Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Ann Byle: Thrifting to the Glory of God
“Thrifting is a fast-growing industry and popular pastime, but it can also be a deeply spiritual exercise. The early church, according to Acts 4:32–34, ‘shared everything they had … that there were no needy persons among them.’”
2. Pete Nicholas: How to Stay Human in an AI World
“All of us are looking for guidance on how to use and interact with AI. There’s no shortage of content that aims to help you use AI efficiently and productively. But what about content geared toward helping us use AI well, not in the competent sense but in the moral sense?”
3. Jonathan Holmes: Problems with the Modern Identity-Formation Process
“If we build our entire sense of who we are on our feelings, our identity will be incoherent on any given day when our feelings about who we are do not align with who we want to be.”
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Gary Miller: A Book That Recentered My Soul and My Sermons
“More explicitly than ever, my goal became helping people to gasp at, glory in, bow before, delight in the Lord Jesus.”
2. Danny Kwon: Not All Asian American Teenagers Are The Same
“It is important for youth workers and churches to know that there is a great variety of distinct and diverse communities within Asian American communities. You can’t assume a teenager of Asian descent who walks into your church or youth group is the same as another teenager of Asian descent. You also can’t assume what people group within all the AAPI communities they belong to.”
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book reviews: Best Study Bibles, God’s Great Big Global Church by Tim Challies, A Heart Aflame for God by Matthew C. Bingham. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group. Find me on Substack. Keep in touch on X and Instagram.
Featured This Week on SOLA Network
1. SLP EP 20: The evolving landscape of global mission with Lloyd Kim and Michael Oh
“This conversation explores the evolving landscape of global missions, the shift from Western-centric to polycentric models, and the vital role of Asian American leaders in the Great Commission. Lloyd Kim and Michael Oh share insights on mission strategies, cultural dynamics, and the future of the global church.”
2. Grace Hsu: You Will Be Found: Dear Evan Hansen and the Beauty of God’s Pursuit of Us
“No matter what has or hasn’t come true in your life, you can rest in His nearness and His presence—something that, despite what you may feel, is always and forever true.”
3. Daniel Han: When the Flag Feels Personal
“In many ways, the ache of feeling between places is an echo of the biblical language of exile, sojourning, and longing for a home. But Scripture also presses deeper than cultural displacement alone. Beneath my desire for a label was a deeper hunger, the kind only God can satisfy.”
4. TGIF: Roundup for May 8, 2026
7 Reasons Why We Should Not Show Partiality / Am I Defined by Who I Am or What I Do? / The Hope of Heaven in the Hearts of Missionaries / Putting Off and Putting On / You Need a Bigger View of Worship
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