Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Sophia Lee: Diapers of Glory
“Now that I’m a stay-at-home mom, success looks different than it once did—and, like the disciples, I realize I’ve been asking the wrong questions.”
Related: The Dishes & Deadlines Can Wait by Heidi Tai
2. Tim Challies: Friends Astern & Friends Ahead
“Though until our dying day, we will have people to love and duties to perform, we can serve with confidence, knowing that the friends who have been steadily crossing before us are gathering on the far shore to await our arrival. We can express love with joy as we await the great reunion to come.”
Related: Soft Discipleship Through Friendship by Serena Wang
3. Kevin DeYoung: The Most Important Decision You’re Probably Not Thinking About
“Praise God for good campus ministries. Praise God for Christian colleges. But your chapel is not a church. Your weekly Cru meeting is not a church. Your dorm Bible study is not a church.”
Related: 5 Ways to Handle the Transition to College by Angela Hom
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. 9Marks: Church Centered Missions
“The new Church Centered Missions website is a hub of curated podcasts, books, and videos designed to equip and inspire churches to take up their role in spreading the gospel to the nations.”
Related: Doing International English Ministry in South Korea by mmm Leo Rhee
2. John Moody: Let the Bible Replace Your Digital Addiction
“Meditation and, better yet, memorization are much more important than merely moving a bookmark a few pages in the Bible each day.”
Related: Creators, Consumers, and Christ: 10 Social Media Resolutions by Aaron Lee
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Aaron Lee: Why Not AI Sermons?
“God’s purpose for the preacher is not to merely transmit information from the Bible. There is a higher call–to be incarnationally present amongst his people and welcome opportunities to be formed and re-formed by God’s Word.”
2. Abigail Oh: The Fullness of Being Empty
“I don’t know the ways God plans to provide for me. But God knows. Because God made this day, he made tomorrow, and the next. He knows what I need, down to the penny and when I need it, down to the second.”
3. Rosalyn Auyeung: Biblically Honoring Your Parents: Part 1
“A person’s ultimate good is that he or she would know, obey, and enjoy Christ for His glory. Therefore, to love our parents—or to seek their highest good—means to consider what they need in each moment to grow in trusting and loving Christ.”
4. TGIF: Roundup for June 6, 2025
All His Plans / Confessions of a Bad Host / Parents of Teenagers, Don’t Forget to Maintain The Connection / The Gen Z Worship War / ‘A Holy Haunting’ Wins the 2025 BookLife Prize
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