by Tom Goodman
Sundries for your noontime reading (most every) Thursday
What Your Pastor’s Jeans Say About Their Theology:12 types of jeans and their important spiritual implications.
"Austin should prepare for an almost 19 percent increase in population, rising from an estimated 1.9 million in 2014 to 2.3 million in 2020." Austin CultureMap
Wired provides a quick lesson to get you culturally literate. Interesting stuff.
Sermon Illustration Alert: ""I started questioning where value lies in an object. . . . It does not matter what it's made from; what matters is what you do to own it and make it precious, the time you spend exploring its transformative qualities, and enable a dialogue with it through a trial-and-error process. Preciousness lies in the process, not in the material." From the Fast Company article, "This Jewelry Is Trash, Literally—It's Jewelry Made From Trash."
"I was struck anew by a powerful reality of houses of worship: They remain that rare place in American society where people of different ages sit together in common cause. Yes, people gather at a sports arena or concert, but that is to watch, not to participate. Besides, the baby in the stroller and the 93-year-old are not usually found at the same concert. In a world where community is increasingly difficult, and atomization is becoming the norm, Prayer is a moment of togetherness." Rabbi David Wolpe for Time
"Our society is quickly becoming comfortable with the notion of death on demand rather than life in all its complexity....As Christians we cannot expect our nation’s laws to fully align with our beliefs. But in the church, we have many teachings that oppose the 'right to die' rationale." Take time to read "Assisted Suicide and Real Death with Dignity" in CT.
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