Today’s Kindle deals include my favorite pre-marriage resource (Catching Foxes) as well as a few other choice picks like a book by Jerry Bridges and another by Wayne Mack. Brian Hedges’ Watchfulness is worth a look as well.
(Yesterday on the blog: Why Euthanasia Feels Intuitive)
The Spiritual Discipline of Sleep
“Perhaps you, like me, struggle with sleep. Sixty percent of Americans report insufficient sleep, which has been linked to difficulties in maintaining healthy relationships, low mood, and trouble focusing. I didn’t realize how my poor sleep habits were affecting me until I tore my meniscus after running my second marathon.” This may be helpful to those who, like me, struggle with sleep.
Holy Leisure in an Age of Hollow Rest
Closely associated with sleep, of course, are rest and leisure. “The problem is that we enjoy the little hits of dopamine our phones provide, while the algorithmic undertow sucks us in with a constant diet of both trivial and critical content. The system is designed to capture our attention and affection, but by the time we put the phone away, we often feel more anxious, unsatisfied, and disgusted. This hollow form of leisure promises one thing but delivers another, leaving us
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