The big item of the week is captured in the photo, of course: President Obama displaying as insightful a conciliation tactic as ever President Bartlett might have dreamed up. Good commentary from Cathleen Falsani and a must-read from Erika Haub. Of lesser significance is the brand of beer, I suppose… though one has to appreciate a scenario where there isn’t any consideration of politics when one selects a brew, else I suspect the President might have selected another brand, assuming his good taste. I’m thinking it’s a good news/bad news thing, like: you can be President, but you have to drink Bud Light. Or, there will be beer in Hell, but only Bud Light.
- More linguistic contrast and confusion: Is “Missional” Being Misused?
- The Seven Indispensable Virtues of a Missional Leader
- According to new research that says Women are getting more beautiful, the fact that we have two daughters is related to the evolutionary process of better-looking women, which means that my wife is also one of the good-looking ones. God bless that Charles Darwin, eh?
- Thank you facebook, for the gift of Mark Driscoll. ??? (Well, something like that.)
- A few great thoughts on “church covenants”
- Elders Throwing Rocks at Stained Glass Ceilings — Active Affirmation
- I’ve never been a fan (at all) of the McDonald’s Corporation or their “restaurants,” but a post that caught my attention with some great stuff on hosting the stranger includes a glowing review of Ronald McDonald House. Worth consideration.
What can I say? It’s been another slow reading week… presently in some kind of blogging pseudo-sabbatical. It should rejuvenate me, one would think.
On women getting more beautiful: I think time management studies show American women spend more time watching T.V. and grooming than they use to and less time cooking than they use to. Go figure. Studies saying women are getting more beautiful always make me wonder if they are taking into account that what is considered beautiful also changes over time. And too, it seems — at least the way it was reported is –that the premise is that humankind evolved from some prehistoric caveman and that is still affecting his behavior. I’m betting Eve was perfectly beautiful as was Adam.
And another thing: isn’t a girl’s chance of looking like her “ugly, successful” father as likely as looking like her “attractive, fecund” mother? And did the study take into account the effects of artifice (which is likely passed on from mother to daughter)?
Okay, let me shut up already.