It was a joy talking with Ivana. She shares an extremely important and nuanced perspective that is needed in the conversation about kids, family size, and cost.
P.S. family members always welcome on Know Why Podcast conversations!
I was honored to talk with @LibertyMcArtor on the @KnowWhyPodcast about the price of parenting. What do we miss when we only focus on the costs of the early years?
https://t.co/qo5T1Vf4ch
How should Christians think about the “Charlie Kirk Effect?” When we look closely at the so-called ��heroes” of the faith, what we see are people who have failed again and again...and still been used by God. And maybe that’s the point.
Here are two books I recommend. The first one I’m still reading, the second I’ve read two or three times. Both excellent, challenging, and just right for this moment. If you want some biblically sound help wrestling through what it means to forgive and make peace when it’s HARD, read these. @branthansen@KenSandeRW360
We’re seeing in real time at a large, cultural scale what scandalized and shocked the people Jesus spoke to in his earthly ministry: his call to love our enemies, to forgive, to make peace. This is literally core to the gospel. It IS the gospel, because it’s the forgiveness God has extended to us. But as we see, it is upside down from what even “good” people (people who see themselves as being opposed to evil) naturally comprehend. It is not in our nature to love and forgive.
Enduring happiness is not the result of constant pleasure or achievement. It is the byproduct of ordering your life around the things that are worthy of your love.
In my work and research, I’ve found that deep happiness most often arises from five sources:
1. Love: A commitment to will the good of another. It is not merely a feeling, but a decision to live oriented toward others.
2. Faith or a guiding philosophy: A transcendent frame that gives your life coherence, purpose, and significance—even in suffering.
3. Friendship: Loyal, vulnerable, joy-filled relationships that aren’t transactional, but rooted in shared life and mutual growth.
4. Meaningful work: The chance to earn your success and use your gifts in service of something beyond yourself.
5. Contact with beauty: Encounters with art, nature, music, or truth that awaken wonder and lift us outside our own concerns.
Happiness built on these is a steady practice that anchors your life in what matters, even when everything else is in motion.
Have you heard of AI induced psychosis?
For many users, ChatGPT is more than a helpful tool. It is a gateway to alternate realities.
This article from the NYT is an eye opening follow up to our series, #knowaboutAI.
https://t.co/QCO9CNdyjI