Good morning from southern Zambia where I am finishing up a trip to one of my favorite countries. It has been intense but enjoyable.
Westminster Books is offering a deal this week on the new ESV Spiral-Bound Scripture Journals.
I added some new Kindle deals yesterday and should have some more today as well.
A Mother to Me, Too
“Mothering well does not depend on having Instagram-worthy kitchens or the laundry neatly folded and put away. Instead, it is about welcoming and nurturing the ones within our circle, caring for their hearts and their hurts through the tender love of Jesus. And then opening that circle to include those hungering outside the door.”
‘Never Look Your Age’: Shiny Lies We Often Buy
Stacy Reaoch writes about aging (with women as her target audience): “Few of us see gray hair as a crown. We think it’s something to hide! Yet the Bible tells us to prize gray hairs as we might a long life devoted to following Jesus. God, through his word, wants to take our minds off our appearance (and all the fears that go with it) and give our attention to spiritual maturity instead. Suddenly, it becomes possible to celebrate becoming older as we delight to see how God has shaped us over many years.”
Nine Reminders for the Struggle with Body Image
This is a good resource for those who may be struggling with body image, or trying to help someone who is.
A Ruler Who Trusts in Yahweh
Here are eight different factors that were meant to be present in a king of Israel. They tell us a lot about the nature of God.
No, I Will Not Stop Calling The Church A Family
Last week I linked to an author who explained why he thinks it may be valuable to be cautious with how we speak of church as a family. I expected someone would disagree and sure enough Paul Carter came through. I think both of them make good points.
Criminalizing Sexual Ethics
Here is a plea to the government to stop moving forward with the criminalizing of Christian sexual ethics.
Flashback: In a Distant Land
Even as we rejoice in every one of God’s blessings and celebrate every evidence of his grace, still we long to be in that new land, that new home, that new place where we can—where we will—truly thrive, where we will display our fullest potential, where we will be all that God has made us to be.
When you come to Christ for mercy and love and help in your anguish and perplexity and sinfulness, you are going with the flow of his own deepest wishes, not against them.
—Dane Ortlund
