A woman in her 20s at your church has an Instagram bio that reads, before her name, before a single photo: ADHD. Anxiety. CPTSD. Not what she loves or enjoys. Just a diagnosis to frame her life.

The rising generation has received more therapy than any generation before it. The results are not subtle. 

Resources:
Resisting Therapy Culture by Matthew Loftus
Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier

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I will never forget Maie Sullivan. 

Happiness: What It Is, Where to Find It, and How to Make It Last Forever by Andrew Wilson

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You talk to a friend and walk away from the conversation convinced you heard exactly what they said and meant, only to find out you misunderstood what they were trying to tell you. Has that happened to anyone else?

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Well. I struck a nerve last week. Go back and read it here.

Here's the main thrust, stripped down: you can live a godly life without ever cracking a book, including the Bible. You cannot live a godly life apart from the regular gathering of God's people. Full stop.

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You can read.

You've been able to read since you were a small child, so long that you can't remember what it felt like not to. You can't look at a stop sign and not read it. Literacy has rewired your brain. And because you read in English, you've been shaped by a particular civilization — its categories, its assumptions, its way of organizing the world. You were educated in subjects that make almost no difference to your daily life, and it never occurred to you to ask why. Reading is the water you swim in. 

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Ecclesiastes 10 is a chapter about how small things ruin big things — dead flies in the perfume, one sinner destroying much good. Qohelet walks through an upside-down world where fools sit in high positions and princes walk like slaves. But before he describes that world, he tells you how to live in it: "If a ruler's anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offenses to rest" (Ecclesiastes 10:4). Do not leave your post. Do not flee, do not explode, do not match his agitation with yours. Stay, and stay calm.

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"As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife." — Proverbs 26:21 (NIV)

12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You by Tony Reinke

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"There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God." (Psalm 46:4) Psalm 46 mentions water twice, and the contrast is the whole point.

What Makes Any Marriage Difficult: Three Questions to Help Yours Grow

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"Be still, and know that I am God." (Psalm 46:10)

We've put the first half of this verse on coffee mugs and tee shirts—as if it were mostly about sitting quietly with your coffee somewhere peaceful. But read in context, it's far weightier than that.

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