Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
ARTICLES FROM AROUND THE WEB
Sam Chan: 4 Missionary Insights for Workplace Evangelism
“If we see ourselves not only as missionaries in the workplace but also as missionaries in a closed country, we can look for creative access to the sacred. We can use the skills that missionaries use to provide opportunities for natural conversations about Jesus.”
Katie Faris: The Mom God Isn’t Calling You to Be
“Studying who God is and who we aren’t offers great encouragement to moms, because even though we might try to do it all, only God always completes his to-do list.”
Sam Romine: Aiming for Conversion in Our Preaching
“Sometimes the best thing you can do is simply take a moment—at a strategic point in the sermon—to look the non-Christian in the eye and passionately plead with him to leave his sin behind and put his faith in Jesus.”
NEWSLETTERS, BOOKS, MEDIA, AND MORE
Rebekah Hannah: Not Everyone Will Like You
“The way to beauty is allowing children to see Jesus work in our lives as we grow, and allowing them to experience the same hurts that we experience and that Jesus himself experienced.”
Charles Spurgeon, Geoff Chang: True Power and True Prayer
“Our prayers are God’s decrees in another shape. The prayers of God’s people are but God’s promises breathed out of living hearts, and those promises are the decrees, only put into another form and fashion.”
Aaron Lee: Related Works
Substack: 5 Tips for Leading with a Smaller Worship Team, 3 Reasons Why Small Groups Can’t Replace Sunday School, 7 Ways I’m Learning as a Teacher, Leadership Lessons from the Hospital to the Church. Reviews: Future Grace by John Piper. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group. Keep in touch on X and Instagram.
FEATURED THIS WEEK ON SOLA NETWORK
“Monica and Danny talk about how the struggles of teenagers can activate the anxieties and stressors in the life of parents. They discuss how parenting, for various reasons, might be harder today, and how the stresses of our teenagers can cause stress and anxieties for parents.”
Aaron Lee: My Help Comes From the Lord: An Interview with Jon Szeto
“I interviewed Jon Szeto, my former young adult pastor at FCBC Walnut, who received the unexpected diagnosis of terminal cancer and will soon be with the Lord. He is 45 years old and currently serves as the senior pastor at Laguna Chinese Baptist Church. I hoped to learn from his experience, and I was encouraged by his faith, hope, and love.”
AALC Interviews Spotlight: David Hsu
Find more AALC Interviews and watch our 2026 AALC Breakout Sessions, 2026 AALC Panels and Testimony and all plenary sessions.
Serena Wang: The Slow Burn of Love
Friend, if you are also contending for a loved ones’ salvation, perhaps for many years now, let’s continue to keep persisting in prayer, together. Though the journey ahead is long, he who is on the other side of those prayers is faithful.
Daniel Jung: Introducing the SOLA Sports Series
“For this season, our hope for this series is that it administers equally humble doses of perspective and wisdom when it comes to your participation in sports. We hope you will be able to stand on our shoulders and continue this conversation on your own, within your families and churches, and hopefully, begin to shift the conversation from a mindset of scarcity to the good news of grace abundant.”
TGIF: Roundup for October 9, 2026
Linger Awhile and Delight in God / Eight Enemies of Pastoral Friendship / Nausea and Time / Reading as Wisdom for the Christian Life / How North Korea Became the Most Religious Place on Earth (with Jonathan Cheng)
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