Here are several good reads recently discovered:
Don’t Overthink It Book Club. Linda is hosting a three-week book club on Sunday evenings to discuss Anne Bogel’s book Don’t Overthink It. I just finished chapter four this morning, and the book is proving very helpful so far. At the moment, it’s on sale for the Kindle for $1.59—don’t know how long it will be at that price.
Be a Truth-Lover. “Your love for truth must be greater than your party, your political pre-commitments, and your agenda.”
He Is a Jealous God. “If the United States of America ceased to exist tomorrow, would that be the end of our belief in the God that we claim to hold so dear? Or do we have a faith that extends beyond the bounds of country, of comfort, of confidence in the systems of this world?
A Call for Content Creators to Cultivate Discernment, HT to Challies. “But beautiful language, by itself, does not encompass all that it means to write well as a Christian. Christian writers must labor not only to write what is true but also to write in a manner that adorns the truth.”
Remembering God’s Faithfulness in the Face of a Detour, HT to Challies. “How about you? Do you trust God’s faithfulness to deliver again in the midst of your daily detours?”
Five Key Questions for Setting Gospel-Shaped Goals, HT to The Story Warren. “It was an apt senior quote for the young perfectionist, who keenly felt her failure to ‘obtain all this,’ who knew how short she fell in every area where she longed to succeed. Sadly, that seventeen-year-old senior, who had only been a Christian for two years when she chose Philippians 3:12 to mark her life, didn’t fully understand the dynamic of grace and goals.”
Stupid and Wise People. “There will always be those with whom we cannot agree or come to a compromise. We cannot control their actions but we can control our own reactions and choices.”
Your Work Matters More Than You Think, HT to Challies. “God puts his people in some surprising places. The testimony of Obadiah can encourage Christians who have been called to serve God in dark places for His purposes.” I enjoyed this contrast between Obadiah and Elijah.
A Blog about Blogging, HT to Challies. Good overview for Christian bloggers in particular.
Tookish Bagginses. Lessons from hobbits. “Because nowness and not-yet-ness overlap and intermingle. God made us out of dust, but he also breathed eternity down our lungs. We’re a walking marriage of the sacred and the profane— the eternal and the ordinary. We’re Bagginses with the blood of Tooks who’ve been to Mordor and back again.”
This is as good a time as any for my occasional reminder that links here do not mean 100% endorsement of the blog or blogger they come from. Some of these are from blogs I read regularly, but others are from posts I happened upon or saw on other’s blogs.
Finally, to end with a smile: a cat interrupts a UK parliamentary live call:
Stray Thoughts 
This post and the links are exactly what I needed to read. Thank you for the blessing!
Thank you for sharing that with me!
Barbara, I always look forward to and read your blogs. I look forward to Saturdays when you share Laudable Linkage. I read each link and have found good blogs to follow. This week’s choices are perfect. A good mix of information, things to ponder and things that convicted me.
Thank you!
Barb Paton
Thanks so much, Barb! That’s encouraging.
Thanks, Barbara, for spreading the news about the Book Club to your friends and fans!
Really looking forward to connecting with everyone around Anne’s insightful volume.
See you then …
Also write in a manner that adorns the truth…perhaps we should all practice living in that manner as well. Yes we are all a bit hobbit I think…constantly struggling with the two opposites we are made up of…sacred and profane…good and evil. I love Tolkien.
The cat’s tail had both my husband and I giggling! I always include a blooper reel at the end of my videos and they often involve Gracie. Such is the nature of pets and kinds. Thank you for the smile.