3)
biography (2)
catholic-church (2)
christianity
(2)
church-history (2)
dietrich-bonhoeffer (2)
history (2)
protestantism (2)
rights (2)
west (2)
adam-and-eve (1)
apologetics (1)
church-history (2)
dietrich-bonhoeffer (2)
history (2)
protestantism (2)
rights (2)
west (2)
adam-and-eve (1)
apologetics (1)
While acknowledging that in the United States and Europe the percentage of people without religious affiliation will be rising for the time being, the article distilled the research findings, namely, that in the world overall religion is
...more
“The crisis of the modern world is not a crisis of technology or politics or greenhouse gases. It is a spiritual war. What the Machine represents is our ultimate rebellion against nature: against reality itself. We have seen this rebellion before. Now our culture’s rejection of its spiritual core has opened us up to powers and principalities that we have no idea how to manage”
― Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity
― Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity
“for anything to be good, truly good, there must be love in it. I’m not even sure I know fully what that means, but the older I get, the more I believe it. There must be love for the gift itself, love for the subject being depicted or the story being told, and love for the audience. Whether the art is sculpture, farming, teaching, lawmaking, medicine, music, or raising a child, if love is not in it — at the very heart of it — it might be skillful, marketable, or popular but I doubt it is truly good. Nothing is what it’s supposed to be if love is not at the core.”
― Theo of Golden
― Theo of Golden
“It is usual to speak in a playfully apologetic tone about one’s adult enjoyment of what are called ‘children’s books’. I think the convention a silly one. No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty – except, of course, books of information. The only imaginative works we ought to grow out of are those which it would have been better not to have read at all.”
― Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
― Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
“Interestingly, Paul’s prescription for anxious minds includes thanksgiving, and if it is part of the prescription, it is often a component of the diagnosis— thankless hearts produce anxious minds.”
― Consider the Lilies: Finding Perfect Peace in the Character of God
― Consider the Lilies: Finding Perfect Peace in the Character of God
“We draw people to Christ not by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.”
― Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life
― Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life
Matt’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Matt’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Matt
Lists liked by Matt

































