Where's the Good Stuff this week?

Friday 8/22/25 roundup of what I've discovered on Substack

‘Good Stuff’ = blog posts I’ve read this week that inspired, educated, entertained, or moved me.

I subscribe to almost 250 newsletters on Substack!!

I’m not saying I read that many, but if your writing shows up in my inbox, it gets at least a scan from me.

And I can’t help sharing the best of what I’m reading with you, too.

Here’s this week’s roundup:

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God stuff

• ‘Shining Like the Sun’, by

  Arianne Rice
  . Mystical moments and Merton.

• ‘Finding Peace in the Midst of Anxiety’, by

  Aaron Joseph Hall
  . As someone who struggles with anxiety, I found this extremely helpful.

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Church stuff

• ‘If a Church Is Going to Be a Voice for Justice, It Must First Exist’, by

  Loren Richmond Jr.
  Church needs to focus on being church before it tries to do anything else.

• ‘Platforms for Jesus’ by

  Drew Brown
  . As an online minister, I read this with equal parts fascination and fear.

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Other stuff

• ‘The maestro of NASCAR’ by

  Tommy Tomlinson
  . Humpy Wheeler - who died this week - was a local legend and a deeply beloved personality. Even to someone like me who knows nothing of car racing.

• ‘A letter to new college students’ by

  Jonathan Malesic
  . Great advice about how to get the most out of education - or really, any opportunity.
  
  

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I wrote a couple of things, too!

• ‘It’s about the money’. If we’re going to think about the future of church, we’re going to have to think about how it is sustainable.

• ‘The secret symbol for sharing faith’. How the ‘Jesus fish’ connects Christians, and why the ‘Trexo fish’ follows it.

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Finally…

My trip to the Finger Lakes was an adventure - a race! Covid! - but it was also filled with beauty…

I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
(John 15:5).

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