Book Note: Cal Newport. Deep Work: rules for focused success in a distracted world. Cal Newport. So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love. Nicholas Carr. The Shallows: what the Internet is doing to our brains. A. G. Sertillanges. The Intellectual Life. What is the Internet doing to my brain and what can I do about it?

The Internet affects have we think

Book Note: Robert D. Lupton. Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help, And How to Reverse It. Robert D. Lupton. Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results. Everyone needs a three-part personal strategy to fight poverty

We need to fight poverty and there are ways to do this that work

Church History: I am Swiss by birth, German by education, and American by choice.

We are marked by things we we journey through our lives

Lesson We Can Learn: Church History: The Politics of Statues: Pennsylvania, Oregon, and your state

Who represents your state in the statuary hall in the capital building in Washington? It is important and there is probable pressure to change the statues.

Book Note: Paula. Huston. A Season of Mystery. If you are more than 60 years old or ever expect to be, you should read this book.

Paula Huston’s Season of Mystery is a book you should read

Bible Study: Church History: Sometimes disagreements are real, deep and personal

Martin Luther respected his mentor but disagreed with him on key issues.

Bible Study: How do we live in an unbelieving world?

We need to be in the world but not of it.