Good morning. May the Lord bless and keep you today. There is an eclectic little group of Kindle deals to browse through today. (Yesterday on the blog: The Ministry of Being a Little Bit Further Along) My Darkest Night; Hopefully Not Yours Jim Elliff: “At 3:30 a.m., I awoke to a black room, so dark that my eyes could not see even one inch away, much less to the other side. The simple room in a Romanian home in Brasov had one of those metal external shades that are lowered over the window, capable of completely deleting light. I was in the darkest place I had been in perhaps for years. And, since it was night and I was alone in the house, I thought.” This got him thinking about the “outer darkness.” How Will the People in Heaven View Hell? On a somewhat similar topic, here’s Amy Hall on heaven and hell. “I fairly regularly get asked this question in various forms: How will the people in Heaven view Hell? How can they enjoy the glories of God while others are suffering? My answer has two parts—a direct answer and a crucial context for that answer.” The Universe on a Human Scale (Video) Our minds simply can’t comprehend the size of the universe, but videos like this one do a good job of trying to help. Patriotism: Love and Loyalty Without Idolatry I appreciate Isaac Makashinyi’s thoughts on patriotism (in this case, from a Zambian perspective). “A nation cannot be unified around the mere … Continue reading A La Carte (September 16)