I never plan to do these link-y posts more than once a week, but sometimes there’s just too much great stuff!
This gets me every time I read or watch The Lord of the Rings: when Frodo is feeling like he just can’t do this herculean task anymore, Gandalf says
“But you have been chosen. And you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.”
The Leadership Journal talks about this in relation to pastors, but it really applies to everyone– mothers, musicians, government employees…
Desiring God Ministries is doing a read-along of the book Desiring God with John Piper himself. Chapters 1 and 2 are available now.
John Samson tells the story of the boat journey to remind us we have already been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ (Eph. 1:3).
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Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London has entitled its 2011 season “The Word is God” and will mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible with a cover-to-cover reading between Palm Sunday and Easter Monday. The troupe will also put on mystery plays (the dramas of Bible stories that were the beginnings of modern drama), Anne Boleyn (Henry VIII’s short-lived queen and Reformation activist), and other performances and lectures about England’s Biblical heritage and the impact of the King James Bible on the English language and England’s culture.
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Good ol’ FB has some charts on what people spend in an average household budget. It raises a question I often ask myself: if I made more money, could I be disciplined enough to keep the lifestyle I currently enjoy and save the rest?
In classic Godin style, Seth asks what we do with a slow news day.
If you have ten minutes unscheduled and the phone isn’t ringing, what do you do? What do you start?