Fortuitous Bouncing

2011 January 29

by Tyler

After getting an espresso maker for Christmas I’ve bought exactly zero coffee drinks at a coffee shop since. The fact that I can make a high quality drink at home for less than a quarter highly motivates me to take 15 minutes to do it myself. Not sure why others don’t do the same.

I really hate the weather that is halfway between winter and spring. I’d rather it be cold and snowy or warmer than 60. The bad part of this is Oregon is halfway between spring and winter for almost half of the year.

Each week I put together a list of the best blog posts and news articles I’ve found over the previous 7 days. Hope you find them helpful, thought provoking, funny, informative, etc.

Blogs

11 questions church leaders should be asking themselves.
Good reminder from my friend Jeff that we become what we think about.
Challenged by this post from Eugene on the black mother who was jailed for trying to enroll her kids in a white school district.
Not long ago I wrote about the God who sees and hears us, if you have some free time listen to this message from Matt Chandler on the God who hears us (audio).
Loved the helpful practicality of this post on how to obtain enough energy to sustain the pace of youth ministry for eternity.
The danger of trying to create the next “radical” church ministry. “I think I would have less an issue with radical language if it were balanced with healthy conversations of what it means to be ordinary – what it means to accept the arcane and the unknown, to doubt, to enter into despair, to share ordinary life with ordinary people.”

News

15 musicians who found fame through YouTube.
I’ve been trying out Kindle through my iPad and while I miss many aspects of the paperback there are a lot of benefits to Kindle as well. Just yesterday Amazon announced Kindle sales were outpacing paperbacks.
A couple links on Egypt: What their internet usage has looked like over the past 2-3 days. Pictures of the reality of the protests. My one thought on the whole thing, especially Mubarak’s speech yesterday, is that changing the government (he’s asked the government to resign, but not himself) doesn’t solve the problem if the problem lies at the top.
I value people who could easily find the spotlight but refuse to subject themselves to it. What I don’t value is pastors who force themselves into the spotlight time and time again. Check out a piece in the latest GQ magazine.
My favorite of the week: Roethlisberger’s Road to Redemption.

Grace and Peace.

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AmyE

Two comments … the black mom jailed … just reminds me of how ridiculous it is that the left is against school choice .. and yes, I know that’s not what the article is about, but it should be. Families trapped in low income areas should have the choice to send their kids to good, well-performing schools.

And Ted Haggard’s “family picture”? Ickkkk …
http://www.manofdepravity.com Tyler

Agreed on both. When I first saw the picture I thought it was a joke, turns out the joke was on me. A cruel joke.
http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com Kyle Reed

that haggard stuff is absolutely ridiculous…unbelievable.
Don’t even really know what to think of it, but all I see is that it looks completely fake.
http://untamedfocus.com ash

honestly tyler, i think you wouldn’t be offended by ted haggard if you just didn’t give him the attn you don’t think he deserves. if you catch a glimpse of the magazine, just ignore it, and don’t mention it. it would bother you less — part of the reason people get so outraged, or offended or bothered is bc they pay too much attention to things …and people who seek attn – know they’re causing controversy. but if we pay attn to them less, they bother us less. what’s bt God and Ted is b/t them…whether i agree or not doesn’t matter anymore, bc i’m not part of that circumstance. love the man…it makes a difference in you…just my two cents….
http://www.manofdepravity.com Tyler

We’ve hashed this up before ash so I’ll keep my reply short. Ted can do as he pleases, I’m just simply stating that I have a hard time respecting people (especially Christian leaders) who seem to try to get into the news. And that is my sense with Ted.
http://untamedfocus.com ash

the fact is ted will always be in the news whether he seeks it or not. his status before his fall was very political – after being asked to be president of the nea – he was immediately the go to guy for evangelical opinions. and bc the media loves stories that bleed, haggard is an easy target…- so even if he tried to hide, they find him…and help put him on tv. on some level he probably does seek it out – and then again, maybe he just figures he’d better make the best out of it….shrug.