A long year of pandemic, social unrest, and lockdown have left many church leaders discouraged, confused and tired. We invited a select group of leaders to gather to break bread, listen and collaborate. We also filmed several plenary and panel sessions for an upcoming digital event. You can view photos from our gathering on Facebook.
“If we are to have any sort of way in which to taper ourselves against the discouragement of the world, it is to continue to say ‘Maranatha,’ come Lord Jesus.” Watch this 4-minute video excerpt of Dr. Michelle Ami Reyes explaining How to Hope Against Hate. Read my review of her new book, Becoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead to Lasting Connections Across Cultures, and check out the video, audio, and article of our full interview.
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Articles From Around The Web
1. P. J. Tibayan: Aim Your Boy at Manhood
“Loving fathers want to do everything in their power to help their sons become mature men.”
2. Kathryn Butler: An Open Letter to the Christian Frontline Medical Worker
“When the wreckage of sin bears down upon us, only through God’s word can we remember who he is, and what he has accomplished for us in Christ.”
3. Ray Ortlund: God Calms Our Sexual Insanity
“Our sexuality finds its fulfillment not in our momentary impulses but within all that God created us for.”
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. 9Marks: The Post-Covid Church
“A panel discussion at TGC21 about how we can help Christians rediscover the important role gathering with the church should play in our Christian discipleship.”
2. TGC Q&A: How Can Christians Avoid Smartphone Addiction?
“David Mathis and Joe Rigney on controlling impulses, gaining larger vision, and Godliness as a value.”
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
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Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Anonymous: Being Healed by the Healer
“When the world around me was dark, God Himself was the light that gave me hope and propelled me forward.”
2. Soojin Park and Huey Lee: How To Talk About Anti-Asian Racism with Our Youth
“Your worth, dignity, and value comes from not the color of your skin, not your background, not what you do, and not what you possess, but because of who God says you are.”
3. David Schuman: How Generosity Brings Unity to the Church
“No matter what our income, God calls us all to give sacrificially.”
4. Tom Sugimura: A Call for Asian American Church Planters
“Missions has come to us in this melting pot of America. We have more unreached people groups in cities like Los Angeles than any nation besides China or India.”
5. Michelle Ami Reyes: Maranatha: How to Hope Against Hate (Video)
“If we are to have any sort of way in which to taper ourselves against the discouragement of the world, it is to continue to say ‘Maranatha,’ come Lord Jesus.”
6. TGIF: Roundup for April 23, 2021
‘I Call You Friends’: Jesus as Patron in John 15 / Mother, Not Maker: On Relinquishing Control This Mother’s Day / ‘Minari’ Recognizes Those Who Have Sacrificed Much. So Can the Church.
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