A Few Good Reads

“How I Select and Schedule Discipling Relationships”
Many times pastors and church leaders struggle to figure out how to make time for discipleship with other men. Greg Spraul, an elder at Capitol Hill Baptist in Washington, shares some thoughts on this important issue. “A new elder recently asked a more experienced elder of his church how he finds time to disciple younger men in the faith and to evangelize. After all, this new elder has an intense Washington DC job, a busy home with children, a long commute, and all the other duties that come with being a non-staff elder in the church. Surely there is little time left for discipling and evangelism, no? Here is the elder’s reply, most of which he says he also learned from asking and watching other elders.”

“Seven Rules for Being Kind to Waiters”
Many of us find ourselves eating out often. Having a server provides the opportunity for Christians to show the love of Christ to someone who often gets mistreated by customers. David Mills gives some basic instructions for how we can make the most of these opportunities. “Ask for everything you want when you order. When you want something else, like more water, say ‘When you have a chance’ and mean it.” Also, I wrote about this issue here a couple of years ago.

“20 Aphorisms That I Thought Were Dumb as a Boy But Now Appreciate as a Grown Man”
The older I get the more I realize my father and grandfather were wise men and I should have listened to them more. What I do remember from them are short, witty statements. Art of Manliness shares a list of these types of sayings. There is a treasure trove of wisdom here. “An aphorism is a short, pithy statement that conveys a principle or contains a pearl of wisdom. Part of what makes them so powerful is that they can stand on their own without context; as the philologist Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel put it, ‘An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.’”

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