Dancing on the Edge of Finished – Seth Godin has an important word to say here: “Before, when your shift was done, you were finished. When the inbox was empty, when the forms were processed, you could stop. Now, of course, there’s always one more tweet to make, post to write, words with friends move to complete. There’s one more bit of email, one more lens you can construct, one more comment you can respond to. If you want to, you can be never finished.”
The Unteachables – I know some teachers and professors who agree with this whole-heartedly: “The greatest tragedy of progressive education is not the students’ lack of skills, but of teachable character.” This is an interesting and important article.
How to Start at Your New Church – Here’s a top-notch article from Kevin DeYoung about how to start out at a new church.
Hymns for the Ascension – Cardiphonia has released a new album of hymns related to Christ’s ascension. It’s free for the download!
The Bald Leading the Bald – This is a clever article from Paul Levy, and one with a good lesson. “However, as I looked at the screens I could see a man dressed similarly to me, about my height who had a bald spot reflecting from the lights and whose hair was noticeably thinning. I looked around but there was no one else in the shop.” Uh oh.
Love and Serve Your Wife – Brian Croft offers a list of ten practical ways that a husband can love and serve his wife. On a similar note, here is John Piper’s take on words that you just cannot say too often.
He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
—Jonathan Edwards
