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Weekend A La Carte (April 19)

Weekend A La Carte

This weekend edition of A La Carte is a day late due to scheduling factors, but may provide some good reading for a Sunday afternoon.

Today’s Kindle deals include a whole new series from 9Marks as well as various other titles.

(Yesterday on the blog: Please Encourage Me (And Let’s Read An Encouraging Book Together))

This Is What I Want to Be Like When I’m 89!

Derek Prime was the minister of Landsdowne Evangelical Church and Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh (1969-1987). Here’s a powerful video of him (the last video of him) speaking of some of the suffering he has endured and how God has sustained him through it.

On Living Through a Pandemic…

I enjoyed reading Bob Pritchett’s account of the life of his grandmother. In its own way, this article provides perspective on the trials we endure.

Naps (Video)

This one is maybe a little out there, but I rather enjoyed it. It’s a video of … naps. It seems appropriate for a Sunday.

All of a Sudden

Andrée Seu Peterson focuses on some of the “all of a suddens” in life and the necessity of expecting and even anticipating them.

The Supermarket After the Pandemic

Some things are bound to change on the far side of this pandemic. Perhaps one of them is the supermarket.

Lockdown: Pastoral and Preaching Conundrums

Jeremy Walker reflects on some of the challenges preachers are facing as they transition to preaching to cameras.

Goodnight Chinatown

I appreciated Heidi Tai’s reflection on the demise of favorite restaurant and what it meant to her.

Flashback: What Gave Him Such Confidence?

What gave Peter such confidence? What compelled him to run toward instead of run away? I can think of only one thing: He knew Jesus.

We all want a sense of meaning. But, boy, is it hard work creating one. By contrast, the loving Creator God says to us, Stop trying to create meaning. I’ve given you a glorious one.

—Matt Fuller

  • The Pursuit of Virtue

    God’s character is the essence of virtue. The heart of virtue is to know the Lord and to become like him, as a child resembles her father. That is the goal, privilege, and destiny of the redeemed. #Sponsored

  • When God Plants an Acorn

    When God Plants an Acorn, He Means an Oak

    We stood together on the crest of a hill, a gentle breeze rustling the meadow around our feet. The fields ran gently downward until they met a creek that gurgled happily in its course. A few years prior, an acorn had somehow made its way to the highest point of this hill, carelessly dropped there…

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    A La Carte (April 28)

    A La Carte: Protestantism’s Catholic converts / How healthy is your pursuit of health? / God’s special calling on your life / Considering a Christian university? / Testing the teachings of Catholicism / Kindle deals / and more.

  • New and Notable

    New and Notable Christian Books for April 2025

    It is surprisingly difficult to find a list of Christian books that have been released in any given month—especially if you want that list to be filtered by books released through particular publishers. That’s one of the reasons why I close each month by coming up with my list of New and Notable books. I…

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    Weekend A La Carte (April 26)

    A La Carte: Every pinch of pain has purpose / China closed Christian bookstores / Watch for the thing after the thing / For everything there is a time / Showers of blessing / What Pope Francis can teach us about preaching / and more.