@ablerism it doesn’t like you very much either tbh
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/100692344","date_published":"2026-11-07T19:56:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"19:56","date_timestamp":1794081384,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100493879","content_html":"@ReaderJohn Yes, you’re right, but that’s not really the thrust of what he’s saying. His point is not about whether Rome believes in historical development or not. His comments are aimed at Protestants who end up rejecting the notion of historical development. I think he has some of the Tractarians and confessional Lutherans in his sights. His point is that without some grasp of historical development (that can acknowledge the Catholic character of early Christianity as well as the real gains of the Reformation), these Protestants will be on a path to Rome (whether they know it or not). Obviously in the case Newman (and several others), he wasn’t wrong.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/100493879","date_published":"2026-11-04T15:28:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-04 15:28","date_timestamp":1793806126,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100351961","content_html":"\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/11/02/philip-schaff-in-short-for.html","date_published":"2026-11-02T16:51:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-02 16:51","date_timestamp":1793638306,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100351844","content_html":"In short, for all those who view not only biblical but also churchly Christianity as a complete, once and for all finished system and reject the concept of historical development, Rome is the proper, final home, whether they know and admit this or not.
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Klaus Penzel: “To the startled surprise of most of his American fellow Christians [Schaff] affirmed both the ‘Christian’ character of the Catholic Middle Ages and the ‘catholic’ character of the Protestant Reformation, for both are to be viewed as necessary and hence legitimate stages in the historical...
bbowman.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/11/02/klaus-penzel-to-the-startled.html","date_published":"2026-11-02T16:49:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-02 16:49","date_timestamp":1793638161,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100266682","content_html":"@jabel y’all wild
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/100266682","date_published":"2026-11-01T04:24:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-01 04:24","date_timestamp":1793507049,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100186646","content_html":"@ReaderJohn as you might be able to guess, I like where he landed 🙃
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/100186646","date_published":"2026-10-30T20:42:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 20:42","date_timestamp":1793392941,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100171543","content_html":"\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/30/philip-schaff-the-grand-requisite.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T16:38:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 16:38","date_timestamp":1793378325,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100169997","content_html":"The grand requisite for the theologian is not that he have no preconceptions, but that his preconceptions be just, and such as the nature of the case demands. Without being fully possessed, beforehand, with the Christian faith, a man can rightly understand neither the Holy Scriptures nor the history of the church.
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Philip Schaff, on why “the greatest masters” in church history end up with an ever-expanding, universalizing vision of Christ and his church:
\n\nbbowman.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/30/philip-schaff-the-ultraprotestant-fanatical.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T16:17:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 16:17","date_timestamp":1793377027,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100169596","content_html":"The ultra-Protestant fanatical opposition to the Catholic church must cease. The general disposition now is to break away from the narrow apologetic and polemic interest of a particular confession or party, the colored spectacles of which allow but a dim and partial view of the Saviour’s majestic person. We wish to be guided solely by the spirit of impartial truth; and truth, at the same time, always best vindicates itself by the simple exhibition of its...
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Philip Schaff, explaining the necessary prerequisite for the “organic development” view of church history:
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/30/philip-schaff-explaining-the-necessary.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T16:10:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 16:10","date_timestamp":1793376635,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100167268","content_html":"The right application of the theory of development depends altogether on having beforehand a right view of positive Christianity, and being rooted and grounded in it, not only in thought, but also in heart and experience.
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\nCurrently reading: Philip Schaff, Historian and Ambassador of the Universal Church: Selected Writings by Philip Schaff 📚
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Finished reading: On Preaching by H.B. Charles Jr. 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/26/finished-reading-on-preaching-by.html","date_published":"2026-10-27T04:29:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-27 04:29","date_timestamp":1793075376,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"99682655","content_html":"Wilhelm Löhe: “Mission is nothing but the one church of God in its movement—the realization of the one universal, catholic church.”
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/22/wilhelm-lhe-mission-is-nothing.html","date_published":"2026-10-22T14:18:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-22 14:18","date_timestamp":1792678711,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"99616585","content_html":"Horace Bushnell (1848):
\n\n\nProbably never until now has the world been ready to conceive the true idea of a comprehensive Christianity. Nor is it ready now, save in part. The idea itself is yet in its twilight, dimly seen, only by a few—by none save those who are up to watch for the morning.
