Finished "Kristin Lavransdatter" by Sigrid Undset (1922). Undset won the Nobel Prize for Literature for it in 1927. I'm still recovering from the last sixth where Kristin watches her children set off on their own and grapples with the past. Whew. Recommended.
Here is my YouTube video introduction and reading tips for the historical fiction book Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) by Willa Cather.
youtu.be/3hKBjJqtR4E
Here's my YouTube introduction to Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov for my Novel-reading for Pastors course.
youtu.be/ZSnhoNoT-FU
Editorial board at Harvard's student newspaper urges students and faculty to resist using AI and to engage in real wrestling with the material and learning after survey showing 34.5% of homework is being completed with AI.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Dave Ramsey, "Anything with two heads is a monster."
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I always say one of the things a leader helps provide an organization is focus on the goal and this is harder with two people.
Good piece on reading here
open.substack.com/pub/sashacha...
Dave Ramsey quote on financial management which applies to churches.
"Payroll, not rent, is your problem. It always is with small businesses." The number of staff is a big issue for financial health.
youtu.be/VCV7JpoKPu8?...
Mike Vrabel and Tiger Woods are 50. So am I. Makes me think about success and vices at 50.
To create an environment in which AI’s inevitable presence does not degrade scholarship, Harvard must incentivize students not to use AI when it’s harmful for learning.
Dave Ramsey quote on shared ownership or leadership which applies to churches.
"The only ship that won't sail is a partnership." It is hard to have co-pastors.
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Finished rereading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky today, which I'm teaching soon. It was beneficial to be immersed in that world for 40 hours thinking about how people can passionately mess themselves up and how goodness can be a solace and path through the chaos.
