The Spiritually Dangerous Spiral of Complaint
Here Paul David Tripp opens this post with “Every parent has experienced it. You get up every morning with a commitment to provide what is best for the spiritual, emotional, and physical help of your children. You actively do things every day because you love them, you know what they need, and you do what is necessary to provide it. You are not perfect, but your intentions are good-hearted and loving. But your children don’t always appreciate you. They aren’t always thankful for your loving attention or hard work. They often complain about what you feed them or schedule for them. They don’t always think that your intentions are good, and they often find it easier to complain about you than to be thankful for you. But it’s not just children, sadly, who do not praise, because complaining is the default language of fallen humanity.”
What Are Parents For?
In this post, author Elizabeth Kaye asks “what if our view of parenting is simply too small?”
The World Needs Happy Pastors
This is a lengthy interview with John Piper. At one point he is asked about the characteristics needed in pastor/church planters. His answer, “joy.” Why, “Next, consider opposition. Do you know what the answer is to persecution and criticism, which drive men out of the ministry? Joy.”