What I’m Crunching — July 5, 2026
Powerful.
I cried 4-5 times reading it through in about 90 minutes.
Perhaps it’s particularly gripping for me right now because of the circumstances I’m facing right now in life.
This is worth a read, then a re-read.
What I’m Crunching — June 28, 2026
We’re continuing to read and discuss this one on our board at church. The lessons on servant leadership are relevant and applicable to leadership contexts in family, church, and ministry.
What I’m Crunching — June 21, 2026
Making good headway through this one this week. It helps to skim dry sections with obscure dates and figures.
There are some interesting narratives around the earliest bandits and leaders who organized loose-knit associations of criminals around them to gather power.
What I’m Crunching — June 14, 2026
I’m slogging through this one, though it’s slow going. We’re finally getting past the oldest origins of banditry (lol).
He’s beginning to reach some of the 17th-18th century banditry narratives and notorious figures. It’s interesting that as more governments expanded and developed unified law enforcement, dislocated banditry began to subside. It makes sense, but I’d never thought about it this way.
What I’m Crunching — June 7, 2026
This one has been slow but still enjoyable.
The author is taking his time exploring the earliest origins of the present-day Mafia. I learned a new word in the process: brigandage.