Today in Blogworld 09.09.14

Godly Parenting Isn’t Really Godly If It Lacks Affection

Amen.

The Day I Confessed Pastoral Malpractice

What I really dig is what he confessed and how he confessed it.

God Loves My Boring, Unimportant Neighborhood

I’m praying for more thinking like this. I’m with Darren Carlson in that “you don’t see many books on missions, church planting, and ministry strategy that addresses a city like mine”. But perhaps we need to.

Lay Aside the Weight of Self-Indulgence

My wife and I like to use the phrase “indulgent nonsense” in response to some guitar solos. Jon Bloom reminds us that we all have a tendency towards self-indulgence.

Last week I asked one of my random questions on Twitter: You get one companion on a desert island, Gilbert Gottfried or Tom Cruise. Who do you choose?  This is for all of you weirdos that chose Gilbert: