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“Vice is easy. Failure is easy, too. It’s easier not to shoulder a burden. It’s easier not to think, and not to do, and not to care. It’s easier to put off until tomorrow what needs to be done today, and drown the upcoming months and years in today’s cheap pleasures. As the infamous father of the Simpson clan puts it, immediately prior to downing a jar of mayonnaise and vodka, “That’s a problem for Future Homer. Man, I don’t envy that guy!”66”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“What it means to “stand” for Christ is not, it turns out, to evacuate our internal lives of all fear, or to humiliate our enemies with incontrovertible “winning,” but instead to live out in our very lives the drama of the cross. That means that courage does not come from matching the world’s power and wisdom with more of our own, but instead by being led, like Elijah, where we do not want to go (John 21:18). The courage to stand is the courage to be crucified.”
― The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear without Losing Your Soul
― The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear without Losing Your Soul
Michael Blake’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael Blake’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
302 books
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65 friends
279 books
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27 friends
1,105 books
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99 friends
0 books
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77 friends
1 book
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240 friends
1 book
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63 friends
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10 friends
2,445 books
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52 friends
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