Wisdom For Your Weekend: your weekly installment of things we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web.
Video of the Week
The Rival Conceptions of God, C. S. Lewis Doodle. We posted a C. S. Lewis “doodle” last year around this time. In case you didn’t binge on them at that time, we’re giving you another shot. The artistry here is fantastic, and really enhances Lewis’ thought. (The British voiceover helps!)
Articles of the Week
Seven Contexualization Truths for Worship, Bob Kauflin. The average churchgoer doesn’t much think about the music in church—unless it particularly bothers him. But chances are, the worship leaders have spent a good deal of time choosing the songs and styles. For them, worship music is a sort of contextualization—taking time-honored truths and translating them into new and relevant forms. But contextualization can always go wrong. Kauflin helps us keep our musical contextualization in the right key.
The Suffragettes Wouldn’t Agree with Feminists Today, Marjorie Dannenfelser, Time. There’s a lot of power in appealing to past heroes. Who, after all, wants to publicly say that they’re opposed to the abolitionists of the 19th century, or the suffragettes of the 20th? But as Dannenfelser points out, our society has largely bought a lie when it comes to the early feminists of our country—that their feminism would lead them to be pro-choice today. As she says, “Women who join us reject the idea that feminism requires them to be at war with their own children.”
Three Reasons to Keep Praying about the Same Thing, Michael Kelley. It is grueling and often discouraging to keep praying for the same things, day after day, week after week, year after year. If the prayers are small and insignificant, we give up easily. If it’s bigger—for instance, the salvation of a loved one—we tend to hang on a bit longer. But sooner or later, all of us feel like cashing it in. Kelley gives us three solid reasons why we should keep pressing on.
Ten Differences Between a Boss and a Leader, Eric Geiger. We will stop posting Eric Geiger’s material as soon as he stops posting such relevant and useful stuff. Some quick takeaways… To all the bosses out there: you need to be more than a boss. To everyone else: you can lead without an official position.
On The Lighter Side
Joel Osteen or Fortune Cookie? Tim Challies. I [Chris] got an 8 out of 12 on this quiz, just a smidge better than 50/50 guessing. The only possible conclusion is that Joel Osteen is in the fortune cookie business…or, perhaps, the fortune cookie folks really like Joel Osteen?
Wisdom For Your Weekend is presented to you by Chris Pappalardo, with occasional guidance from J.D. Greear. This is our attempt to reflect Proverbs 9:9: “Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.”
