Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
Articles From Around The Web
Alex Duke: The Kind of Church Exiles Need
Healthy local churches are full of people between two homes. They’re exiles.
E. L. Sherene Joseph: Is God Calling Me to Obscurity or Influence?
I want to write to build up the body of Christ, but platform building takes time away from my local congregation.
If anything of the Lord deserves to be called sweet, surely the first is the sound of grace for sinners. For this is the kindness of all kindnesses, a gift to put every other to shame―like the taste of honey, the loving grace of our Lord is almost too rich, too much, too sweet.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
Heidi Tai: Anxiety Needs A Friend: Inside Out 2 Reflections
How commitment to messy, real-life friendship can help the 'Anxious Generation' rebuild loyalty, connectedness and resilience.
Louis Markos: Plunder the Egyptians: Read Pagan Classics
“Understanding Greco-Roman culture helps us read Scripture better and comprehend major influences on our Western world.”
Aaron Lee: Related Works
Children’s book reviews: Who Are You? by Christina Fox, Who Is Our King? by Natasha Kennedy and Todd R. Hains. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
AALC24: Diversity in a Monoethnic Church (YouTube, Podcasts)
Enoch Y. Liao (Assistant Pastor, Boston Chinese Evangelical Church) and Terrence Shay (Family Associate Pastor, First Chinese Baptist Church of Walnut).
AALC24: Heart Issues of Asian American Pastors (YouTube, Podcasts)
Kim N. Kira (Preaching Pastor, Lighthouse Community Church) and Will Chang (Investment Specialist, Geneva Benefits Group).
Tom Sugimura: You’ll Leave It All Behind…And That’s Not So Bad
It’s times like these when we glimpse the momentary nature of this earthly life (2 Cor 4:16-18). The floor only needs to be clean enough to get my walker past: “Old man coming through!” The laundry and dishes can wait until I get my hugs and smiles. Ministry will be fine no matter how long I have to be away. Major surgery helps us fix our hearts upon eternity (Eccl 3:11).
Serena Wang: Reconsidering Our Injuries
Knowing that Jesus is with me and for me, is comforting and assuring. It challenges all the accusations that God’s presence has departed from me or is punishing me because of wrongdoing, and absolves all the fear, guilt, and shame associated with it.
TGIF: Roundup for July 19, 2024
Seeing Reality Is Better than ‘Being Seen’ / Hobbits and Third-Culture Kids: Befriending the Strangers Among Us / Protecting the Family Name / Perfectionism and Your Marriage / Jesus Will Speak in 100 Tongues, Thanks to Man Who Helped Disney’s Elsa Sing in 41 Languages
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