Love Letters to Lukewarm Souls

ONE OF THE THINGS that I found interesting reading Sherry Weddell's book "𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨" is the term "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚." The "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚" is a well-known communication theory by political scientist Noelle-Neumann. She found that 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺.   Isn't this the truth (or at least makes perfect sense) particularly in politics and especially in religion? In politics, many seems to go along with what the secular worldviews and media's talking points are, which tend to be more left and liberal. In religion, many feel awkward sharing or talking about Jesus in gatherings or social media for fear or shame they ma...

THIS BOOK with a straight-forward title caught my eye right away when I saw it in our church's little book corner weeks ago. Because, you know, if you put together St. Augustine + his answers to questions + in a Q&A format that's readable and + the questions are of the classics such as "How do I know God hears my prayers?" or "Why must I ask for things God already knows I need?" etc., you can bet this is going to be a keeper. So far after a month of on and off reading (jumpin g from one book to another), I'm at around #63, some Q&A are not as breezy reading as I thought it would be and may require some repeat reading to comprehensively get the rich theology and philosophy of this old man. Especially when you are no theologian or philosopher and most especially to be reading the works of, many considered, the Grand Daddy of theology, the Theologian of theologians (alongside St. Thomas Aquinas). Yet knowing who St. Augustine a b...