Here is a collection of some thought-provoking posts discovered in the last couple of weeks:
You Are What – And How – You Read from Rosaria Champagne Butterfield. About more than reading.
The Inner Life — Four Reasons to Have a Quiet Time.
The ladies of Out of the Ordinary have been blogging about middle age this month, a topic you don’t often see on blogs. My two favorite posts so far have been Things to Guard Against in the Middle Years and The Middle Years: There’s Good News, Too!
On Daughters and Dating: How to Intimidate Suitors. Loved this: “Instead of intimidating all your daughter’s potential suitors, raise a daughter who intimidates them just fine on her own. Because, you know what’s intimidating? Strength and dignity. Deep faith. Self-assuredness. Wisdom. Kindness. Humility. Industriousness.”
What do those with disabilities owe those without?
An Outburst Is An Opportunity.
When It’s Time to Leave a Church.
Five Helps for Memorizing Bible Verses.
Three Reasons to Diversify Your Reading. Why Christians should read non-Christian books.
Hope you have a great weekend!
Stray Thoughts 
Thanks Barbara for the shout-out!
I like the 3 reasons to read non Christian books. All of them are true.
The reasons for leaving a church is a good one too. Too many people seem to church hop for insignificant reasons. I once had someone tell me that she was switching churches because her current church didn’t have “the right guitar music”. The article makes great points.