Austin Kettle, Author at The Washington Institute

Austin Kettle is the Director of Community Life at McLean Presbyterian Church and a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary, Washington DC.

Articles by Austin Kettle

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Kurt Cobain, Verve,…and Heman the Ezrahite?

Austin Kettle | 10 min read

If you never had an emo phase, you missed out. You have to face pain and name suffering and see it in yourself. It’s part of growing up. For some it’s a Nirvana stage. I asked some high schoolers recently if the Nirvana stage is still a thing. They told me some kids still wear...

Vocation • On Daily Work

Work in Life: Longevity, Legacy, Lethargy or Something Better?

Austin Kettle | 9 min read

Peter Attia is a medical doctor with an impressive resume: Stanford, Johns Hopkins, NIH, and the rest. He also wrote one of the bestselling books (so far) of 2023: Outlive. Attia is the figurehead of the longevity movement—a movement dedicated to preventative medicine, as I understand it, to enable maximum flourishing for the maximum amount...