“Being into community is so 2006.” Fickle younger generation decides it’s done with community.
Being morally strong makes you physically strong.
This one may just interest the preachers who read this blog: Five Things That People Really Mean When They Say “I’m Not Being Fed.”
Man At Very Top Of Food Chain Chooses Bugles.
Securities and Exchange Commission senior staffers spent hours surfing pornographic websites on government-issued computers while the nation's financial system collapsed. (story) There’s a sermon illustration in there . . .
Think Turq, not Green: “The word is derived from Turquoise, which is Stewart Brand’s term for a new breed of environmentalist combining traditional green with a shade of blue, as in blue-sky open-minded thinking. A Turq, he hopes, will be an environmentalist guided by science, not nostalgia or technophobia” (John Tierney, who reports on 7 lessons for Turqs)
“Just as we often fall in love with the little traits or quirks of our partner—a crooked smile, a goofy laugh or the way he or she fawns over a pet—we can fall out of love over seemingly small things. Aggravation over the little characteristics we would like to change about our mate can build up over time and become much more than the sum of their parts. As any divorce attorney can tell you, a dirty sock left on the floor has a way of turning into: ‘You do not listen to me, you do not respect me, you do not care about me.’” (The article here, which includes 7 coping mechanisms for the little annoyances of life together in marriage)
Posts at “Get Anchored” since last Tuesday:
“Like Repeating Junior High Over And Over”
Song of the Week: Thievery Corp’s “Mandala”
“The pain of being lost and the profound challenge of being found”
LeaderLines: 12 Strategies for Leadership
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