Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
One White Person’s Prayer in Response to George Floyd
I’m not qualified to speak to all of the changes that need to take place in our society if we are to deal with racism and take Jesus’ command seriously to love our neighbor. But I offer up the following as a sample prayer that I hope will guide our family’s response in the days to come.
It’s horrifying to realize that it took a viral broadcast of a man’s murder to wake us all up. I hope it forever changed you. I hope for lasting change. I desperately hope racism isn’t forgotten once the hashtags stop trending.
In Times of Apparent Crisis, We Need Less News, Not More
The more you live in a time of apparent crisis, the more you need deep reading — mostly books. Conversely, the more you live in a time of apparent calm, the more you need to be carefully paying attention to “the news.”
3 Ways to Keep Social Media from Stealing Your Joy
So much is out of our control. We cannot stop the incessant screaming and scrambling that is the internet. But we can try to reduce our own involvement in the problems, and do whatever we can to contribute to a healthier culture.
Canceled: How the Eastern Honor-Shame Mentality Traveled West
In cancel culture, a single mistake is perpetually unforgivable because it’s not simply a guilty act. Rather, the mistake defines the individual’s identity, turning them into a shameful person — someone who can be “canceled.”
5 Lies Satan Tells Church Planters
- If you want something done right, do it yourself.
- You must do a lot of things to be successful.
- You must be a dynamic communicator to be an effective preacher.
- Faithfulness to the gospel can only look a particular way.
- You build the church.
Your Weird, Messy Church Is God’s “Plan A”
You don’t have to be cool, big, strong, technologically savvy, politically fashionable, or culturally relevant. You just have to repent of your sin and commit your weird, broken church to its King. It’s the sinners He wants. It’s the losers He’s choosing.
My column this week at The Gospel Coalition Canada: At a Time Like This, We Need the Psalms That Make Us Squirm
In these troubled times, we need to cry out for God to bring justice. Let’s rediscover and use the imprecatory psalms. They are one of God’s gifts to his people. And let’s long for God to bring his perfect justice to this broken world.
