Category: interesting stuff

The last few days, it has actually been sunny here in the sunny South. The days are a bit warmer and the nights are pleasantly cool. Continue to pray for the folks in Nepal and for those who are over thereto help.

Here are the links:

Kansas City Bob on prayer.
Acknowledging privilege.
Want to skydive?
The Jesus Prayer.
Do you know someone who could use this?

Disturbances!
Keith Giles asks a good question.
Four elements of love.
Evidently, this is real.
Scott Sauls on love.

What do you do?
Zac Hicks reviews Who’s Afraid of Modern Art?
When tragedy strikes.
Michael Spencer on the Kingdom.
St. Bob of Abilene.

Is apocalyptic thinking on the decline among evangelicals?
Peacemakers.
The greatest threat.
Males and their friends.
Repainting Hell.

Have a blessed week!

They say that April showers bring May flowers. If that is true, this little corner of the world is going to be covered with blooms next month! It’s playoff time in the NBA, so I’m trying to watch a few games. I enjoy pro basketball much more diurimg the playoffs. Pray for the folks in Nepal after the devastating earthquake. It’s hard for me to imagine going through something like that.

On to the links:

Expectations.
Boy with a broken heart.
Good post from Zach Hunt.
5 practices from Paul Perkins.
Interview with Sandra McCracken.

Law, grace, and the phone store.
Shocking truth.
Some of us are getting close to this.
Pistachios!
Ideas for family portraits.

Nope. Nope. Nope.
Kansas City Bob on justice.
Being countercultural.
Scot McKnight on grace.
Going to God.

Religious despair.
A letter to ISIS.
Good news indeed!
Michael Spencer on lament.
John Frye on vain repetitions.

Have a blessed week!

Everybody’s favorite blog post is back! After far too much time away, Weekend Wanderings has returned. Things have slowed down a bit here in the sunny South. Of course, that means that other changes will be coming about soon. Life just gets more and more interesting.

Oh well. On to the important stuff.

Kellie McGann confesses.
Failing well.
Bonhoeffer on the church.
Good article on the benefits of nature.
Jessica Thompson on the gospel and relationships.

Bad news for bookkeepers.
N. T. Wright on the resurrection.
John Frye on Jesus’ deepest pain.
Yeah, I’m not too sure about this.
Zach Hunt on the church’s witness.

Frank Viola interviews Brant Hansen.
Scot McKnight has a test question for your church.
A lesson from Andy Gill.
No. Just, no.
Good question.

The 100 best children’s books.
Alan Bevere says, “You can’t make me!”
From ritual to relationship.
Good article from Chad Bird.
Andy Zehner on communitarianism.

That’s all for now. I hope your week is a blessed one!

It has turned colder here in the sunny South. Of course, we don’t have it close to as bad as other parts of the country. Evidently, just about the entire country is supposed to be much colder than usual this weekend. Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. Are you giving up anything? I’m looking for something positive to add for the season, so if anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear them.

On to the good stuff:

Good reminder for all of us.
Good point.
Yoga pants.
Zack Hunt calls for some humility.
Untamed Christianity.

Three questions.
So it turns out Charles Manson isn’t getting married after all.
Those North Koreans sure know how to celebrate!
Wrecked expectations.
Stress and spiritual life.

Zach LaVine has some hops! If you’re a basketball fan, you understand.
This is not good.
Chaplain Mike on being countercultural.
Like a child.
Two good questions.

Pam Hogeweide is killing with kindness.
Community of contrast.
Coping with fear.
Waiting.
Good reminder from Michael Spencer.

Have a blessed week!

One of the nice things about being semiretired is the ability to extend any weekend to three days. Springlike weather has made an appearance here in the sunny South, proof that the groundhog is no better than anyone else at predicting the weather. Of course, winter is liable to come roaring back in at any time.

On to the real reason you’re here.

Michael Spencer on poets.
Coldest town on earth.
Good post from Arthur Sido.
On being incomplete.
Hope for North Korea.

California and water.
Keith Giles on love.
Outcast? Possibly.
The H-Bomb.
Matt Appling on frustration.

Anyone want to take up Norse religion?
Drawing a line?
Eric Carpenter on war.
Opposite extremes?
Scot McKnight disagrees.

Have a blessed week!

