Here is a round-up of interesting reads from the last couple of weeks:

The Gosnell Horror: What Now?

When you don’t know what to say when ministering to others, in this case, the homeless.

Howard Schultz, Tim Keller, and Commandment #9. Two people whose views have been misrepresented and then spread across the Internet. We need to be careful before we click the “Share” link.

What does it mean to “love not the world”? HT to Challies.

Surrendering Our Fears.

So what if abortion ends life? I can understand people being for abortion if they don’t believe life begins at conception (though I disagree, I can understand the rationalization.) But to believe “the fetus is indeed a life. A life worth sacrificing” is indeed chilling.

Dear Mom Who Is Afraid of Having a Teenager.

Why Is Christian Art So Bad? Principles for creating art drawn from the Bible.

5 Talented Women Who Write and Love Fiction. Interview with five Christian fiction authors.

There has been much about the Boston marathon bombings, but this one tells at the beginning and end about the older racer whom we saw fall down at the first bombing. He got up and finished the race.