The Westminster Shorter Catechism has an excellent definition of repentance in Question 87: “Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension
Time Point Management for Literates Frank Chimero May 31, 2014 · 5 min read If you read things on the internet (like you are doing right now) maybe you’ve noticed the addition of time points to many s
a glimpse of a not-too-distant past Everyone should read this reflection by Frank Chimero — no matter how long it takes. Here’s Chimero summing up his thoughts on websites that estimate how many minut
A while back I gave a talk based on an essay I was working on. The talk was a kind of trial run: I wanted to get a sense of whether I was on the right track. I do this kind of thing fairly often. In g
Redesign: Gardening vs. Architecture January 23, 2020 The year is 2020, and there’s nothing left to lose, so I am going to risk a question that may open Pandora’s box: Remember Game of Thrones? Oof, r
What is the Sabbath? A regular, rhythmic time of rest is right there in the opening story of Scripture. Before humans turned away from God, before God established his partnership with the nation of Is
I got used to writing lengthy technical articles over the last few years that I’d been finding it increasingly harder to publish articles that are not lengthy and overly technical over the last few mo
Climate Solutions By Ben Guarino Reporter covering the practice and culture of science Email Bio Follow Photographs by Hannah Reyes Morales At age 9, Felix Finkbeiner planted his first tree. He had ju
How do you feel when you hear the command to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17)? Those three words can feel like a flunking grade to a tender conscience. The vague fear that we are failing
As is true of any innovator, there is a method to Nick Nurse's mad science. Down by 23 points heading into the fourth quarter against the Dallas Mavericks , Nurse instructed the Toronto Raptors to run
I’m at my friend’s birthday dinner when an all-too-familiar conversation unfolds. I introduce myself to the man to my left, tell him that I work in the environmental field, and his face freezes in ter
They’re everywhere, newsletters . Do you have one? If so, are you being a good citizen of the newsletter universe? This is something I ask myself each and every time I send out a newsletter. In 2019 I
Roden Issue 034 December, 31, 2019 Process: Words and Pictures and Walking Notes on the process behind producing the pizza toast article for Eater Dear RoR (Readers of Roden ) — Welcome to the final i
There’s an idea that starting a blog is harder than it used to be. That there used to be a way to write a few words, slap it online and wait for the traffic to roll in. I call BS. It’s not that it’s n
Halfway through the first quarter of the Patriots-Titans wild-card game, my friend, a fellow New Englander, chugged two Guinnesses back-to-back. We were in a nondescript Manhattan bar, surrounded by s
In this post I will go through some of the thoughts I have about keeping and organizing knowledge in my Zettelkasten. If you do not know what a Zettelkasten is, it is a way to store knowledge; a repos
Every day, millions of people rely on independent websites that are mostly created by regular people, weren't designed as mobile apps, connect deeply to culture, and aren't run by the giant tech compa
Zettelkasten — How One German Scholar Was So Freakishly Productive Luhmann wrote over 70 books and more than 400 scholarly articles using the Zettelkasten notetaking method David B. Clear Dec 31, 2019
Even if you don’t have insomnia, there’s still a decent chance you aren’t getting enough sleep. The amount we need varies from person to person, but a 2016 review study concluded that most adults need
I n our founding documents, Billy Graham explains that Christianity Today will help evangelical Christians interpret the news in a manner that reflects their faith. The impeachment of Donald Trump is
Series Navigation: The P.A.R.A. Method PARA Part 2: Operations Manual >> Imagine for a moment the perfect organizational system. One that supported and enhanced the work you do, telling you exactly wh
In the early 2000s, an acquaintance mentioned that he’s been working in an IT department of a large organization for 10 years, starting right after college. My only reaction was a horrified “Fuck this
They rebooted the world. Fortnite is, at its current level of ubiquity, more than a video game; it’s also a social space, a spigot of culture, and a premonition of things to come. Recently, Fortnite’s
Delyn Stirewalt for The New York Review of Books Pastors Jay Stewart and Derrick Hawkins at The Refuge church, Kannapolis, North Carolina, November 2019 On September 20, 2016, police officers in Charl
If you insist your music arrive only as rented data packets, and consider physical formats an anachronism, then I guess you’re too cool to spool. Me? I’m breaking out the tapes. Double negative, by Lo
(Left: Elena Mazzotta/EyeEm; Right: Achim Schfer/EyeEm) In Texas, the case of James Younger points to a disturbing trend in the treatment of gender-confused youth H is mother pulling him by one arm, h
Stephon Gilmore begins backpedaling before the ball is snapped. He knows that Robby Anderson, lined up as the third receiver in from the left side of the Jets’ formation, is going to run an over route
Before the bear came it was a grab bag of small miseries—the standard discomforts of a coastal person who basically spends his time inside. I wasn’t sure if I had gotten any sleep. My pack’s straps ha
O n Sunday evening, more than 6 million people gathered online via streaming services such as Twitch and YouTube to watch the end of the world. Not our world, thankfully, but the world of Fortnite , w
On the day star Rams receiver Cooper Kupp was born, his parents called an audible. They were on the verge of naming him Cody, and were filling out the paperwork, when Craig Kupp had a change of heart.
Roden Issue 030 September, 23, 2019 Media Accounting 101: Appholes and Contracts On the contracts into which we enter when we use certain apps, read certain media, or engage with certain devices Gentl
The standup meeting, or daily scrum, as a team information-gathering staple has evolved into dogma , and especially tech dogma, over time. Not only did it seem like everyone was doing standups as thei
Last week I was largely in one place. And this week promises, too, to be largely, mercifully, static. On the writing docket: This Ridgeline , a Roden , and a huge edit / rewrite of a giant other hopef
Sol de Zuasnabar Brebbia / Getty When Tonya Parker, a mom in Illinois, wanted to better organize her family life a little over a year ago, the first thing she did was set her kids up on Trello, a web-
What started out as the most promising development in the history of the Web – the participation of users in the creation of content and online dialogue at scale – has turned into a swamp of sensation
My dad, who taught elementary school for thirty seven years, once had a kid in his class who would always interrupt the class saying, “I know that already!” It was doubly annoying, he told me, because
In my new book, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life , I talk about using systems instead of goals. For example, losing ten pounds is a goal (that most peop
Brandon Chu Follow Nov 29, 2016 · 7 min read I get every new PM I manage to read (or re-read) High Output Management by Andy Grove within the first month of joining my team. It’s a timeless, no bullsh
Roden Issue 028 July, 18, 2019 Fast Software, Paid Newsletters, Novels Why fast software is the best software and what's happening in the newsletter investment space Beautiful Rodendendrons — Summer i
On first impression, Costco makes no sense. It is a place where you can buy, in the course of one trip, a 27-pound bucket of mac and cheese, a patio table, a wedding dress, a casket, a handle of gin,