Category: interesting stuff

It’s the weekend before Thanksgiving and the leaves are mostly on the ground now. That’s the only way you can tell it’s fall here in the sunny South as the temperatures reached 70 today. The election controversy continues and continues. Jesus is still King. The college basketball season begins soon, and hopefully there will be March Madness in 2021. Plans are to create a bubble for the tournament in Indianapolis.

Well, the links aren’t going to share themselves, so..

Mom understands.

Interesting post on wine and eschatology.

Prophets and cowboys.

Keith Giles doesn’t want the status quo.

Fred Smith on a small god.

Robert Farrar Capon on heaven.

Being thankful.

Funny post from The New Yorker.

Good post from Jonathan Aigner.

Chaplain Mike is thankful.

Stay safe and have a blessed week!

It’s the middle of November, and we still don’t know officially who won the election. The hurricane season is still producing storms. 2020 just keeps on giving. There is some good news. It looks like there may be at least one effective vaccine coming in the next few months. Maybe our lives will get back to normal, whatever that is.

On to the good stuff:

Good words in these times.

We said goodbye to a television legend.

Photos of the week.

The research continues.

Finding your identity can be tough.

Rare poems from Edgar Allan Poe.

Fifteen beatitudes.

Good post from Scott Sauls.

Good question.

For the love of the game.

Daniel Jepsen on the last days.

In case you are interested.

Stay safe and have a blessed week!

This weekend has had a couple of momentous happenings. Alex Trebek passed away this morning at 80 after battling pancreatic cancer since last year. It’s a sad day for those of us who would arrange our schedule as much as possible to watch Jeopardy over the years. He will be missed. In other news, we evidently have a new President. I hope all the silliness is settled soon so the country can get on with the process of healing. I guess we’ll see. It was nice not having to mute political ads for the last few days.

On to the good stuff:

Canceling Christmas? Not necessarily.

A long but good article.

Chad Bird with a possibly different take on 2020.

Super beetle.

This is interesting.

Not exactly part of an idyllic childhood.

Good post from Fred Smith.

Jesus and voting.

On distraction.

I think this post‘s author is on to something.

Stay safe and have a blessed week!

It has been a while, but here is another installment in the on and off-going saga of the weekend links post. Enjoy.

I definitely don’t agree with this.

This is better.

This may not be too far off from how some Americans feel.

Thoughtful article from Luke Kjolhaug.

When it just isn’t happening.

How to deal with an existential crisis.

This is a good thing.

Keeping it simple.

Cool house.

Good advice for all of us.

The bond of love.

Good question.

Stay safe and have a good week!

We’re back after a couple of weeks off. It’s damp here in the sunny South this weekend as we are getting the remains of Hurricane Delta. We are fortunate here to have only cloudy skies and some rain. My heart goes out to the folks in Louisiana who have been hit hard by so many storms this year. I can’t begin to imagine what they are dealing with. Things continue to heat up in the political arena, and it’s easy to wonder what is going to happen in the next few weeks. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

On to the good stuff:

Watch out for the invisible whip.

Famous show tunes, 2020 style.

Good article from Steve Brown.

Good words from C. S. Lewis.

Now this is a real shame.

Wise words from Jason Micheli.

Finding joy in a tough year.

This is a great idea!

Good post from Frank Viola.

Roger Olson on the state of American Christianity.

Who would Jesus vote for?

Synching up with Pink Floyd.

Chaplain Mike on justice and Jesus.

Photos of the week.

Parrots these days!

Good story.

Stay safe and have a blessed week!

It feels like fall here in the sunny South. There’s a little over a month to go before the election and if you listen to some folks, things are about to get very interesting. All I can say is I’m glad I know God is in control of all of this.

Enough said. On to the links:

12 steps for the recovering Pharisee.

Who says you have to have church in a building?

Protecting your church.

The Phoenix Preacher is thinking.

Somehow I don’t think these two things go together.

I definitely would fall asleep listening to this.

Finding common ground.

Good post from John Hoyum.

Looking at Martin Luther.

This is a good story.

Forgiveness and accountability.

