SingleRoots Weekend Edition :: 1/14-1/15

Go back to bed. Take a nap. Get some rest.

After a week that involved surviving a Friday the 13th, a BCS championship game that didn’t turn out quite like many expected, as well as saying goodbye to Dublin Dr. Pepper, it’s so time for the weekend. Here’s to sleeping late and a new episode of Downton Abbey on Sunday night. (If you’re not watching it, get thee to to the PBS website or Netflix and catch up, stat!) And while you’re doing all that “weekending,” here’s a little extra reading material:

The Differences Between Religion and the Gospel :: Tullian Tchividjian tweeted a link to this post that he wrote for the Gospel Coalition back in 2009. He lists a number of comparisons that Tim Keller makes between religion and the Gospel. “…Real slavery according to the Bible is self-reliance. So, read the comparison list below with humility and care. It will do your soul good.” [Read more...]

SingleRoots Weekend Edition::1/7-1/8

It's the weekend...

With one week of 2012 down, we’re feeling pretty good about things. Especially when we have great stuff like this to share with you…

College Kids Vow to End Slavery :: Chances are that if you’re on Twitter, you heard about the amazing work that God did in and through the Passion 2012 conference this week. After they raised more than $3 million to fight human trafficking, even CNN took notice. The fact that it happened during the very month that President Obama named as “Human Trafficking Prevention Month” is icing on the cake. [Read more...]

SingleRoots Weekend Edition::12/31-1/1

Happy New Year!

Is it really 2012? Seriously? It seems like just yesterday that Prince was telling us to “party like it’s 1999.” Where did the time go?

Whether you’re ringing in the new year by going to bed early or by partying until dawn (because there’s no shame in either), we hope you have a great weekend!

And in case you were just sitting around waiting on us to give you something to ponder, here you go…

Your Marvelous, Crazy, Interesting History :: A great post reminding us of the importance of quieting ourselves for a few minutes and documenting our 2011 spiritual history. [Read more...]

SingleRoots Christmas Weekend Edition::12/24-12/25

A little Christmas bokeh for you...

You didn’t think we’d run off for family bonding and leave you without a Weekend Edition, did you? Here’s everything you need to be reminded that this weekend is about so much more than you, your single state, or presents under a tree:

The Names on Our Gifts :: If you’ve read Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, you’ve heard of Bob Goff and his wife “Sweet Maria.” Bob wrote a great post reflecting on the importance of community in the year that has passed and in the one that is to come. [Read more...]

SingleRoots Weekend Edition::12/17-12/18

Finally...a Weekend Edition pic that features an Apple product.

Yes, when it comes to content, this weekend edition is all over the map, but we like a holistic approach like that. Keeps things schizophrenic fresh. For your weekend perusal:

  • Doing Life Together :: I was just thinking the other day that I was so tired of hearing the phrase “doing life together.” No, I’m serious…I really was. [Read more...]