Weekend A La Carte (8/27)

How Did the Animals Know? [2] - “Shortly before the earthquake hit Washington, D.C., the animals in the National Zoo started freaking out. So did lots of people's housepets, with sleepy cats suddenly jumping up and heading for the hills just prior to the quake. Scientists can't figure out how they knew…”

Welcome Home [3] - Here’s a blog that exists just to document surprise military homecomings. It will probably make you cry.

Free Sproul Series [4] - Ligonier is offering 3 of R.C. Sproul’s most popular teaching series free online: Chosen by God, The Holiness of God and What Is Reformed Theology?

Sign of the Times [5] - I noticed yesterday that the New York Times list of bestsellers now features combined print and e-book fiction and non-fiction rather than listing only hardcover and softcover. It’s about time. I wish Heaven Is For Real wasn’t at the top of the new list…

The Twitter Effect [6] - I was wondering the other day how many people first learned of the D.C. earthquake via social media. “Just as CNN created the 24-hours news cycle for television, Twitter has accelerated that news cycle to the point where news breaks every minute of every hour, and a tweet is almost as good as a page-one scoop. Not only that, but anyone can do it.”

Recommended Books on Leadership [7] - From Gospel Coalition: “The Bible isn’t exhaustive when it comes leadership, but good leadership principles will resonate with it. We asked Matt Perman to suggest books to help us think through theological and practical issues that every leader faces.”

Toronto’s Storm [8] - Yesterday I wrote about the storm that came through Toronto. Here’s a video.

Grace comes not to take away a man’s affections, but to take them up. —William Fenner