Hello. I’m back from a few weeks much needed vacation and in the midst of both trying to clear the decks and get geared up for what looks like a significant term of development for Grace Church. Some of the links today are not new (because of the above mentioned summer clearance) but they’re all pretty good!
You should read these
- The Business of Busyness: Prioritising and Posterioritising. Liam Thatcher on the difference between working hard & being busy.
- ‘They Cannot Burn Jesus Out of Me’: Mozambique Pastors Minister to Survivors of Violent Insurgency. Wow, that line. Gosh.
- What Did Jesus Wear? “Jesus aligned himself with the poor and this would have been obvious from how he looked.” I think this is probably close.
- How Much the Everyday Changes When You Have Kids. Should be required study for prospective parents.
- What is the value of an older person’s life? Is a good question at the other end of the life spectrum.
- Waving to the Great Mapmaker in the Sky. People are so creative. Graciela’s Guitar is a wonder.
- 3 basic compass skills everyone should learn.
You should look at this
Isn’t nature so incredible?
You should listen to this
Podcast of the week remains the excellent The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill (episode 5)
You should watch this
Sort of listen really. I’m getting my categories all mixed up.
This week’s posts
I didn’t manage any post this week. Boo!
Reading Colossians Remixed
With a friend or two we’re reading through this book. Here are the posts & discussion so far, if you want to catch up or join in. This project has slightly stalled but a new post coming soon.
- Read with me: Colossians Re:mixed
- Colossians Remixed: Placing ourselves
- Colossians Remixed: Hearing with Old Testament ears
- Colossians Remixed: Do we live under an empire?
- Colossians Remixed: Growing in the Empire’s shadow
From the archives
Living in a XXX culture: “It is the teens of today who are the first to grow up (not with pornography, that’s always been around) but with free pornography, filmed pornography (one of the reasons why Playboy is passé now) and extreme pornography.”
Have a great week.
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