Links to Your World, Tuesday July 13

Why Some Countries Drive on the Right and Some Countries Drive on the Left.

 

The First Thing Young Women Do in the Morning: Check Facebook.

 

The woman who has won over a million dollars in the Texas Lottery—four times.

 

10 truly bizarre things insurance can cover—including coverage for alien abduction and reincarnation gone wrong.

 

Washington Times reports: More women lured to pornography addiction. A survey finds 1 in 6 find it a problem. I am not convinced that “addiction” is the right word for this problem, though it’s the most popular word used to describe it.

 

Is Jousting the Next Extreme Sport?

 

Top 15 Phrases Not Found in the Bible

 

'Twilight' weaves Mormon ideas into supernatural love saga.

 

For the Young Mother: Ministry, Guilt, and Seasons of Life.

 

How to Make Sunscreen

 

This guy sells his self-published book on the subway: a goal of 32 a day, at $10 each. He’s sold about 14,000 so far. Hmm, with my Anchor Course, maybe I should try the new Austin MetroRail? And, maybe not….

 

Supernatural Powers Vested In Local Pastor: “Michael Cotto, 27, and Laura Winningham, 26, were pronounced husband and wife Monday, thanks to the supernatural powers vested in local Presbyterian minister Gerald Dreisbach by the Lord Himself. ‘We are so lucky to live near a man who is an actual conduit of God's will,’ Cotto told reporters after the ceremony. ‘We wouldn't have been able to get married otherwise.’ Dreisbach has also used his otherworldly authority to call for good fortune in the lives of parishioners, as well as swift passage to heaven for the deceased.” I don’t think The Onion understands pastoral blessings….

 

Links at “Get Anchored” since last Tuesday:

Willingness Is More Powerful Than Willfulness

 

Report: Kids from Lower-Income Families Don’t Benefit from Easier Access to Computers and the Internet

 

Will the Death Sentence on Church Choirs Be Commuted?

 

Song of the Week: “Ananias and Sapphira” by the Resurrection Band

 

“Why, why, why—sometimes parents just wish it’d stop. Tragically, it does stop.”

 

“In the gospel are we liberated to experience simultaneously fall and redemption, crucifixion and resurrection, brokenness and triumph”

 

Immigration Reform and Southern Baptists

 

Celebrity Online Universities: Imagine the Possibilities

 

LeaderLines: Are You EXPECTING?

 

“Most people are so worried about looking good that they never do anything great. Most people are so worried about doing something great that they never do anything at all.”

 

“We're tuning in to see the one person left who seems capable of calling a train wreck what it really is”

 

“What a marvelous thing a promise is!”

 

Winning Ways: Trifling with God