I spent a chunk of yesterday’s Family Day holiday catching up with some of the longform articles I had bookmarked but not yet gotten around to reading. You’ll see a few of them appear in A La Carte over the next few days.

There’s a variety of books listed in today’s Kindle deals.

(Yesterday on the blog: Lessons Learned Through Grief)

Head Down And Into the Wind

“Hope in Christ changes our goal from deliverance of circumstances to simply being faithful in them. Because that is the real work isn’t it? Learning how to be faithful when things don’t get better.” Indeed!

Why Witchcraft Is on the Rise

Do you know what stood out to me about this article on the rise of witchcraft? It’s how witchcraft rather closely resembles the prosperity gospel. Both are trying to “game the system” to bring about selfish desires.

Jesus Prayed for Your Sanctification

The Lord Jesus Christ in his incarnation sanctified himself (lived in perfect holiness) in order to sanctify his people in the truth. On the night of Jesus’s betrayal, before he prayed for himself, he prayed for his own. (Sponsored Link)

Losing a Friend

If you’ve ever tried to befriend someone


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