- So let’s start with Ed Young’s Pastor Fashion blog. We’re being set up here, right? Mind you, the fashion blog and Ed’s regular blog contain the same spelling error: Taking something to a whole other level, is whole, not hole. And that is him in the videos. So maybe this is serious. Besides, it’s not April 1st.
- But we’re not being taken at the blog No Longer Quivering, which was one of several established to question the whole “Quiverful” movement, (Check a Bible concordance for context) not to mention Christianity itself. Lately however, things have gotten even more complicated, as in this introduction to a 9-part post. (Note: the blog is in the middle of a move from Blogspot to Patheos.) How does a former (male) pastor move from repressing gender issues to a full-blown transition? (Did I say this one is complicated?)
- With all the drug war violence in the news, six people weigh in on the subject of safety issues implicit in missions trips to Mexico.
- And speaking of youth groups, Rachel Marie looks back realizing that something was seriously missing from body image pep talks.
- If Christianity is nothing more than a “hell avoidance system,” then obviously it comes crashing down if there is no hell. That’s the subject of Hellbound – The Movie releasing in September.
- On the world stage, two of the weekend’s religious news stories involved Twitter, in Pakistan and Kuwait.
- 36 faculty have resigned from a Baptist college in George over its new lifestyle statement.
- Podcast aficionados: Ravi Zacharias guested at John Ortberg’s church on the weekend. Sermon audio podcast is available.
- Nominated for four Billboard Music Awards in April, the band Casting Crowns went on to take Best Christian Artist and Best Christian album on Sunday night. Not surprisingly, top Christian song was “Blessings” by Laura Story.
- Know someone 15 or older who has left the church? They may fall into the prodigal, nomad, or exile category. Here are six things to consider which might minimize the exodus.
- On the contrary, here’s a woman who left church around age 16, has lived that much lifetime again, but now finds herself missing God. John Shore responds.
- Along that line, what about your friends who say they are Christ followers, but don’t like going to church? This 3 min vid suggests they’re rejecting the wrong “church.”
- Aaron Niequist has released the third in the series, A New Liturgy. Also, here’s a link to another of Aaron’s projects, the song, “God’s Children.” I love the line, “God of every class, from the greenest grass, to the underpass.”
- From our leftover from April files, the creator of Veggie Tales is planning a new project and it’s not for kids. Learn more about the Phil Vischer Show.
- Lots of links from CT Inc. today. (I finally opened all those newsletters!) Here’s one by Carolyn Arends on the challenges of the term “literal interpretation.”
- I had never actually seen the site Truthinator until Monday. It’s supposed to be “humor,” but after a few posts you realize you’ve never seen so much hate on a so-called Christian blog.
- Looking for more reading? There’s eight great links from Saturday’s Weekend Link List.
- Finally, if the t-shirt above isn’t exactly what you had in mind for a Father’s Day gift, if Dad thinks the local church choir sounds like a bunch of howling cats, the image below includes a link where you can buy a 8″ X 10″print of the choir in question for only $25.
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