A batch of the best highlights from what Todd's read, .
The more ways your identity can be threatened by casual daily interactions, the more valuable it will be to cultivate the Stoic (and Buddhist, and CBT) ability to not be emotionally reactive, to not let others control your mind and your cortisol levels.
The Coddling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt
The gospel gives us something worth dying for and sacrificing our loved ones for as opposed to the nation’s attempt to give us something for which it is worthy killing
Resident Aliens
Stanley Hauerwas & William H. Willimon
The less-tangible lens through which we understand ourselves, others, and the world is best understood as a system of principles and values. This Level 5 perspective includes openness, honesty, courage, justice, selflessness, productivity, service, respect for the inherent value of others, authenticity, and vulnerability.