It’s cold and flu season here in the sunny South, and this year I got bit. I’ve spent one week laid up and one week trying to recover. It seems that colds tend to hang on to me for a while. Oh well. Life goes on. It seems the NFL has a bit of a scandal brewing over the amount of air in certain footballs. If you’re a fan, it will be interesting to see how that shakes out. So much for small talk. On the important stuff.

Here are the links.

I think many of us grew up with free range parents.
I didn’t know this was a thing. Apparently, Steven Anderson did.
Good article on addiction.
I didn’t know this was an issue.
Evidently, this is not a thing.

The greatest false idol of modern Christianity.
Fearless.
Are you one of the twenty six percent?
Climbing a volcano.
The worst thing ever?

Hannah Brencher on staying.
Good post for churches.
Risky love.
Good article by Daniel Emery Price.
What about the past?

Undeserved grace.
Two steps forward, one step back.
Open your door.
Pressure and weight.

That’s it for now. Have a blessed week!

Things have been a little crazy around here the last couple of weekends. Time to take a breather and share some of the good stuff out there in the blogosphere.

Keith Giles tells us to get busy living.
Most church fights don’t go this far.
Tim Suttle on peace.
It seems these are cool again.
I’m not so sure about this.

Chaplain Mike’s New Year’s resolutions.
Waiting.
Midnight musings.
Conversation.
The story isn’t over.

Rebekah Bell on nostalgia.
Lillian Daniel on Christmas pageants.
The unfinished church.
Kierkegaard quotes.
Erik Guzman on New Year’s resolutions.

What matters.
Restless.

That’s all for this time. I hope you have a wonderful and blessed 2015!

After a couple of weeks off, the links post is back. Now is the time to avoid certain roads if you can. You know, the ones that lead to shopping malls. Schools around here have begun their Christmas break, so parents are wondering what they are going to do with this influx of children.

On to the links:

Good post from Daniel Wells.
Kansas Bob also has a good one.
Advent reflection from John Frye.
Which Christmas?
Beautiful Orthodox church buildings.

Zack Hunt says love is a worthless idea.
Saving Christmas?
The character of the King.
How to have an introverted Christmas.
Eggs.

Evidently, running is good.
Bad reasons for choosing a church.
Seven words.
Finding Christ in Christmas.
Weakness and strength.

Don’t block the light.
Dance!
Retiring the lone ranger.
Christians in Iraq prepare for Christmas.
Into the darkest hour.

Have a blessed Christmas!

The Christmas weight gain season has begun. I don’t have a whole lot of room to talk, as I put on a couple of pounds Thanksgiving Day. Either that or all my clothes shrank. There has been a lot of talk in the news about the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri. The decision was a surprise and a disappointment to many. It is obvious to me that we have a lot to do in the area of race relations, along with a lot of other areas. Too many folks still refuse to see others as fellow human beings, with worth. Some day, in the new creation.

Here are the links:

Lisa Sharon Harper on Ferguson and change.
Silence.
Desire.
Philip Yancey on a great divide.
The God who knoweth none.

Gospel gardening.
Karen Spears Zacharias on Ferguson and the media.
Trendy?
So, does it taste better?
Good argument for phys. ed. classes.

Use a paper towel instead.
McGospel?
Part 1 of a three part series on gratitude.
John Frye on prayer.
Andy Gill on silence.

For the art.
Entering the story.
Eric Carpenter on one anothering.
A good ambition.
I have one of these pamphlets. Should I be worried?

This Sunday is the beginning of the Advent season. If you have never taken part in Advent activities, check them out somewhere. You might enjoy them. I’ve found that it is a good antidote to the craziness that sometimes surrounds the American celebration of Christmas.

Have a blessed week!

It has been a chilly week, with temperatures falling below freezing in all fifty states. The poor folks in the Buffalo area were clobbered by the snow. We may be in for an interesting winter. This is the week for Americans to stop and give thanks for our blessings. It is also the beginning of the consumer orgy known as the Christmas shopping season.

Here are the links:

Good post from Miguel Ruiz.
John Frye on unanswered prayer.
Lessons from Jonah.
Challenging post from Keith Giles.
Good words from Kansas Bob.

How’s your life?
Steve Brown on holding the land.
Lamentation.
Iron sharpens iron. Or not.
Big move.

I agree with this post from Arthur Sido.
Climbing the ladder?
The real living Bible.
Jeff Cook asks a question.
Wise words.

Ordinary is okay.
Words.
Looking.
Wayward Son on entitlement.
Pretty cool.

Have a blessed week!