Monthly Archives: November 2008
Questioning Twitter and Status Updates: Or, How to Become Unpopular with Everyone in a Few Short Paragraphs
From Rich Clark’s piece on the good of Twitter over at the always provocative Christ and Pop Culture website: “While we need to acknowledge that a virtual, internet relationship is really no relationship at all, we also need to be … Continue reading
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David Jackman on Preaching That Connects
From the just-published Trinity Journal come from wise words of expert preacher David Jackman of the U. K.’s Proclamation Trust: “Counteract the particular distortions of our present cultural context by refuting them biblically. That is to say that we must … Continue reading
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Saturday Devotions: Holy Spirit Comfort
Acts 9:31 reads, “So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.” Following a … Continue reading
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The Week-est Link, November 14, 2008
1. Here’s a cool cultural engagement site: Gospel and Culture. Phil Ryken just recommended it on the Reformation 21 blog (itself a worthy site), and I’ve checked it out a bit. Bill Edgar, one of my favorite thinkers, started this … Continue reading
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On Success and Hard Work: Interesting Books I Want to Read
1. Geoff Colvin’s Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everyone Else. Colvin is the senior editor of Fortune magazine and should have some interesting things to say. Here’s the book’s website blurb: “Why are some people so … Continue reading
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Bad Parents! The New Yorker Scolds the “Helicopter Parent”
From Joan Acocella’s just-published New Yorker article entitled “The Child Trap: The Rise of Overparenting”: “We’ve all been there—that is, in the living room of friends who invited us to dinner without mentioning that this would include a full-evening performance … Continue reading
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The Beauty of HBO’s “John Adams”
American history is a larger-than-life enterprise, filled with lofty characters who scarcely seem like ordinary people. Franklin, Edwards, Lincoln, both Roosevelts, and the list goes on. One of the most important figures of the American past is the Massachusetts politician … Continue reading
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The Harris Twins Rebel–Against Low Expectations, That Is
You may not have heard of the Harris twins, Brett and Alex, the little brothers of evangelical mega-author and faithful pastor Josh Harris. They have a great website, the Rebelution, and a recent book called Do Hard Things in which … Continue reading
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Billy Graham’s Main Regret: Not Enough Time with Family
Found this quotation in a touching Christianity Today interview with evangelist Billy Graham (link by JT): “CT: Do you have any regrets as you look back on your life? Graham: I regret that I didn’t spend more time with my … Continue reading
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A Moving Story of Adoption, and a New Way to Be a Missionary
Some of you out there may have seen this video on how University of Georgia football coach Mark Richt and his wife adopted two children from the Ukraine. (Click on the link and you’ll be taken to a page that … Continue reading
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