Play toddler bingo with a friend or spouse.
Andrew Wilson says, “Theological impatience is one of the most troubling features of our generation.” I agree.
How to Find Strength in the Strength of God
If you are looking for an article in which Piper says it rhymes with “cap that”, then this is the one for you.
5 Kinds of Writer’s Block Everyone Faces
I’d like to add a sixth. I’d call it the “I’m trying to be too perfect and so my brain rebels and shuts down”.
5 Tips For Leading Your Small Group
We are starting small groups again in the next week or so. This is helpful—I’ve found #2 an #4 to be especially valuable.
Victoria Osteen, the glory of God and Reformed Worship
This is a very good response to that Victoria Osteen quote that seems to have went viral.
10 Ways to Double Your Volunteer Recruitment and Retention
Recruiting volunteers is essential for churches to function properly. I’m glad that Thom Rainer posted these tips.
50 Shades, Twilight, and Teaching Young Women to Desire Abusers
Maybe these aren’t just innocent stories.
Online Depression-Anxiety Evaluation
This might be helpful. I took this myself and the way that he breaks up the different types of depression-anxiety I found helpful.
What Would It Have Been Like In a Puritan Worship Service
Apparently they didn’t have a “sound technician”. Who knew?
Very interesting.
Normally, I wouldn’t post this but I thought Dr. Jones and Daniel Montgomery did a solid job and this was a cordial debate. Gives you much to think about.
This little dude laughing made me want to go home and tell jokes to my kids. There are few joys in life that surpass this type of laughter from a child:
I like to read biographies and other pieces of non-fiction that tell a good story. At any given time you’ll see at least one book on my desk that causes someone to ask, “Why in the world are you reading that?” On occasion I like to share these super-fun books that you wouldn’t necessarily expect a pastor to be reading:
1. Mookie: Life, Baseball, and the ‘86 Mets. I love reading baseball biographies. This one by Mookie Wilson is an interesting behind the scenes look at the ‘86 Mets.
2. The Devil’s Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century. This book is about the trial of Roland Molineux, a wayward son of a Civil War general who poisoned his arch-nemesis. I’m about 1/4 of the way into the book and I’m intrigued.
3. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President. James A. Garfield goes down in history as being a victim of an assassin’s bullet, a mad-man named Charles Guiteau. But the actual cause of death was medical malpractice.
4. Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency. I’ve been reading biographies of little known US Presidents. The one on Polk I got from the library and it smell like cigarette smoke—but it is still an enjoyable read.
5. Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. I was introduced to The Smothers Brothers about a year ago and enjoyed some of their comedy. I also like learning about the 1960s. This book tells the story of both.
6. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball’s Super Showman. I remember my uncle telling me stories about crazy Charlie Finley when I was a boy. He was right. Charlie did some outrageous things.
7. Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character. The writing is a bit difficult, because it feels like being dropped in the middle of a story. But the tale of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton is compelling enough to keep me reading.
What books have you enjoyed reading lately?