Category: Recommended
The 7 People Americans Trust More than Their Pastors
Though the Bible describes shepherds of the church as “blameless,” (Titus 1:6), “upright” (Titus 1:8), and “above reproach” (1 Tim. 3:2), Americans—even Christians—take a much more pessimistic view. According to a new Gallup survey, the country’s...
Millennials, wind turbine syndrome and true love
Millennials don’t buy nearly the number of movies, albums, magazines or books that previous generations did. We’re fine subscribing to Netflix, watching YouTube, going to Spotify and reading online. We don’t need to own things;...
Desmond Tutu, a 93 year old riveter and an excellent primer on healthcare
Desmond Tutu was cool even before Pope Francis came along. This piece from the Financial Times is an intriguing look at the South African political/spiritual leader who is recognized by Jews and Gentiles alike as...
Putin’s letter to America, a response and how to apply for anything
Vladimir Putin has written a letter to the American public and it’s in The New York Times. A couple lines give me pause, but it’s well-put and worth reading. On the other hand, here’s a...
The Struggler: A Novel
So far on Fridays, I’ve posted links to things I think are interesting, funny, cool, provocative, worth looking at. I want to do the same today — with extra emphasis — because it’s the work...
Gitmo’s library, Detroit’s stray dogs and capturing asteroids
For the last few years, I thought the feeling among academics and environmentalists was that nuclear energy was the way to go. That it is cleaner and safer and cheaper than coal or natural gas...
Arranged marriage in the US, elementary ed and Chicago-born words
“My parents chose my husband” — Here’s an interesting story about life in an arranged marriage in the United States. Debie Thomas is an American and was raised evangelical, but at 22 married almost a...
Tenure, pastoring and Ashton Kutcher
Generally, I think very highly of teachers. For all the work they put in, they should have some job security. But this Bloomberg article, “Old professors never quit, they just hang around,” raises some good...
Missed Connections, ‘Hunger Games’ camp and why the midwest is the smartest region
Everyone, everywhere, read this. It’s an incredible post on Brooklyn’s Missed Connections page on Craigslist. I wish I had written this. “At ‘Hunger Games’ camp, children want to fight to the ‘death.'” Here’s a kind of...
The Left’s moral majority, ET and social Darwinism
“The Rise of the Christian Left in America,” is a recent piece from The Atlantic. It does a good job illuminating the popular rise of the Christian Right’s “Moral Majority” in the latter decades of...