Meaningful Conversations With Delicious Beverages
This summer, it would be too easy for me to spend the better part of two months sitting on the couch and hating myself after the fact. The problem for me is that I tend to struggle finding the balance between a need to relax and avoiding sloth.
There is an enemy, and he is real, and he is a threat. Not to God, no, but to us. God allows us to choose Him, and to choose freely. Evil desires us to misuse that freedom and reject Him.
I needed to clear the muck in my spirit that was clouding my mind and heart. The only way to do that was to step away from social media and step closer to Christ. I had no control over the muck or how long it would take to clear. I just had to wait (and pray). Then I would wiggle my toes to see if it was clear. When it was, I took a confident first step and found a good path.
This week, AJ and Brandon talk about the idea of idolatry and what it would mean to serve Mammon, which we tend to translate as money. How is it possible to "serve" money? How do we avoid it, even as we try to build a business?
At the very beginning of the year, the first thing I go over with students is always the idea of objective truth. A lot of them just sort of assume that perception is reality and that people need to be free to pursue their truth.
This week AJ and Bran...Wait, that's not Brandon! Instead, AJ is joined by Walther Cantu from Barbatus podcast and his Peregrino Newsletter/Blog. Walther and AJ talk about his journey in life and faith to this point.
Wrapping up their discussion of the Silmarillion, AJ and Brandon talk about our roles as subcreators and the lessons and parallels for us found in the works of Tolkien.