Here’s my Sunday Shout Out offerings – what I read and loved from around the internet this past week. Serious, this stuff is good. Ya gotta check these out…
1. This Post by Richard Beck: Love Well Locally.
The premise of this post is about Richard being asked how he keeps his self-esteem in check – given that he is asked to speak at… Read More
I read some great stuff on a few of my favorite websites / blogs this week – and since Sundays are for sharing, I’m passing them on to you…
This post, “The Problem With Black & White Thinking” by Donald Miller. I really love this part:
“Black-and-white thinking is attractive because it’s reductionistic; it simplifies everything so we don’t really have to comprehend. It allows us to feel intelligent without understanding, and once we are intelligent, we feel superior. People who don’t agree with us are just dumb.”
His 4 tips for not thinking in black and white are… Read More
These posts are too good not to share. So, you’re welcome.
This post from Andy Jones – Two Dots Make A Big Difference – where he says, “Let’s use our punctuation properly. Quit leaving awkward pauses in random places… it freaks people out… Read More
I remember hearing Paul Scanlon use the analogy of a flight simulator to describe what church is often like…
“The church I grew up in was great. I loved the people. We all knew each other and loved each other—and we loved God. But we were turned inward. We liked things as they were and we weren’t looking to be changed.
God began to speak to my heart. I couldn’t explain it but I felt this overwhelming sadness and I knew I needed to change. So I left that church, and it was painful. The people I knew all my life were upset with me for leaving. It was like I’d left an Amish community and I was being shunned or something… Read More
Here are some great posts from around the internet this past week. Seriously worth your time to read ‘em…
This one from Jamie Wright - “This Is My Brain On Hugs.” It makes me happy that I’m not the only one in the world who makes hugs completely terrible… Read More
This is a little something new from me – Sunday Shout Outs. The following are some blog posts that I particularly enjoyed or benefited from recently, so I’m sharing them with you. Enjoy!
This post from Jonathan Martin: Feeling At Home In My Smallness. By the way, if you haven’t picked up his book Prototype, do yourself a favor and get it… Read More