Fred Smith on giving.

Another good story.

I know I couldn’t do this.

Stay safe and have a blessed week!

Labor Day weekend is here. This is the official end of summer, even though schools are all ready in session in many parts of the country and the warm temperatures will continue for a while. Does anyone remember when the presidential campaign started after Labor Day instead of the day after the inauguration? It is cooling down a bit here in the sunny South. Storms continue to form in the Atlantic, and we are told there may be more than 25 by the time the season is over. Why not, considering everything else that has happened this year.

On to the good stuff:

Just in case you’re bored.

Don’t be a noisy gong.

Normal is just a setting on the dryer.

To stream or not to stream?

Don’t know if this is a good thing or not.

Christ Thomas on conspiracy theories.

One of the good things that happened this year.

Dad jokes. If your dad is a nihilist.

Fred Smith on the recent troubles at Liberty U.

Frank Viola on transition.

Why we shouldn’t give unsolicited advice.

Melissa Borja on the gender gap in politics.

Interesting question.

This is a game many of us are playing.

This sounds like a breath of fresh air.

Good post from Bob Edwards.

Photos of the week.

A coaching legend left us last week.

Be careful where you get your news.

Adrian Warnock on the plague of racism.

Stay safe and have a blessed week!

2020 continues to be a different kind of year. We have had two earthquakes here in this part of the sunny South (neither of which I felt), and there are two tropical storms moving to the US Gulf Coast at the same time. It’s anyone’s guess what will happen next. The virtual DNC convention has wrapped up, and the RNC is next week. All that’s left is the mud-slinging.

Enough foolishness. On to the good stuff:

Good post from Keith Giles.

The moral matrix.

God as giver.

Yeah, I probably am.

This could be dangerous.

Has it really been 50 years?

Good advice? Maybe, maybe not.

In praise of silence.

A mystery.

Good question from Karl Forehand.

Don’t grandstand.

Doing Kingdom work.

Chasing perfection.

Yes we must.

Good post for those of us with a few years under our belts.

Brad Roth on sleep. He’s for it.

Good post from Frank Viola.

Chaplain Mike on “soft” racism.

Fred Smith on profound peace.

Stay safe and have a blessed week!

It’s the middle of August here in the sunny South. It’s cooled down a bit here, but I’m sure we’ll have more hot days before the summer is over. The tenth named storm is floating around out in the Atlantic and we are expected to possible see at least ten more. Who had record number of storms on their 2020 bingo card? You may be a winner! Pick up your prize on your way out in December.

On to the real reason you are here. The links:

There is much still to be decided about this year’s college football season.

Why we need forgiveness.

A promise that never runs out.

I hope this never happens.

Travelling back in time.

Exercising trust.

I don’t think this is necessarily a good thing.

Have any parents received one of these?

Gene Veith writes about Abraham Kuyper.

Overcoming shame and guilt.

Why we shouldn’t grandstand.

Some new takes on the Quick Brown Fox.

Fred Smith on snakes.

Michael Berg on prayer.

Do you know anyone like this?

The answer to this question is no.

The influence of J.I. Packer.

Stay safe and have a blessed week!

Less than three months to go before we go to the polls and vote. As we have learned, you can’t necessarily trust the polls. We’ll see what happens. Remember that no matter who is elected, Jesus is still King. It remains hot here in the sunny South and it is shaping up to be a busy season for stormy weather from the tropics.

Here are the links from the past couple of weeks:

I would agree that this is not a good thing.

Women in the early church.

We’re not wrong, just different.

When you try, but you’re just disappointing.

A bit of satire for your weekend.

Interesting article on stock market performance during different presidential administrations.

In case you are looking for a place to retire.

The appeal of The Office, of all things.

One of the unknowns.

Good advice from David Epstein.

Good question.

Another show with enduring appeal.

Remembering 75 years ago.

Excellent post from Fred Smith.

Thoughtful post on race from Alan Jacobs.

Yes to this.

Good for him, although he didn’t quite finish.

Challenging question for all of us.

Tim Keller on justice.

Forty-eight years later.

Stay safe and have a blessed week!