I trust you enjoyed an unusual but still special Good Friday and are looking forward to Easter tomorrow! It may not be the Easter we had planned and hoped for, but it can be joyful nonetheless… Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of newer ones and a few classics. Logos users (or wannabe users), remember that Base Packages are currently 30% off. They’ve also got a nice little Easter sale going. (Yesterday on the blog: Historical Objects that Help Tell …
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As Easter weekend begins and this time of being housebound continues, I find myself thinking beyond the confines of my home. I find myself thinking wistfully of some of the places around the world I’ve had the privilege to visit, and some of the Easter-related objects I’ve found there. Here are a couple of objects I discovered in my round-the-world Epic journey that help tell the story of Easter. (You can learn more about Epic and/or buy the book or …
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If we were not in a time of pandemic, I’d be heading south today to spend Easter weekend with my family! The thought of it makes me wonder how much longer it will be before anything like normal travel resumes. Today’s Kindle deals are rather diverse, crossing a number of different genres and authors (Stott, Mohler, Reeves, etc). Healing and Hope Sophia Lee reports on three families that have had (or are having) experiences with COVID-19. She finds hope. Don’t …
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There isn’t much to tell you about Kindle deals or other sales today, so we will just move on to the links (though, to be fair, there are a couple of really good kids’ books on the Kindle list). (Yesterday on the blog: Why Our Church Is Only Sort Of Streaming Our Services) Face to Face Matthew Hosier asks, “How much are we going to come to regret the phrase ‘social distancing’?” It’s amazing to me how quickly we adapted …
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Like so many other churches across the world, mine had to make a sudden and unexpected decision in the face of a pending lockdown: Do we broadcast our services or do we not? Under normal circumstances we would never even entertain the notion, but with a looming period of isolation that would last no less than weeks and that could well stretch into months, we were suddenly presented with the dilemma. We decided to “sort of” broadcast our services. Let …
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