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(One of the epigraphs from a volume of Philip Schaff’s selected writings.)
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/21/horace-bushnell-probably-never-until.html","date_published":"2026-10-21T13:56:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-21 13:56","date_timestamp":1792590979,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"99569268","content_html":"@ReaderJohn I’ve passed over several good ones, but I had to capture that one (at least for my future self).
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/99569268","date_published":"2026-10-20T18:33:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-20 18:33","date_timestamp":1792521212,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99525874","content_html":"Paul Kingsnorth: “The kind of people who think that the Great Library of Alexandria contained ‘exabytes’ worth of information' rather than the collected fruits of hard-won wisdom are lost before they ever sit down to their datasets.”
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/19/paul-kingsnorth-the-kind-of.html","date_published":"2026-10-20T02:49:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-20 02:49","date_timestamp":1792464578,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"99288119","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2FsX9idXDqRUxE5ffww3n3RV5gL55.jpg\")
\nWatched: American Gangster 🍿
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/15/watched-american-gangster.html","date_published":"2026-10-15T17:15:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-15 17:15","date_timestamp":1792084529,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"99069106","content_html":"some snow on the mountains yesterday
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbbowman.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-20261010-wa0000.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/11/some-snow-on-the-mountains.html","date_published":"2026-10-12T02:28:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-12 02:28","date_timestamp":1791772097,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98714981","content_html":"The Global Reach Project is an initiative of Gospel In Life to translate 500 Tim Keller sermons into 30 languages with the help of AI technology. The end result will be translated audio sermons where Keller’s distinct voice and tone are delivered in Spanish, French, Mandarin, and so on. You can preview the...
bbowman.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/05/the-global-reach-project-is.html","date_published":"2026-10-05T20:21:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-05 20:21","date_timestamp":1791231667,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98339306","content_html":"@isaacgreene Wishbone! OK, I might have to go look up their Morlocks. Come to think of it: I bet my kids would absolutely love Wishbone…
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/98339306","date_published":"2026-09-29T02:41:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-29 02:41","date_timestamp":1790649698,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98321726","content_html":"\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/28/an-interesting-conversation-between-james.html","date_published":"2026-09-28T18:27:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-28 18:27","date_timestamp":1790620038,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98321005","content_html":"@tinyroofnail YES, I really like how you put that at the end (“just happy…to hear how a wacky, often rage-blind ‘leftist’ walks with Jesus too”). That’s really the most powerful part of the book IMHO. It’s not that Christman is able to build some effective argument for Christian leftism to win over conservatives/libertarians. The book succeeds because it gives a window into the thought-world of a sincere Christian and a convinced leftist. In other words: I don’t know if Christians should be leftists, but they obviously can be, as Christman demonstrates.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/98321005","date_published":"2026-09-28T18:10:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-28 18:10","date_timestamp":1790619054,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98282753","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781659539158/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Time Machine by H. G. Wells by H. G. Wells 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/27/finished-reading-time-machine-by.html","date_published":"2026-09-28T01:11:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-28 01:11","date_timestamp":1790557892,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98282322","content_html":"@ReaderJohn That’s wisdom right there. I’m trying to limit myself much more to what’s available at Austin Public Library. If it’s not there (or if I don’t already own it), then it has to be an absolute must-have for me to still buy it. This is still a new approach for me, but the early returns are promising.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/98282322","date_published":"2026-09-28T00:54:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-28 00:54","date_timestamp":1790556842,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98276637","content_html":"@bethanyh haha love that. I actually had never seen it before, and I really enjoyed the redemptive arc of George Wilson (and Mrs. Wilson, for that matter)!
