Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Sara Kyoungah White: Pilgrim at Plaster Creek
Christ comes to make all things new—even West Michigan’s most polluted watershed.
2. Tom Sugimura: Praying the Psalms
From the depths of despair to the heights of praise, the Psalms teach us how to communicate with our Creator in every season of life.
3. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt: Illustrating the Incarnation
How art testifies to the incredible truth of Christ with us.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Geoff Chang: A Wondrous Mystery
In A Wondrous Mystery: Daily Advent Devotionals, Geoffrey Chang, curator of the Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has complied thirty daily devotions from the sermons of Spurgeon to help readers keep their hearts focused on Christ during the busy holiday season. In this interview, Geoffrey Chang shares more about this new Christmas devotional.
2. Daniel Jung: The Penguin’s Perilous Path
In meeting his weakness with a power grab, Oswald Cobb ignores the warnings of the Apostle Paul.
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book reviews: In Reading the Psalms as Scripture by James M. Hamilton Jr. and Matthew Damico, The Church: A Guide to the People of God by Brad East. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Ashley Kim: SOLA Network Advent Series 2024 Preview
“SOLA Network is excited for you to join us in anticipating the birth of Jesus by meditating on the person and work of Christ―his wisdom, his strength, his kingship, his peace. We pray that this series will be a blessing and a resource to you!”
2. Helen Sim Ritenour: Prayer and Thanksgiving
“I loved my brother, as he was; I just didn’t want him to be sick or to die prematurely, which he did. All these years later, if I were to go back and give some advice to my younger self, it would be this: to give thanks.”
3. Joshua Budimlic: The Land of Many Meetings
“Dear brother and sister, the Lord does not waste sorrow and heartache. If there is an empty chair in your midst today, rest assured that it is because your loved one who knew the Lord had another appointment to keep.”
4. TGIF: Roundup for November 22, 2024
Rewriting Our Scripts / The Cross as the Remedy for Shame / The Absurdity of Trying to Capture Childhood on Your Phone / Why Character Matters Most in Pastoral Ministry / The Deliverer Has Come: An Asian American’s Creative Retelling of the Story of Advent
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