Wisdom For Your Weekend: your weekly installment of things we’ve been reading around the web.
Video of the Week
“Music Brings Back Memories for Alzheimer’s Patients” This is a beautiful example of the enduring power of music. (I guess “Jesus loves me” will stick with me forever, then!)
Articles of the Week
4 Things The Grammys Taught Me about Marriage, Jasmine Baucham. Whether you watched the Grammys or not, you may have heard about the mass wedding ceremony of both gay and straight couples (moderated by everyone’s favorite marriage officiant, Queen Latifah). Jasmine Baucham joins many others in pointing out that the ceremony wasn’t really about marriage. But it still has a lot to teach us.
Why Is It So Hard To Make Friends After College? Sharon Hodde Miller. “My trouble began about 3 and a half years ago when I left my home state of North Carolina and moved to Illinois. I left behind a long-standing network of wonderful friendships, but I had high hopes about the new friendships to come. . . . I had no idea just how difficult it would be. What I soon learned was how hard it is to make friends as an adult.” (BTW, Sharon: North Carolina will always be here with open arms, should you wish to return. J)
If I Can’t Accept You At Your Worst, Maybe You Should Stop Being So Horrible, Matt Walsh. “It’s a popular sentiment: ‘If you can’t accept me at my worst, then you don’t deserve me at my best.’ Out of all the profundities ever uttered, what does it say about our society that THIS is the quote we’ve decided to take to heart? It says that we are horrible at relationships.” Walsh puts his finger on the problem beautifully, but he offers a far less compelling power for change. Short of the gospel, how can we overcome the worst within us?
8 Diagnostic Questions to Ask Someone Doubting Their Faith, C. Michael Patton. Everyone goes through periods of doubt. But how do you help someone else through their season of doubt? Patton’s questions help us to discern a legitimate objection from a smokescreen, a spiritual issue from a physiological one—and help us to walk with our friends through their doubts into faith. I wish I had a resource like this earlier.
On The Lighter Side
Time for an English lesson! The words for the week: tolerance and bigotry.