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\nWatched: Dennis the Menace 🍿
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/26/watched-dennis-the-menace.html","date_published":"2026-09-27T03:01:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-27 03:01","date_timestamp":1790478069,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98238334","content_html":"@tinyroofnail I thought I could sneak it in without comment 🙃. Going in, the main criticisms I had encountered in reviews were that it didn’t really make an argument (and therefore failed to make good on the title) and that it made no effort to persuade those on the other side. Those criticisms are true as far as they go, and the biggest shortcoming of the book <b>by far</b> is the fact that Christman is unable to imagine how any Christians might be compelled by conservatism or might be disinclined to move leftward because of convictions around social issues. He finds the contemporary Trumpian (religious) right <I>really</i> off-putting; totally fair (obviously), but then he lumps all right-leaning Christians into the bucket of greedy/racist/xenophobic/etc. But now I’ve given a misleading take because it was actually quite good! Christman is a pleasure to read. The fact that he didn’t really make an argument didn’t bother me much personally. He basically narrates how an experience with the Sermon on the Mount in college set him on a path toward leftism. Then (in the second chapter I believe), he writes to people who might be recently alienated from the religious right in which they were raised (and he lists a series of events that might have unsettled their easy certainties); it’s a very effective bit of writing. I thought the middle sections on capitalism (which he defines as “private property run amok”) and work/labor were really well-done and thought-provoking. Honestly, his theological reflections are really interesting, even tantalizing at points, but never quite fully developed. A more sustained treatment of the Sermon on the Mount throughout would’ve been an improvement in my mind. He could’ve been more overtly theological and I don’t think anyone would’ve batted an eye (at least I certainly wouldn’t have). His book would perhaps more accurately be titled “Why Leftism Doesn’t Conflict with Christianity (and Actually Can Be Shown to Be Quite Compatible With It).” Not quite as punchy, but probably more accurate.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/98238334","date_published":"2026-09-27T02:51:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-27 02:51","date_timestamp":1790477475,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98179771","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780802884053/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Why Christians Should Be Leftists by PHIL. CHRISTMAN 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/25/finished-reading-why-christians-should.html","date_published":"2026-09-25T23:06:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-25 23:06","date_timestamp":1790377581,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98114551","content_html":"@isaacgreene totally agree, especially given some of their recent offerings…
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/98114551","date_published":"2026-09-24T20:42:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-24 20:42","date_timestamp":1790282563,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98111553","content_html":"currently listening: I Built You a Tower by Death Cab for Cutie
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbbowman.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F20260924-134046.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/24/currently-listening-i-built-you.html","date_published":"2026-09-24T19:37:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-24 19:37","date_timestamp":1790278641,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98103849","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780830864966/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Mission of God by Christopher J. H. Wright 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/24/finished-reading-the-mission-of.html","date_published":"2026-09-24T16:53:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-24 16:53","date_timestamp":1790268799,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97993648","content_html":"@lukemperez This looks awesome. For whatever reason, now in my mid-thirties I’ve returned to my skateboarding roots. I’ll have to check the library for this…
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/97993648","date_published":"2026-09-22T20:55:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-22 20:55","date_timestamp":1790110519,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97973014","content_html":"A motto for our times (from the lips of the Time Traveller in H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine): “I remarked indeed a clumsy swaying of the machine, for which I was unable to account. But my mind was too confused to attend to it, so with a kind of madness growing upon me, I flung myself into futurity.”
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/22/a-motto-for-our-times.html","date_published":"2026-09-22T13:24:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-22 13:24","date_timestamp":1790083450,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97947960","content_html":"\nCurrently reading: Time Machine by H. G. Wells by H. G. Wells 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/21/currently-reading-time-machine-by.html","date_published":"2026-09-22T03:08:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-22 03:08","date_timestamp":1790046535,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97923745","content_html":"@joshuapsteele Wow! That HR is pretty high. Mine is usually on the higher side relative to the people I run with (being in the 170s/180s not uncommon), so I try not to make too much out of it. Sounds like you’re disappointed, but I say good work! Sometimes you have to calibrate what success looks like on a given day: sounds like finishing/not quitting constituted a serious effort. Keep going!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/97923745","date_published":"2026-09-21T16:30:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-21 16:30","date_timestamp":1790008205,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97773159","content_html":"Upon the recommendation of Luke Stamps, I’ve been listening to Dan Bettridge’s “Architecture of a Worried Mind” on repeat.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/18/upon-the-recommendation-of-luke.html","date_published":"2026-09-18T18:01:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-18 18:01","date_timestamp":1789754507,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97766467","content_html":"@ayjay I’ve never understood why Gmail search is the absolute worst!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/97766467","date_published":"2026-09-18T15:49:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-18 15:49","date_timestamp":1789746556,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97613717","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2FwltMr1loUKSCaEV4EDgh21eCRI3.jpg\")
