Status Updates From Jane Austen’s Genius Guide ...

A Christmas gift that makes me think of the lovely conversations I had with my WRM group about Persuasion and the nuances we drew from it. Looking forward to this!

"Today, there is a strong aversion to the idea that certain actions are objectively right (or wrong), leaving even professing Christians choosing the more socially acceptable path of moral relativism: "Who can say?" But Austen disagrees... ...it is possible to know what is right and that we have the freedom to choose what is good."

"God wants us to be holy because he wants us to be whole, to be fully ourselves as he designed us to be. Sin disfigures our souls, holding us back from this wholeness, or holiness, that God desires for us. Sin also distorts the way we understand the world, preventing us from having the clear soul-vision we need to live out our purpose: to love well. Our vices are failures to love..."