22 Words

22 Words

Why'd you quit your church?

What issues have motivated you to leave a church or small group?

How long between seeing the problems and deciding to go?

How does Coldplay get away with what puts normal guys right into marriage counseling?

Superstars make ladies swoon by wanting to fix them, while us plebeians get told women just want to be heard.

What gives?

Rethinking the short bus: Thoughts from the mother of a child with special needs

Caryn at Defining Moments considers what God thinks about “short bus riders,” then adds 10 things mothers like her wish we knew.

Bob Kauflin shows what makes bad tunes bad.

In his message this weekend, Kauflin talked about what makes melodies effective and gave some examples of how not to write music:

I think I’m going to go to Google instead of the doctor from now on.

I went to the doctor yesterday because I want to know why exercise makes me feel like puking.

His fix?

Eat breakfast.

Dead’s dead, no? Why do some complete impossibilities seem more possible than others?

If you’ve ever prayed that a dead person be raised, why’d you quit?

It’s no less likely now than it was then.

Can God’s intention override the author’s? He’s more important, after all.

Given that God is sovereign, is it legit to prefer finding and interpreting his intention in a book rather than the author’s?

Subscribe to 22 Words

  

   

Sponsors

Categories

Reader Recommendations

Some of the books and music that you, the readers, have recommended here over time:

Twitter Recommendations