I know there are some who plan to live-stream Nick’s funeral service on Saturday. For that reason I have created a page that can be bookmarked; a link to the video will be added on Saturday morning. The service will begin at approximately 10 AM EST.
Also, many have asked if there is a way to honor Nick’s memory. We would ask you to consider the Nick Challies Memorial Scholarship through which we hope to see men trained to carry out the work that was so near and dear to Nick—local church ministry.
There is once again an impressive list of Kindle deals to work through.
(Yesterday on the blog: The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self)
But When Will I Be a Man, Sir?
There are some interesting cross-cultural observations on manhood in this article. “We are all so prone to confuse our principles with our own cultural expressions. Being a man in America means I don’t hold another man’s hand, whereas I might be expected to in Melanesia or Central Asia. Manliness is often communicated in the West as a rough, unkempt sort of look, whereas Central Asian manly men are into immaculate grooming, poetry,
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