Wednesday List Lynx
Atoning every Wednesday for stealing content the other six days a week; since 2008.
- Is the Pope Catholic? Pope Francis sure shook things up with a statement this week that was perhaps as traditional as it was radical.
- Philip Yancey, in The Jesus I Never Knew quotes Walter Wink: “If Jesus had never lived, we never would have been able to invent him.” Here’s a tribute to Wink, an author many of us don’t know, who passed away last year.
- Huffington Post says Joel Osteen’s extensive use of social media makes him a Digivangelist. Except for those nights when email prayer requests are returned to senders.
- The Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela is running out of wine for mass, and the wafers for communion are facing a price increase. Shortages in the country are affecting everything including toilet paper.
- There’s been a resolution in the conflict between New York City schools, and religious groups wanting to rent space in schools on weekends.
- If your statement of faith is crafted with such precision that it really only applies to your church, you might be bound by theological legalism.
- Brian Zahnd writes, “I have more in common with the Egyptian Muslim who prays five times a day than with the European secularist who never prays.” You are what you pray.
- Found a great article this week on Genesis 1, which wasn’t written to counter Darwinism, but was written that people might believe.
- The cartoon at the top was sourced at Greg Boyd’s blog, where it is credited to Jay Sidebotham.
- Here’s a great church snapshot: “…25% of St. Jude’s adults have a PhD. Another 25% have done or have a family member who is doing prison time. PhD’s and prisoners. That is St. Jude’s in a nutshell.” Read more
- Sorry to learn of the passing of Chris Daniel, the force behind the Old Christian Music blog, a great source of information about the Christian rock of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. Someone new may be taking over the site.
- When your Mormon friend says “Jesus,” and you say “Jesus,” you’re talking about two entirely different people.
- Nick Vujicic does the impossible and talks about his faith in a stadium rally in Vietnam, a country highly restrictive in terms of religious freedom.
- A Texas couple are giving away their $4 billion fortune rather than leaving it for their three children.
- Video clip of the week: Larissa Heatley pays tribute to her grandfather, Dallas Willard.
- The Christian school at the center of the 4th grade dinosaur test — now ubiquitous online — is dealing with the subsequent publicity.
- Artists to watch: From season 11 of American Idol, Colton Dixon. Here’s a sample from YouTube.
- As much as 30% of all internet activity may be porn-related; and it seems that it doesn’t matter where your city rates on the religiosity scale.
- On June 3rd, one of the all-time original Christian bloggers, Tall Skinny Kiwi is preparing to move on to a new social media platform.
- And lastly, there’s this book…
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