Listen here by clicking on No Line on the Horizon on the music player.
The Best Line from Any Review of U2’s New Album: “These are songs that could only have been written by Bono, the aging, iconic rock star in love with Jesus and himself in equal measure, and bothered by the incongruity. They are great spiritual and human songs” (Christianity Today)
“30 Years of U2”--Time magazine’s photo gallery.
"Drowning Man" from U2s 1983 album, War, is this week's Song of the Week.
Why are there so many English Bible translations? This is a good introduction. Personally, I think a “dynamic” translation (like the NIV) is a more realistic aim for conveying Greek and Hebrew into English. And those who claim the “formal equivalent” translations (like the NASB or the ESV) aren’t “functional equivalent” in many places are fooling themselves.
Hillcrest is the host site for the NIV “Bible Across America” national tour when it stops in Austin this Sunday, March 8. More information here.
Check out my Austin sister’s new non-profit organization, the Multicultural Refugee Coalition at http://www.mrcaustin.org/. Meg writes, “Things are going really well with it all and we are hosting a Thursday night community night where we teach drivers ed and computer skills. Soon we will also be teaching sewing! We are looking for a community center of our own but are blessed to be able to use the community space at a YMCA which works really well for now. It's the same place where I teach English to refugees which I absolutely love.”
A retired farmer has spent more than 30 years building an enormous scale model of Herod's temple (Photo Gallery)
What is a ‘spiritual’ movie?
“Not worth his salt”? “Top banana”? “Cut the mustard”? 12 Food Phrases Explained
Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still. Real—and unfortunate—names parents thought were cute.
The 15 Strangest College Courses in America
“Young people aged 6-17 who attend religious services weekly are linked to positive developmental outcomes, according to a report entitled Marriage, Religion and the Common Good, which is based on the National Survey of Children’s Health.” (Story)
Long working hours may raise the risk of mental decline and possibly dementia, research suggests. (HT: Neatorama)
A 15-year-old wants to establish a “Cuss-Free Week” in Los Angeles every first week in March.
How to Pray for Joni Earekson Tada.
For presenters in business settings—and increasingly for pastors in church settings—you need to know how to speak while people are Twittering. This article outlines the advantages and advice for doing so.
“We are all either very young, young, or still young. Everyone at every age believes, despite full-length mirrors, that they are hip, cool, hot, with it, and where it’s at…This is not fair. Most of us looked forward to a time when we would be able to sit in an easy chair and explain to our know-it-all kids just why they didn’t know it all….We eagerly anticipated the moment when our grandchildren would hop on our lap and let us tell them the story of ordering our first McDonald’s hamburger. (‘And it was 15 cents!’) Now we text message them to see if they want to come over and play Wii” (Chuck Cohen)
Erich Bridges highlights some predictions from the World Future Society, including the coming yottabyte, the delay of major life decisions, and the continued shrinking of organized religion.
Fascinating NYT interview with Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian with advanced degrees in public policy and economics from Harvard and Oxford, who is publishing Dead Aid, an attack on West aid to her African continent. The NYT provocatively calls her “the Anti-Bono.” When asked, “What do you think has held back Africans?” she answered, “I believe it’s largely aid. You get the corruption — historically, leaders have stolen the money without penalty — and you get the dependency, which kills entrepreneurship. You also disenfranchise African citizens, because the government is beholden to foreign donors and not accountable to its people.”
I’ll be spending a month teaching at the Baptist Seminary of Zambia this summer. You can help me plan my seminar.
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