Read.Think.Pray.Live.Serve.

“We were able to spend a day with Amber Schrock in the town of Kaabong in northeast Uganda. Amber and her husband Terrill are working to develop a written language for the Ik people who live about two hours north of Kaabong. Despite her title of “Community Development Specialist”, Amber spends a lot of her energy running a local clinic in town.”

Click the link for the video.

Amber Schrock (A Day in the Life) from Wycliffe USA on Vimeo.

“And here’s the really surprising finding: the more people multitask, the worse they are, not just at other mental abilities, but at multitasking itself.”

“Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think. Thinking means concentrating on one thing long enough to develop an idea about it. Not learning other people’s ideas, or memorizing a body of information, however much those may sometimes be useful. Developing your own ideas. In short, thinking for yourself. You simply cannot do that in bursts of 20 seconds at a time, constantly interrupted by Facebook messages or Twitter tweets, or fiddling with your iPod, or watching something on YouTube.”

via The More You Multitask, the Worse You Get at It : What’s Best

Good Words for a Recovering Fundamentalist like myself.

(Anybody have a 12 step program for that?)

7 Ways to Know If You Are Becoming a Fundamentalist | TheResurgence.

Not sure how I missed this, but Tim Keller is now on iTunes.

Click here

Happy 1st Birthday, Abigail.

I’m a big fan of Olivetree’s app but I can’t wait to check this out.

ESV Bible Blog » Coming Soon: Crossway’s ESV iPhone/iPod Touch App.

“Along with the UK, Canada, and Brazil, one of countries that has been so kind to Mars Hill Church, The Resurgence, and Acts 29 is South Africa. Next week I’m heading down to South Africa for the first time and embarking on a schedule that has me preaching 21 times in 10 days.”

The Mars Hill Blog | Blog Archive » South Africa.

Francis Chan:

I FOLLOW THE PEOPLE I LEAD

“It is hard to be rejected. I hated it in junior high, and I still hate it today. It didn’t take long to learn how to fit in, in order to avoid the pain of rejection. That ability has stayed with me and begs me to use it. I know how to keep people from rejecting me and leaving the church. I know what words to say and which actions to take to keep people around. But when I do that, I’m no longer leading. I’m being led by the right or wrong desires of the people.

God calls us to give people what they need. Based on His word, regardless of whether they stick around. Jesus led. Few followed, but He kept leading.

Last summer I came to a shocking realization that I had to share with my wife: If Jesus had a church in Simi Valley, mine would be bigger. People would leave His church to attend mine because I call for an easier commitment. I know better how to cater to people’s desires so they stick around. Jesus was never really good at that. He was the one who said, “He who loves father or mother … son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.” (Matt. 10:37 NIV) I’m much more popular than Jesus.

Having come to that conclusion, I came back to the church with resolve to call people to the same commitment Christ called them to. I knew that people would leave, and they have. I found comfort in that because, “Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets.” (Luke 6:26 NIV) Over time though, the conviction can fade, and it gets tiresome seeing people leave. There is a constant pull to try to keep people around rather than truly lead the faithful who remain. When my church was started, I used to tell my wife that I didn’t care if we only had ten people, as long as they really loved God and desired to worship Him with all of their hearts. Where is that conviction now?”

via Public Passion VS Private Devotion | Catalyst.

Amazing animals…One day I hope to go to the Preserve in Indo and see one.

Rare rhino pregnancy fuels hope for endangered species – CNN.com.

This would have made my day in History class….

via Take Your Vitamin Z: This Is Pretty Funny.