{"id":116665,"date":"2025-01-28T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=116665"},"modified":"2025-01-28T23:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:14:43","slug":"a-la-carte-january-29-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=116665","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (January 29)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"850a8d1d-96d1-4b6d-9f9c-0cf62c49f6c6\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May the Lord be with you and bless you on this fine day.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"6546ab7d-c6ff-497f-a609-9030dbded56d\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include a book for women in ministry of various kinds, one for counselors, and one for all of us (since it deals with humility). <em>Peace Over Perfection<\/em> is a solid pick as well.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"c6cbacb5-1a2a-4dee-8df2-10e0fca5c934\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/book-reviews\/happy-lies\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/book-reviews\/happy-lies\/\">Happy Lies: A Review of Melissa Dougherty&#8217;s New Book<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/trevin-wax\/phone-habits-not-just-you\/\">Your Phone Habits Aren\u2019t Just About You<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"bba3d12a-787b-4aa0-89a2-4286f374d36a\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There isn&#8217;t much in life that is just about you, so it shouldn&#8217;t be a shock that your phone habits affect other people. Still, it&#8217;s good to consider it. &#8220;We think our phone habits are personal, but when millions of people prioritize their screens over the world around them, the consequences ripple outward. When you divide your attention between your phone and the real world multiple times a day, you reshape not only your expectations but also the social fabric around you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/briannalambert.substack.com\/p\/i-know-gods-a-writer\">I Know God&#8217;s a Writer<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"985f4856-5af2-4df8-a68c-e96a680e04a3\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a really sweet article from Brianna Lambert. &#8220;God is far more than any one description. We just tend to see more of his beauty down the avenues we love\u2014the ones we&nbsp;<em>know.<\/em>&nbsp;My years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: Your phone habits \/ A guide for single women \/ JFK, conspiracy theories, and the Deep State \/ So what if you&#8217;re bored? \/ God&#8217;s a writer \/ Hard relationships \/ Kindle deals \/ and more.See AlsoA La Carte (November 27)A La Carte (July 9)Weekend A La Carte (July 6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":116681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[306],"class_list":["post-116665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tim-challies","tag-a-la-carte","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cover-a-la-carte-wed-a-3-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116683,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116665\/revisions\/116683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}