Top Books I Read in 2022

Another year and another annual book post. The genres of books I read last year were definitely varied. Books on faith and intimacy with Jesus are to be expected. I enjoyed a few new fiction series, some history, and more deep diving into research on the mess of COVID.

My Top Posts of 2022

It's time for a look back at the posts on jeffnoble.net that got the most traffic! If you're a new reader, this is an ideal post to play catch up on entries that others have appreciated - and that I enjoyed writing. Thanks for being a part of my online community!

(Life parentheses)

A parenthesis is a powerful tool. When combined with another, opposite-direction curved line, it sets apart a thought or explanation from all that came before it. What do parentheses in life look like? Read this for an explanation of unique times in your life that may help define all that came before and even shape who you are today.

The Strange Reasonableness of Joy

When you "think" about it... joy makes no sense. What do we really have to be joyful about? And yet if the source of joy is outside of ourselves, there exists the potential for a deeper joy than we ever dreamed of.

Recommended Books from 2022

I asked my son and son-in-law (both of whom are readers) what their recommended books were from this past year. Here are four books to consider adding to your list in 2023.

Why ban TikTok

The Senate has passes a ban on TikTok on government devices. Several states have already banned it. Why is this app so bad?

The Roundup [COVID Edition] Week Ending December 16, 2022

The floodgate is open. The last two weeks have been pretty epic for information about the pandemic, vaccine effectiveness and revelations of censorship and suppression of voices that would not cooperate with the CDC-Big Pharma messaging. On a personal note,…

30 years of fantasy football

I had glorious ideas last fall. Looking ahead to this fall, I realized that it would mark 30 years since I started playing fantasy football. Last fall, I sat around the living room with my son Sam, and I dreamed…

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