{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Henry Madaga ","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/madaga","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1799999","username":"madaga","bio":"An ultracrepidarian. ✝️🩺📚✍🏾🏃🏾","pronouns":"He/Him","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":4,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png"},"items":[{"id":"93140162","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780312144074/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>I have stopped reading <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780312144074\">The Samurai’s Garden A Novel</a> by Gail Tsukiyama 📚. 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I only had 20 pages or so to go, but I see no point in going on when all that’s in my mind is wanting to be done with the book and to...</p> <a href=\"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/29/i-have-stopped-reading-the/\">henrymadaga.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/29/i-have-stopped-reading-the/","date_published":"2026-06-29T19:09:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"19:09","date_timestamp":1782760194,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93132048","content_html":"<p>Hosea is quite a book! 💜 Much to glean from and reflect on!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/29/hosea-is-quite-a-book/","date_published":"2026-06-29T16:35:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"16:35","date_timestamp":1782750944,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93077676","content_html":"<p>4th <em>Philokalia</em> discussion tonight on Morrison’s <em>Beloved</em>. A little catching up to do before then! Excited.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/28/th-philokalia-discussion-tonight-on/","date_published":"2026-06-28T16:17:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-28 16:17","date_timestamp":1782663441,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93036008","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780830828456/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780830828456\">The history of Christian thought</a> by Hill, Jonathan 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/27/finished-reading-the-history-of/","date_published":"2026-06-27T18:44:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 18:44","date_timestamp":1782585874,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92928193","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove\">@elliotlovegrove</a> Oh wow. I really didn’t expect that things would turn out as they did; that Smaug would die as he did and that there would be a war afterwards. I felt so moved several times in those last pages. I had, however, had a little of a hard time with the first bits of the book. I hope when I get to reread it I will have much more fun now. I envy you for having read it as a kid.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/madaga/92928193","date_published":"2026-06-26T03:54:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-26 03:54","date_timestamp":1782446040,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92890201","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780547951973/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780547951973\">The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again</a> by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚</p>\n<p>💜🥳</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/25/finished-reading-the-hobbit-or/","date_published":"2026-06-25T16:19:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-25 16:19","date_timestamp":1782404346,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92547824","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780374500016/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780374500016\">Night</a> by Elie Wiesel 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/20/finished-reading-night-by-elie/","date_published":"2026-06-20T11:30:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-20 11:30","date_timestamp":1781955043,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92509960","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://blog.ayjay.org/mrs-oliphants-ghost/\">Alan Jacobs</a>:</p>\n<p>If you read old novels — as I do — you’ll occasionally come across a certain phrase: “That’s past praying for” — meaning “That’s impossible, even for God.” I’d suggest that you never use that phrase. Better a fool’s hope than no hope. Better to say, along with Dr. Moncrieff, “Lord, when is it...</p> <a href=\"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/19/alan-jacobs-if-you-read/\">henrymadaga.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/19/alan-jacobs-if-you-read/","date_published":"2026-06-19T19:20:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-19 19:20","date_timestamp":1781896814,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92505657","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780099760115/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780099760115\">Beloved</a> by Toni Morrison  📚\nMy oh my!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/19/finished-reading-beloved-by-toni/","date_published":"2026-06-19T17:26:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-19 17:26","date_timestamp":1781890000,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92357759","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/ai-is-not-conscious-but-it-is-becoming\">L. M. Sacasas</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Interestingly enough, the insertion of an ordinary language interface between ourselves and the digitized collective unconscious makes it more obscure and inscrutable to us. The chatbot interface reconfigures our agency in navigating the collective unconscious by, in a manner of speaking, becoming an anti-therapist leading us away from self-knowledge and insight, however disturbing or startling, toward a comfortable and soothing encounter. It offers a false clarity and lulls us into self-satisfaction, guarding us from self-doubt and from lingering too long in an awareness of our...</p>\n</blockquote> <a href=\"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/17/l-m-sacasas-interestingly-enough/\">henrymadaga.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/17/l-m-sacasas-interestingly-enough/","date_published":"2026-06-17T13:27:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-17 13:27","date_timestamp":1781702844,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92106085","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> This looks nice🔥</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/madaga/92106085","date_published":"2026-06-13T13:30:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-13 13:30","date_timestamp":1781357442,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91889933","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780060872694/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780060872694\">The Narnian</a> by Alan Jacobs 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/10/finished-reading-the-narnian-by/","date_published":"2026-06-10T10:10:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-10 10:10","date_timestamp":1781086222,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91833389","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780140455113/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780140455113\">The Republic</a> by Plato 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/09/finished-reading-the-republic-by/","date_published":"2026-06-09T14:31:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-09 14:31","date_timestamp":1781015481,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91739071","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9789966362315/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9789966362315\">When the Sun Goes Down</a> by Emilia Ilieva and Waveney Olembo 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/06/08/finished-reading-when-the-sun/","date_published":"2026-06-08T06:22:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 06:22","date_timestamp":1780899722,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91095072","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780851104096/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780851104096\">Evangelism - 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I am always thinking about how sad everything turned out in the end to be, and how perfectly the story reads every single time!