The Top 10 “Stuff Christians Like” Posts of All Time
“In a culture where it's easy to fire off a snippy email or text, most of us have a hard time honestly expressing anger face to face. If someone upsets us, often we shout, stomp off, roll our eyes, refuse to speak to the person or complain to everyone else. Or we kid ourselves that we aren't upset and subconsciously fume—until one day we explode over the seemingly littlest thing.None of this, of course, is healthy for us or our relationships. Most of us could stand to learn to express anger in a more productive, less destructive way.” Elizabeth Bernstein in the WSJ suggest some practical ways to do so.
Time magazine has a collection of videos on the Texas wildfires.
Yikes: If you think it’s neighborly to offer an unsecured Wi-Fi signal, you could have police breaking down your door and arresting you for child porn.
Everyone seems to be linking to today's David Brooks' piece, deservedly. A taste: "Many Americans have always admired the style of belief that is spiritual but not doctrinal, pluralistic and not exclusive, which offers tools for serving the greater good but is not marred by intolerant theological judgments....[But] vague, uplifting, nondoctrinal religiosity doesn't actually last." Read it: http://ow.ly/4Gkwh
“Ever wonder why French fries, potato chips and Cheetos are so appealing when you're feeling stressed? A new study suggests that elevated levels of salt in the body lower stress hormones and raise levels of oxytocin, a hormone involved in love and other social connections” (Time)
Wallace and Gromit’s World of Invention:
Posts at “Get Anchored” Since Last Tuesday:
Free Audiobook: Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Illyitch”
“For Jennifer, hell was other people thinking she was going to hell”
More Than a Rhetorical Question
The New “Front Porch” for Your Neighborhood
Winning Ways: The Family Album Relay and the Easter Encounter
“It would actually take more faith to maintain my atheism than to become a follower of Jesus”
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