The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction

by Justin Whitmel Earley

Fourth, I don’t use social media in bed.

Fifth, when I come across mean things said about me or someone I love, I employ the timeless strategy of any veteran parent: ignore the temper tantrum.

The Bible tells a story of us, not as people who were made to see and be seen or judge and be judged, but as children who were made to love and be loved. Only when we feel that in our bones can we use social media to love neighbors instead of trying to get their love.

The good life doesn’t come from the ability to choose anything and everything; the good life comes from the ability to choose good things by setting limits.

Fasting is a way to resist the original sin of trying to eat our way to happiness and to force ourselves to look to God for our fullness.