\nWatched: D3: The Mighty Ducks 🍿
\nEven when they’re not, these movies are still great.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/15/watched-d-the-mighty-ducks.html","date_published":"2026-09-16T04:21:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-16 04:21","date_timestamp":1789532509,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97546491","content_html":"@isaacgreene now we’re talking!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/97546491","date_published":"2026-09-15T01:20:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-15 01:20","date_timestamp":1789435220,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97484584","content_html":"Phil Christman, providing the best, most succinct, description of Trump’s worldview that I’ve encountered:
\n\nbbowman.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/13/phil-christman-providing-the-best.html","date_published":"2026-09-13T23:24:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-13 23:24","date_timestamp":1789341899,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97445974","content_html":"\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/97445974","date_published":"2026-09-13T04:00:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-13 04:00","date_timestamp":1789272047,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97301140","content_html":"More than anything, Trump proclaimed, and still proclaims, nearly every time he opens his mouth, through all manner of self-contradiction, a fundamental worldview premised on the idea that misfortune is personally discrediting, ugly, embarrassing, and rightly to be shunned, an economy of winners and losers I well recognize. He will contradict himself on every other point, but he never wavers from that one. This worldview is, of course, a direct contradiction of everything Christ taught by word,...
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\nCurrently reading: Why Christians Should Be Leftists by PHIL. CHRISTMAN 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/09/10/currently-reading-why-christians-should.html","date_published":"2026-09-10T15:36:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-10 15:36","date_timestamp":1789054572,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97249729","content_html":"@bryan love that
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/97249729","date_published":"2026-09-09T21:07:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-09 21:07","date_timestamp":1788988060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96365025","content_html":"@tinyroofnail Genesis 22:3
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/96365025","date_published":"2026-08-25T13:18:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-25 13:18","date_timestamp":1787663903,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95971910","content_html":"@joshuapsteele Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks and Meditations for Mortals are both essential. They’re both correcting a kind of default hyper-optimization, but they do still offer much wisdom on how to live well.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/95971910","date_published":"2026-08-18T13:17:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-18 13:17","date_timestamp":1787059045,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95372227","content_html":"@mwerickson agreed - very fascinating. I first encountered his work through a Rowan Williams’ book 🙃
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/95372227","date_published":"2026-08-07T20:48:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 20:48","date_timestamp":1786135704,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95362117","content_html":"@todd for sure!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/95362117","date_published":"2026-08-07T17:13:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 17:13","date_timestamp":1786122831,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95358407","content_html":"@todd FWIW, my take is that Crawford has been engaged in a pretty consistent intellectual project since Shop Class as Soulcraft and World Beyond Your Head, circling around a cluster of related topics (e.g., human agency/embodiment, man as a political/social animal, meaningful work/formation/education, freedom/responsibility/self-government, etc.). Even if you disagree with the substance of it (totally fine!), I think his more recent work admits of a more charitable reading: he’s trying to uncover the dynamics in our common life that challenge or undermine the realization of these goods.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/95358407","date_published":"2026-08-07T16:03:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 16:03","date_timestamp":1786118584,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94872090","content_html":"@ReaderJohn wow.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/94872090","date_published":"2026-07-29T20:18:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 20:18","date_timestamp":1785356307,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94866095","content_html":"@isaacgreene Dispiriting, to say the least. Keep fighting the long defeat.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bbowman/94866095","date_published":"2026-07-29T18:05:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 18:05","date_timestamp":1785348301,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94798686","content_html":"@jabel I’m about a third of the way through Kingsnorth and I totally agree with @tinyroofnail on this issue (and would be able to agree with the substance of his argument without having read any of Kingsnorth). The “we already know all this” conceit is so strange on so many different levels. Obviously, writing words and debating ideas will only ever have so much real-world impact on behavior; we are always tempted to overestimate the influence of reading/ideas/etc. But that doesn’t mean we need to stop reading/writing just because we’re at a loss to figure out how to change behavior (our own or that of other people). But beyond that, each generation has to “come to know” what prior generations took for granted. Being inducted into those enduring questions and conversations happens for different people at various points, and owing to a huge variety of sources…which could include Kingsnorth, even if you happen to not prefer his take.
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