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Akimbo - A New Postcast from Seth Godin
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How Acts 29 Survived—and Thrived—After the Collapse of Mars Hill
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, writing for the Gospel Coalition:
On the whole, the transition hasn’t been easy, and “those in the U.S. networks need to be applauded for their humility and patience as the feel of the family has really changed for them,” said Ross Lester, former Acts 29 network director for southern Africa. “The fruit is obvious, though. Acts 29 is now truly becoming a diverse and global family and it feels that way.”
The “chest thumping” and “fist bumping” are gone, replaced with “cross-cultural fondness, affection, and warm embrace,” he said. “I truly believe that the organization is healthier than it has ever been, and is well-positioned for ongoing advance across the globe.”
This article is best summarized by a quote from Ryan Kwon, a church planter in San Francisco: “It’s a story worth knowing. Because it’s not Acts 29’s story; it’s God’s story.”
Objective Morality vs. Politics
Everyone in American life at least pretends to believe in some objective moral norms. When forced to choose, though, between the objectivity of morality and the idolatry of politics, morality loses, more often than not.
The Case for RSS
If you are thinking about using RSS, I have a little advice. Be wary feed inflation. RSS is so easy to implement that it’s a slippery slope between having RSS feeds for just a few websites and instead of having RSS feeds for hundreds of websites. If you’re not careful, every time you open your RSS reader, there will be 1,000 unread articles waiting for you, which completely defeats the purpose of using RSS. The trick to using RSS is to be brutal with your subscriptions. I think the key is looking for websites with high signal and low noise. Sites that publish one or two articles a day (or even one to two articles a week) but make them good articles are much more valuable and RSS feed than sites that published 30 articles a day.
I love RSS, but David is right—things can quickly get out of hand if you aren’t careful. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some unsubscribing to do.
Just a Closer Walk With Thee
The Avett Brothers sing Just a Closer Walk With Thee. So good.