Step aboard the Ship of Fools, where you’ll learn that the current chance of Rapture is 74.4%, among other snarky things. Their caption contests are always fun to visit.
Top 10 April Fool’s Pranks for Nerds
10 Best April Fools Gags
No Joke: The Economist is reporting on a 3 million Euro grant to a collaborative scientific effort to explain “the biological reasons why so many people believe in God, gods and religion in general.” This article is already generating buzz, and maybe I’ll have time to post on it later this week.
Why Evangelize the Jews? Especially in our church’s neighborhood, we need to remember that God's chosen people need Jesus as much as we do.
Paying attention to your kids’ faith contributes to their happiness and well-being, according to this USA Today report.
“Students open to a conversation about Christianity, even on a campus with an ultrasecular reputation? Such is the state of affairs at the nation's colleges and universities, where religion is experiencing something of a renaissance, although not necessarily in the shapes and forms older generations are used to seeing.” (from a USA Today opinion column)
If your adolescents skip breakfast, they’ll pack on the pounds.
“Fredell began to understand she was in 'a culture that says sex is totally O.K.' When a new boyfriend came to her, expressing desire, she managed to 'stick to my guns,' she said, but there were 'uncouth and socially inept' men, as she considered them, all around, and observing the rituals of her new classmates, Fredell couldn’t help being alarmed. 'The hookup culture is so absolutely all-encompassing,' she said. 'It’s shocking! It’s everywhere!’” (Students of Virginity, a NY Times piece about Harvard students who choose abstinence)
You talk to yourself when under stress.
Yum: Cat Litter Cake is both clumpy AND delicious.
Get free music and lead sheets from the new release, Everybody Worship: Your Majesty is Everywhere, We Are Amazed, Thankful for Your Love, At Your Mercy Seat, and Hallelujah for the Cross.
“Whether you are a Mac person or a PC person, even the briefest exposure to the Apple logo may make you behave more creatively, according to recent research from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the University of Waterloo, Canada....” (“Apple Logo Can Help You ‘Think Different’”; HT: The Evangelical Outpost)
‘Living together’ before marriage is a statistical risk.
Oprah’s New Age Gospel.
Have you read the previous posts since last Tuesday? They include the “Song of the Week“ (this week, Julie Miller's "All My Tears"), a beautiful reading of part of the Massai Christian Creed, the Baylor scandal of jeans half-off, and the conclusion of my LeaderLines series called "unChristian Christianity."
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