can't fully express how grateful i was for this dispatch from @oalannoble.bsky.social. i'd recommend reading if you find yourself circling the same moral/theological Qs with increasing anxiety, or beyond the answers you can find. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/tips-for-l...

By reader request, I wrote out some tips for living with scrupulosity, which may be a little niche, but for those who it affects, it should resonate deeply. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/tips-for-l...

I wrote about the role of the Christian intellectual in a secular, distracted age. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-fight-...

I wrote about gratitude for CT: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/how-...

I wrote about a touchy subject. Antidepressants and over-prescription among youth. What role could mentorship and therapy play in helping young people? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/ssris-and-...

Impostor Syndrome. Everyone seems to have it. How do you live with it? I recount my experience and give some advice. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/so-youre-a...

I wrote about choosing to trust our neighbors in a low-trust society. Subscribe and read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/hoping-all...

This resonated deeply with me.

Virtues need community to be cultivated. So what are we to do when our community isn't loving and virtuous? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-be-...

I wrote about why you should be a playful father (if you are a father) and the theological implications of play. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-being-a...

I wrote about the challenge of being known and the risk of being exposed. Subscribe and read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-being-k...

I wrote about acknowledging and living out responsibilities and why we tend to be hyper-responsible or irresponsible. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-knowing...

I wrote about the well-worn slogan that we're all just "doing our best" and what it practically means in our lives. Subscribe and read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-just-do...

I wrote about mass deportations: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-authori...

I wrote about the quest for wellness and how it cannot save you: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/wellness-c...

I wrote about the possible shift from individualism to crowd identity. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-shift-...

I wrote about something dear to me: the ability and beauty of comforting someone with the comfort of Christ through your own suffering: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/comforting...

I wrote about how we make provision for our flesh online: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/make-no-pr...

Sometimes you just have to write a post preaching to yourself: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/what-is-yo...

I wrote about how we can help invite people to recovery who have developed a taste for their own misery: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-can-we...

What is the greatest good in loving your enemies? To defeat them? Or something else? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/is-it-lovi...

A good word from @oalannoble.bsky.social: “Any movement primarily driven by online lifestyle gurus, whether secular or religious, cannot give us the human love and discipleship we need to grow and mature in our faith. They can, however, manipulate our emotions and sell us a lot of swag.”

“It’s not always easy to tell the difference between someone with a simple passion for theology and a disorder driving them with anxiety to find impossible certainty.” @oalannoble.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/oalannob...

Contra Driscoll, God has not bypassed the pulpit for the podcast, but it's worth pausing to explore the distinction between influencer and pastor/elder, and the effects of blurring that distinction. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-distin...

If you stay in ministry long enough, you're probably going to come across scrupulosity. I've tried to describe how to identify it and respond to it compassionately in this unlocked post. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-minist...

Today's post is on Chronic, Intermittent Mental Health struggles and the virtue of perseverance. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-chronic...

“The need for discernment and wisdom and prudence will only grow. The need for slow, careful, contemplative, prudent judgements will only increase. But the ecology of a post-literate culture will push us away from these things...” @oalannoble.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/oalannob...

Today’s unlocked post is all about literacy and the dangers to the church and democracy of an illiterate culture. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/what-does-...

Conservatism seems to be growing among the young! Great! But what are the potential challenges to that growth? I list three and offer ways forward in this article for paid subscribers. Sign up and read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/three-not-...

“When you are seeking your own glory, your own social media clout or recognition or attention, then you are not being courageous. You are being self-serving and petty. You are merely adding to the noise and heat of the contemporary world.” @oalannoble.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/oalannob...

I wrote about a new study, why we code “mental health” progressive, and why everyone should embrace the term! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-politi...

I wrote about courage and recklessness and speaking online newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-hav...

Here are some meditations on revival: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/meditation...

How can we deal with sins and mistakes we’ve made that we can't fix? How could Paul forget what lay behind him? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/forgetting...

"After all, the world is not disenchanted. Whatever meaning and spiritual potency was in the world remains in it. It is only the quality of our attention that has changed." A lovely, centering read.

I wrote about enchantment as remembering God's grandeur newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/enchantmen...

October 3rd! Come to @obunews's Lamppost Literary Conference. I'll be giving a lecture on T.S. Eliot. It's free to attend and it'll be fun and good and you should come: www.okbu.edu/events/lampp...

Is it even possible to have "no doubt" when we ask for wisdom as James calls us to? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-being-a...

I wrote an article giving advice for returning and new college students: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/offi...

A good word from @oalannoble.bsky.social: “In our hubris, we created the very device that separates and divides us. And it does so by making each of us feel thin and insubstantial. We’re all just avatars, floating heads. Disembodied opinions.”

Today’s piece looks at the role technology plays in recent violence, and how we can do better. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/violence-a...

It hurts to watch someone you love slowly tear their life apart. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/when-someo...

This weekend was rough. Violence, war and rumors of war. Denominational drama. Led to world weariness in me. So I wrote about it. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/world-wear...

Roughly 2% of the population has OCD. So you probably know someone with it. You might as well know what it is. Here are my thoughts. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-thi...

Children are a wonderful gift. But doing everything for them is not good for them, you, or your marriage. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/dont-do-ev...

I wrote about the Minnesota shooting and the deeper societal problem of nihilism. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-realit...

I wrote about whether or not it matters if there is a “vibe shift” toward Christianity. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/does-it-ma...

I wrote about bodies and how they decay and thoughts about how to deal with that. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/when-your-...

On the temptation to look over the shoulder of others writing online and feel jealous or inadequate or bitter. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/dont-envy-...

A good word from @oalannoble.bsky.social re. Dobson’s death and what might emerge to fill the vacuum, i.e., new evangelical institutions more devoted to protecting “a particular way of life, identity, or nationality” than living out the Gospel.