A La Carte (1/21)

  • Tim Challies
  • 01/21/11
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I don’t know about you, but I’m just about ready for a weekend. And it’s almost here…

The Cult of the Moleskine - This news story (a few years old) talks about the Moleskine notebook (which I always first misspell as “mokeskine”) and its Internet-fueled tipping point. I love my Moleskines as much as the next guy.

How Twitter Made Handwriting Cool - On a similar note, here’s an article about how Twitter has made handwriting cool. Every time I’ve tried to replace a journal or notepad with an online version, I’ve eventually gone back to paper and ink.

$5 Fridays - Ligonier has some good deals today (especially on R.C. Sproul teaching series’) in their $5 Fridays.

A Curious Biography - Here’s another article about Metaxas’ biography of Bonhoeffer. This article is also written by a scholar, but he is a little less negative than some have been. He does include this one harsh critique, though: “[Metaxas] seems far more interested in promoting his work instead of proving it.”

JFK’s Speech - An article from the BBC explains why JFK’s most famous speech remains a model, 50 years later.

Email Etiquette for the Super-Busy - This article offers some very useful tips on using email well, especially in a business context.

Fasting is calculated to bring a note of urgency and importance into our praying, and to give force to our pleading in the court of heaven. The man who prays with fasting is giving heaven notice that he is truly in earnest. —Arthur Wallis

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a comment from Jason • 01/21 @ 8:50am
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I saw a twitter post from @fakejohnpiper yesterday that read “requiring mole skins to memorize scripture is so Pharisaical it makes me want to spit.” Although tongue in cheek, and clearly not from the “Real John Piper”, I have often wondered if certain Christian leaders get a kick back from Moleskine, because there are many who sure seem to promote the company with great frequency. Frankly, I am not sure why because it is just a notebook.

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a comment from Adam Shields • 01/21 @ 9:47am
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Thanks for link to Joe McGarry post on Bonhoeffer. I think it was very generous to Metaxas without ignoring any of the issues.

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a comment from Matt • 01/21 @ 1:58pm
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Thanks for these A La Carte posts Tim. You always have something interesting to read in them.

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a comment from Wendy • 01/21 @ 6:37pm
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The only time I have ever used moleskin was in the Marine Corps and I’d put a few layers around the ankle of my boots to keep from rubbing my skin off on marches and such.

It always seemed silly to me to buy a notebook made out of it…and then I realized that is was moleskinE, not moleskin.