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Google in Africa – One of Google’s growing successes is bringing Africa online. “This burgeoning connectivity is making Africa faster, cleverer and more transparent in almost everything that it does.” The implications of this are almost difficult to overstate.

Share the Gospel with Muslims – This article outlines some ways you can share the gospel with Muslims.

Reality TV and Baby Names – Religion and reality TV are apparently the top sources of baby names today.

Time-Lapse of Europe – Here is a time-lapse video from ca 1000 AD until 2003 that shows Europe’s shifting borders, alliances, unions, territories, occupied land, and so on.

Rain for Roots – “Rain For Roots is a collective of songwriters, young mothers and friends who came together around a single vision to make new scripture songs for children. Inspired by traditional folk melodies, this band of four set out to make new, timeless songs about the old gospel Story.” (Use coupon code CHALLIES and you can get an easy 10% off.)

The New Normal – Erik Raymond writes about the new sexual normal.

Patience! patience! you are always in a hurry, but God is not.

—C.H. Spurgeon

  • Praying together

    We Neglect it at Our Peril

    We know that prayer is a crucial discipline for the individual believer, but how often do we consider that it is also a crucial discipline for the assembled church? The Bible prescribes only a few elements for local church worship, but among them is prayer.

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    Weekend A La Carte (June 7)

    A La Carte: The most important quality in church musicians / Don’t make friends with doubt / The midlife spiritual plateau / There’ll be no sighing there / Because Jesus said so / and more.

  • The Tech Exit

    Help Your Family Make a Tech Exit

    We are now several generations into digital living, several generations into learning to live with the constant presence of connected mobile devices. For most of us, it is rare that we are beyond the glow of a screen or outside the influence of an app.

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    A La Carte (June 6)

    A La Carte: No chance of survival / I just don’t get why she’s sad / Trusting God after losing everything / We rehearse the acts of the Lord / The ministry of prayer / and more.

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    A La Carte (June 5)

    A La Carte: The dangerous secret young men are keeping / Gratitude for closed doors / Sex, love, and marriage in Africa / Why and how to begin Scripture writing / Seeing myself more clearly / Trust the process / Kindle deals / and more.