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Welcome to any new subscribers! In this newsletter I share a few things that I think provide a taste of truth, goodness, or beauty. Sharing something doesn't mean I agree with it, just that I think it's worth some of your attention. I love to learn from quite disparate sources, and I'm sure that will come across in what I share. Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe here.​

Have you tried the Wordle-inspired Semantle yet? It often leaves me stuck for quite a while, but the breakthroughs are pretty exciting.

I’m once again commending to you another podcast series from Alastair Roberts because he continues putting out great content addressing our disordered discourse and the resulting divisions in the church.

​This article explores the fraught nature of “doing your own research” at the intersection of the epistemic crisis (What is true? What is truth?) and digital media. This is why we must be preserving trustworthy institutions that can serve as epistemic authorities.

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I haven’t seen any mass media covering the religious dimension of the war in Ukraine, but this video does a great job bringing you up to speed on the conflict if you’re not familiar with it. Orthodoxy is quite different from the Protestant and Catholic branches of Christianity that you’re probably most familiar with. This is one of the dimensions in which Putin’s view of the world diverges significantly from us in the West.

I’m exploring charities doing good work helping Ukrainians that I can promote. Please feel free to send me recommendations.

Psalm 27
​The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?

When evildoers assail me
to eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
it is they who stumble and fall.

Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
yet I will be confident.

One thing have I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire in his temple.

For he will hide me in his shelter
in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
he will lift me high upon a rock.

And now my head shall be lifted up
above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make melody to the Lord.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
be gracious to me and answer me!
You have said, “Seek my face.”
My heart says to you,
“Your face, Lord, do I seek.”
Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
O God of my salvation!
For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
but the Lord will take me in.

Teach me your way, O Lord,
and lead me on a level path
because of my enemies.
Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
for false witnesses have risen against me,
and they breathe out violence.

I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living!
Wait for the Lord;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the Lord!

God bless,

Ralph

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