Hey there!
As you read this Iām in Asheville, North Carolina for the weekend with Kyle to celebrate our 19th anniversary. We love it there! And we have to leave for the airport crazy dadgum-early in the morning (Iām writing this the night before) so Iāll jump right into things.
5 Quick Things āļø
1.Ā šĀ New episode of A Drink With a Friend!Ā šĀ Most of life is lived in the ordinary, so to see the sacred within it we need to pause and name it. For the next two episodes, Seth and I each swap a story from our life to recognize and name whatās just beneath the layer. Youāre invited to do the same, too, within your ordinary life.
2.Ā āClassical liberalism isnāt utopian and doesnāt create utopia, but one of its great virtues is that it creates profound tensions with our inherent temptations to authoritarianism and oppression.ā A long but good read about modern classical liberalism, if youāve heard the term and wondered what the heck it is.
3.Ā This was a good conversation.
4.Ā Apparently Iāve only been to four of the most brilliant bookshops in the world (and not even the one closest to me). Iāll have to rectify that situation.
5.Ā And finally, they watched the āfive scariest movies of all timeā and in doing so made me legit laugh out loud.
Currently Reading, Watching, Listening šŗ
Midnight Mass (oh my word, that was a rideā¦ I have so many thoughts)
Quotable š¬
āA great marriage is not when the āperfect coupleā comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.ā
ā Dave MeurerĀ #
23 DAYS! āØ
If you can believe it (I canāt!), Advent begins in a little over three weeks āĀ the first day is Sunday, November 28. I know, right? Shadow & Light is the companion I wrote to walk with you through the days and weeks of Advent leading to Christmastide. If you werenāt able to get it last year (it sold out!), go ahead and get it now, so youāre ready in plenty of time for the season.
And if you did get your copy last year, order a copy for (or forward the link to) someone else you think would love it this season. It was truly a labor of love to write it, and Iām so honored so many of you use it for your holidays!
Elsewhere š
Good suggestions in the thread here, if you want/need to bookmark it! š
Question For You to Ponderā¦ š¤
St. Thomas Aquinasā definition of love is āto will the good of the otherā āĀ agree or disagree?
Have a good weekend!
xo, Tsh
El Ateneo in Buenos Aires is all that, and then some. š¤©