Yesterday the fire department showed up at my kids’ school during their almost-year-end fun day. They said something about a fire drill and lined all of the kids up. Then they turned the hoses on them. My kids seemed to regard it as the best thing that’s happened to them in a long time.
What Not to Share – I just came across this blog which features a mother-daughter team writing about life as pastors’ wives. This article about what not to share between a pastor and his wife is definitely worth the read.
Fallout Shelter – The Atlantic gives a tour of a 60’s era fallout shelter.
Leisure Reading Racial Gap – This column by Mark Bauerlein is perhaps a bit random, but it’s interesting nonetheless. he talks about the racial reading gap.
Contentment – Amy does it again, this time discussing contentment.
Multi-Site Goes Interstate – From CT: “Pastor Mark Driscoll’s megachurch recently announced plans to expand into Portland, Oregon, and Orange County, California, using multi-site campuses that feature live bands and a sermon piped in from the main campus in Seattle.”
In the Footsteps of Hitler – Conrad Mbewe recently traveled to Germany and was rather shaken by his experience. It’s worth reading about it as he reflects on the nature of evil.
Surviving the Age of Distraction – “Read a book with your laptop thrumming. It can feel like trying to read in the middle of a party where everyone is shouting…” This article on distraction is a good read.
No sin is small. It is against an infinite God and may have consequences immeasurable. No grain of sand is small in the mechanism of a watch.
—Jeremy Taylor
