Welcome to the final Saturday Six-Pack for May 2013!
Grab your mug and settle in. Here are are six of the best articles I’ve read recently. Most are faith-focused or ministry-minded; others are just a bit of who-knows-what!
If you need help starting, begin with my two *Picks of the Week*, and move from there.
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Today’s edition:
1) Six Recent Lessons from Turnaround Churches
Thom Rainer has discovered that 9 of 10 North American churches are shrinking or growing at a rate behind their communities. Here are six lessons he recently learned from such churches who are turning it around.
2) The Divine Dance (*PICK OF THE WEEK*)
Scot McKnight shares these Tim-Keller-filled reflections on the Trinity. What does it mean? A whole lot!
3) Learning the Gospel from My Children
A pastor named Jason Micheli recently preached this sermon, and I am a sucker for anything that revolves around Luke 15.
4) Daily Rituals of the Most Creative People (*PICK OF THE WEEK*)
I am fascinated by how creativity works. This little essay, based on a full-length book, scratched that itch for a few moments. For the record, I am unlikely to adopt many of W.H. Auden’s “labor-saving devices”.
5) Hotel Pornography and the Market of Morality
I found this piece, from The Public Discourse, ten months after its publishing. Well-written piece that uses a movement looking to ban hotel pay-per-view pornography as a case study on the strange dance between morality, economics, politics, and more.
6) 8 Habits of Highly Productive People
While the title looks like a knock-off of a best-selling classic, and the article contains a handful of typos, a few ideas here might help those longing to be more productive.
May your weekend be full of awareness and enjoyment of the God who already fills it with Himself and every good thing. Blessings on you, my friends.
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