Carl on Matthew 13.

"And Isaac redug the wells of his father Abraham..." (Genesis 26).

This talk is about the motive underneath all other human pursuits.

Section 1: Data on Happiness

Section 2: A few philosophers (and a mathematician)

Section 3: A castrated medieval theologian on happiness

Conclusion: How Christianity is completely unique.

Does God expect blind faith? Are faith and reason opposed to each other?

We discussed some fascinating quotes from this Stoic Roman Emperor who sought to live a virtuous life. Much of his advice to himself can be helpfully applied to us in our life lived with and for Jesus.

Hope for the broken based on Jesus' words in Matthew 5.

• We're made in the image of our Creator, who is creative (Gen 1) and who designed us to be creative (Gen 2).

• Here's the thesis: To be creative we must allow ourselves the luxury and the discomfort of boredom.

• The algorythms disrupt this God-given impulse, turning us into consumers.

Tonight we dug deeper into the theme of how we are meant to let go and let God, and what we are meant to hold onto instead of what we naturally do.

This was a Wednesday Whiteboard chat.

Some questions and answers after one of my annual week of counseling short term missions students.

Carl Chupp taught Wednesday Whiteboard. :)