Essays, notes, and links about theology, technology, and life.https://seththunks.com/en-ushttps://seththunks.com/posts/thoughts-on-aldous-huxleys-brave-new-world/https://seththunks.com/posts/thoughts-on-aldous-huxleys-brave-new-world/“Community, Identity, Stability.” “Everyone belongs to everyone else.” I recently completed (via audiobook) Brave New World, a dystopian novel where Aldous Huxley manifests one of his visions of a potential future, a…Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:43:46 GMTUncategorizedaldous-huxleybooksfictionphilosophywritinghttps://seththunks.com/posts/my-personal-testimony-of-gods-grace-in-my-life/https://seththunks.com/posts/my-personal-testimony-of-gods-grace-in-my-life/I presented this document to my church on February 16, 2025, after which I was baptized and welcomed as a member. Above is the live stream of the event, which should begin as I stand up to speak. I am a great sinner. I…Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:30:00 GMTChristianityhttps://seththunks.com/posts/practice-discipline-and-detail-as-seen-in-piano/https://seththunks.com/posts/practice-discipline-and-detail-as-seen-in-piano/Why is it that even after learning how to practice years ago, I feel I’m still faltering in my practice and attention to detail now? I’ll use the example of playing piano in this article, as that is the most applicable…Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:13:38 GMTUncategorizededucationlearningmusicpianopiano-lessonspracticeself-improvementhttps://seththunks.com/posts/quick-thought-on-self-commitments/https://seththunks.com/posts/quick-thought-on-self-commitments/In 12 Rules for Life, Jordan Peterson talks about improving yourself. In it, he says to ask yourself what’s something you could do, that you would do, that would make your life better. The idea behind it is: Examine…Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:59:53 GMTUncategorizedhttps://seththunks.com/posts/crosscon-25-session-notes-and-takeaways/https://seththunks.com/posts/crosscon-25-session-notes-and-takeaways/I’m writing these summaries as a way to talk about and rehash for myself some of the things that happened while I was at CrossCon early this year. While I initially planned to write a summary for every session that I…Sat, 25 Jan 2025 18:51:07 GMTChristianityhttps://seththunks.com/posts/summary-of-thoughts-from-crosscon-25/https://seththunks.com/posts/summary-of-thoughts-from-crosscon-25/At the time of writing, I’m due to help give a report on CrossCon tomorrow to the church, so I wanted to come here and put down some thoughts to help me summarize before tomorrow. I’ll probably find a way to summarize…Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:20:00 GMTChristianityhttps://seththunks.com/posts/crosscon-25-overview-and-personal-experience/https://seththunks.com/posts/crosscon-25-overview-and-personal-experience/CrossCon is a traditionally missions-focused conference for young people (ages 18-25). Our church has been going since 2019, and although the conference was originally every 2 years, they recently switched to a yearly…Sun, 05 Jan 2025 18:37:59 GMTChristianityhttps://seththunks.com/posts/on-losing-competitiveness-and-yelling-during-free-throws/https://seththunks.com/posts/on-losing-competitiveness-and-yelling-during-free-throws/My basketball team lost last night. It stinks. We were just coming off a win too, with high spirits and the confidence of a winner. Getting beat by 40 has a way of lowering the mood… Losing & Perfection It’s my opinion…Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:14:55 GMTUncategorizedhttps://seththunks.com/posts/my-thoughts-on-apples-iphone-16-event/https://seththunks.com/posts/my-thoughts-on-apples-iphone-16-event/Yesterday Apple held their annual iPhone event, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to write down some thoughts. Apple Watch They started the event by talking about the new Apple Watch Series 10. First, I’ll take the…Wed, 11 Sep 2024 20:48:06 GMTTechnologyhttps://seththunks.com/posts/quick-thought-on-privacy-and-technology/https://seththunks.com/posts/quick-thought-on-privacy-and-technology/“Privacy is a fundamental human right.” This can be found on Apple’s website as one of their core foundations in their products. You can debate me on whether or not they actually live up to that statement, but I would…Wed, 07 Aug 2024 13:04:00 GMTTechnologyhttps://seththunks.com/posts/my-news-hot-take/https://seththunks.com/posts/my-news-hot-take/My hot take is this: I feel like the news and politics are largely unhelpful. Many people seem to think that to be a good citizen you should be informed on the going-ons of your state or country, but in my opinion this…Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:07:31 GMTUncategorizedhttps://seththunks.com/posts/on-the-iphone-as-the-center-of-apples-ecosystem/https://seththunks.com/posts/on-the-iphone-as-the-center-of-apples-ecosystem/I’ve been thinking lately about the iPhone and its best use case, and that has prompted this article. I am unsure if the iPhone is best suited to be the center of our digital lives versus some of the other devices Apple…Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:33:37 GMTTechnologyhttps://seththunks.com/posts/why-god-allows-evil/https://seththunks.com/posts/why-god-allows-evil/“So God created ravagers. They do real harm. They cannot destroy God’s people. But they are appointed for a providential end, for a good purpose that could otherwise not come through any other means. And each ravager…Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:54:33 GMTChristianityhttps://seththunks.com/posts/hello-world/https://seththunks.com/posts/hello-world/This is my first blog post! I look forward to writing and putting thoughts here in the future! The purpose of this blog is to give me a place and a reason to write out my thoughts regarding various topics. If I end up…Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:52:19 GMTUncategorized