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/madaga/90283993","date_published":"2026-05-16T09:40:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 09:40","date_timestamp":1778924421,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90218461","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781101042472/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781101042472\">Anna Karenina</a> by Leo Tolstoy 📚\nPerhaps cliche to say, but this and <em>Crime and Punishment</em> do earn their, ought I to say?, rightful places as among my most loved books! Rereadings now to follow, maybe different translations. Done with Anna Karenina I feel capable of tackling War and Peace in...</p> <a href=\"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/15/finished-reading-anna-karenina-by.html\">henrymadaga.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/15/finished-reading-anna-karenina-by.html","date_published":"2026-05-15T10:35:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 10:35","date_timestamp":1778841304,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90503643","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781101042472/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781101042472\">Anna Karenina</a> by Leo Tolstoy 📚\nPerhaps cliche to say, but this and <em>Crime and Punishment</em> do earn their, ought I to say?, rightful places as among my most loved books! Rereadings now to follow, maybe different translations. Done with Anna Karenina I feel capable of tackling War and Peace in...</p> <a href=\"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/15/finished-reading-anna-karenina-by/\">henrymadaga.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/15/finished-reading-anna-karenina-by/","date_published":"2026-05-15T10:35:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 10:35","date_timestamp":1778841304,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90150883","content_html":"<p>I have written an article on Substack, arguing for <a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/henrymadaga/p/behold-jesus-says-come?r=2wz7ar&amp;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web\">the need to confess our sins as a practical step to being delivered from them.</a> I have also quoted a long passage from Lewis’s <em>The Great Divorce</em>.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fhenrymadaga.com%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F867f645decd3fd9b752178ac95f76860-1.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/14/i-have-written-an-article.html","date_published":"2026-05-14T11:57:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 11:57","date_timestamp":1778759874,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90503644","content_html":"<p>I have written an article on Substack, arguing for <a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/henrymadaga/p/behold-jesus-says-come?r=2wz7ar&amp;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web\">the need to confess our sins as a practical step to being delivered from them.</a> I have also quoted a long passage from Lewis’s <em>The Great Divorce</em>.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fhenrymadaga.com%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F867f645decd3fd9b752178ac95f76860-1.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/14/i-have-written-an-article/","date_published":"2026-05-14T11:57:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 11:57","date_timestamp":1778759874,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90503645","content_html":"<p>I posted <a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/henrymadaga/p/who-is-in-charge-here?r=2wz7ar&amp;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web\">an article on Substack</a> about how we are sometimes wrong to think that we are in charge.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/14/i-posted-an-article-on/","date_published":"2026-05-14T06:48:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 06:48","date_timestamp":1778741334,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90136989","content_html":"<p>I posted <a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/henrymadaga/p/who-is-in-charge-here?r=2wz7ar&amp;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web\">an article on Substack</a> about how we are sometimes wrong to think that we are in charge.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/14/i-posted-an-article-on.html","date_published":"2026-05-14T06:48:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 06:48","date_timestamp":1778741334,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90503646","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781433502200/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781433502200\">Total Truth Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity</a> by Nancy Pearcey 📚</p>\n<p>p.250</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>the key to restoring a unified concept of truth is to recover a robust concept of creation. Christianity has always taught that there is “a single reality” because it was created by a single omnipotent and all-wise God, explains one historical account. “Given this creation story, it followed that knowledge, too, comprised a single whole.” It was the doctrine of creation that undergirded confidence in the unity of truth. To be loyal to the great claims of our faith, we can no longer acquiesce in...</p>\n</blockquote> <a href=\"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/05/currently-reading-total-truth-liberating/\">henrymadaga.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/05/currently-reading-total-truth-liberating/","date_published":"2026-05-05T08:20:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-05 08:20","date_timestamp":1777969222,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89623612","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781433502200/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781433502200\">Total Truth Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity</a> by Nancy Pearcey 📚</p>\n<p>p.250</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>the key to restoring a unified concept of truth is to recover a robust concept of creation. Christianity has always taught that there is “a single reality” because it was created by a single omnipotent and all-wise God, explains one historical account. “Given this creation story, it followed that knowledge, too, comprised a single whole.” It was the doctrine of creation that undergirded confidence in the unity of truth. To be loyal to the great claims of our faith, we can no longer acquiesce in...</p>\n</blockquote> <a href=\"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/05/currently-reading-total-truth-liberating.html\">henrymadaga.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/05/currently-reading-total-truth-liberating.html","date_published":"2026-05-05T08:20:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-05 08:20","date_timestamp":1777969222,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89452749","content_html":"<p>Spending Time with Christ at Noon: <a href=\"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/02/spending-time-with-christ-at.html\">henrymadaga.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/05/02/spending-time-with-christ-at.html","date_published":"2026-05-02T14:24:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-02 14:24","date_timestamp":1777731871,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}