The Absurdity of Autonomy
The modern world has given us kingly powers to claim and control. But the more we’ve achieved this magical touch, the more the world becomes dead to us. How we cope tells us who and what we trust.
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The modern world has given us kingly powers to claim and control. But the more we’ve achieved this magical touch, the more the world becomes dead to us. How we cope tells us who and what we trust.
To remember your death is to remember your Lord. That’s why we need the forgotten practice of ‘memento mori,’ perhaps especially at Easter.
Our ultimate security must come from what our Father says about us, not from what others say.
Performance culture is fragile and unsatisfying. But Psalm 8 provides a way off the achievement treadmill.
If balance and emotional health are the end of our spiritual formation, then all we’re doing is looking for techniques toward self-sufficiency—the flesh rather than Christ—for our healing and wholeness.