Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
Articles From Around The Web
Sara Kyoungah White: Being a Christian Writer is Costly
“Here is the hard truth for the Christian writer: it is far easier to write movingly about prayer than to actually pray, far easier to pen an essay about forgiveness than to forgive, far simpler to wax eloquent about beauty than to take on the hiddenness of what true beauty requires. In the end, we can write in the tongues of men and of angels, but if we have not love, we are nothing.”
Jen Wilkin: The Great Omission
“We tend to view the Great Commission as a call to make converts, when in fact it is a call to make disciples—learners. It explicitly requires teaching those converts to be learners who obey all that has been commanded. According to Jesus, we are to replicate by passing along the good deposit that was passed along to us.”
Jeramie Rinne: How Far Does an Elder’s Authority Go?
“How far does an elder’s authority go in the local church? This question assumes at least two things: (1) That elders, in fact, have authority to direct church members. (2) That their authority has limits.”
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
Asian American Parenting Podcast: Building Bridges with Our Teenagers
“Monica and Danny discuss ways parents of teenagers can either build bridges of communication or break down bridges of communication with their teenagers. They discuss ways that parents can both connect and nurture ways of communicating with their teenagers, which can help with their mental and spiritual well-being, versus causing more stressors in their lives.”
“Chloe T. Sun provides a pastoral and contextual commentary on one of the most epic books in the Bible. Sun’s volume broadens the global reading and interpretation of Exodus by way of being a non-Western scholar and female writer.”
Daniel Hahn: The Fruit that Grows at the Pace of Grace
“The patience of Christ embodied in the lives of his people carried through the generations that faithfully hold true to the gospel. This is how patience finds itself taking root and puts itself on display in each generation for generations to come.”
Melanie Ma: Peace Amidst Wandering Thoughts
“It is because of the cross, that we are guaranteed that our cries and longings will be met with His tender desperation of offering glimpses of the eternal peace that we will receive when we meet Him face to face.”
TGIF: Roundup for January 2, 2026
Today’s Thoughts Become Tomorrow’s Habits / Hope, Joy, and a Forever King / What I Learned from Bach, the Worship Director / We Must Reframe Our Concept of Joy in Worship / My Top Ten Books from 2025 (+ a Bonus)
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