A La Carte (1/28)

  • Tim Challies
  • 01/28/11
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I realized yesterday that there are three kinds of stores that I am pretty much incapable of walking past without stopping in to check them out: bakeries, book stores and stationery stores. I just can’t help myself.

Facebook Makes us Sad - “Journalist Libby Copeland speculates that Facebook might ‘have a special power to make us sadder and lonelier.’ How can this be, though, when Facebook is generally so, well, happy, brimming with smiling faces and beautiful families? Well, that's just the point.”

The Truth About Facebook - Speaking of Facebook, here’s a humorous look at the truth about Facebook.

Fifty Fruits of Pride - Here is a self-diagnostic that ought to warn you of the seriousness of pride.

Pastors, Seminary and Staff Requirements - This is an interesting study by Ed Stetzer. It shows that pastors value their own theological education very differently than they view the education of others.

What Are You Looking For? - Jonathan Leeman looks at some good reasons to look for a church (based on a book he wrote on that very thing).

The Bermuda Triangle of Productivity - Clever.

Bermuda Triangle

And finally, a quote that seems appropriate as we head into a weekend:

Recreation is not the highest kind of enjoyment, but in its time and place is quite as proper as prayer. —S.I. Prime

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a comment from Dan • 01/28 @ 12:13pm

Re: Bermuda Triangle, I confess.. replace Gmail with blog/news interaction for me. Screening, reading, responding - all of it. Very difficult to do in moderation.

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a comment from Alan • 01/28 @ 1:40pm

OK, this is the best a la carte ever. Seriously. The Bermuda Triangle is now my background, to remind me not to waste my time. And I know several people who suffer from depression, and my thought has long been that a large part of their problem was spending too much time on facebook. The facebook picture was hilariously true. The pride article was utterly convicting.

It was all good. Really.

Thanks,Alan

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a comment from Shepherd • 01/28 @ 1:41pm
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Facebook comes with its pros and cons, that I’m ready to admit. One of the cons being that, as a “picture” of a relationship, it often speaks in half-truths - pictures can lie, perhaps not in outright contradiction, but by not showing you something that is nevertheless there in hidden form.

However, in terms of people getting depressed and saddened by the perceived happiness of others on Facebook, well, that can happen anywhere… in real life, too. Singles who feel sad when someone is “in a relationship” on Facebook will feel sad when they see a couple walking by holding hands. The problem isn’t in the medium, but in a feeling of jealousy. It is not wrong per se to feel longing for something, but we should feel joy for the joy of others. Facebook doesn’t cause sadness, jealousy does.

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a comment from Jacqueline • 01/28 @ 8:38pm

I am soooo with you on those three stores. My favorites!

Thanks for all the great posts.

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a comment from Martha • 01/29 @ 2:49am
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You know, I just have one of those names that people abuse, as that Facebook spoof proves. I also tend to be the “elderly aunt” in pastor illustrations. It’s getting a little old, folks ;-)