The more I read and the more I learn, the more I see how multi-faceted and multi-layered things can be. Yet at the same time, there’s a certain simplicity that emerges out of that recognition. Kind of paradoxical, but kind of refreshing. This week’s collection of postings all connect, however obliquely, into that theme of simplicity in the midst of complexity.
- Daniel Kirk has an intriguing two-part (and possibly three) reflection on his house church experience in SF. Read and join in on the discussion in parts one and two.
- For you baseball sabermatricians out there, there’s a fascinating article over at The Hardball Times talking about how the White Sox failure to resign Jim Thome, and the subsequent waiver trade for Manny Ramirez ended up costing them more to get less. In other words, it’s not just what you did do, but also what you didn’t do that affects an outcome.
- Steve McCurry posted a beautiful two-part series portraying people from various cultures reading books, capturing people from many cultures engrossed in the printed word. One of my favorites, especially that we’re in Season 6 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, is Brent Spiner reading on a staircase in LA. See his posts, “Fusion: The Synergy of Images and Words”: parts one and two.
- I read this post, “A Man of No Reputation,” talking about 7 foot 7 former Warrior Manute Bol and his commitment to Christ, and how he did all these different things after his NBA career for the sake of his native Sudan. From the Wall Street Journal article after his death in June at the age of 47, “Yet as Bol reminds us, the Christian understanding of redemption has always involved lowering and humbling oneself. It leads to suffering and even death.”
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