A Few Good Links

Lots of good stuff on the web this week! Some blog posts I've enjoyed and found helpful have been:

What Does Your Worship Say About God: "We should worship like rich people! Because we are. We’ve been given every spiritual blessing in Christ! We should sing with more enthusiasm than if we just found out we won the lottery." Good (and convicting) post from Mark Altrogge.

Profound Humility: Not ours, but God's. Joanne Kerr quotes Bruce Ware on the humility of God the Father.

Catechism--With OUR Kids? This is a good, honest article from Kathy Keller on the benefits of teaching your kids catechism questions. I wholeheartedly agree with her--we're already seeing some good come out of the work the older kids have done on the Catechism for Boys and Girls (I can't find the version we use online, but this one is very similar). It also reminded me that we haven't worked on it for a while :) And if you have an iPad, there's a free app for a catechism here, too.

Two more posts on the topic of mothers, failure and guilt

The Good News and Mommy's No-Good, Very-Bad Day: Gloria Furman writes about dealing with those days when Mom's the one "having the afternoon meltdown". Can't say I've ever been there... ;)

After Awful Errands: In a similar vein, with a different spin, Carolyn Mahaney has wise words for those rough days.

Finally, if you live in the States, or can order from amazon.com, The Big Picture Story Bible is on sale for the next day or so for a really good price. We've loved this book for giving our young kids a good overview of biblical theology, and they love the pictures. If you can't take advantage of this sale, it's worth the full price, too.