{"id":4120,"date":"2016-07-08T11:19:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T19:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4120"},"modified":"2016-07-08T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T19:19:25","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/07\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-57","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 57"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issu<\/span>es, with a preference for content from academics and influential voices. Be sure to see the ex<\/span>planation and disclaimers at the bottom. <\/span><\/p>\n

Articles I Found Interesting<\/b><\/h3>\n

This has been a depressing week. Shootings by police, shootings of police, the ISIS bombing in Baghdad, religious-liberty infringements, disgraceful political behavior and more. If you\u2019re feeling down, the first few links will be especially helpful to you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. How To Pray In Our Time Of National Crisis<\/span><\/a> (Joe Carter, Gospel Coalition): \u201c<\/span>Many of us are anxious and hurting. All of us are confused. When faced with this type of national cr<\/span>isis we may find it difficult to turn to our Comforter in prayer. We are used to going to God with our requests, but this time seems different. We are mired in sorrow and pain\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Lamentations: A Bottle For The Tears Of the World<\/span><\/a> (Christopher Wright, Christianity Today): \u201cSo much of our worship is cover-up: pretending to have emotions we don\u2019t really feel, or smothering the emotions we do. That is not praise. It simply leaves us to pick up our suffering again on the way out\u2014without bringing it into God\u2019s presence or hurling it at him in questioning (but trusting) protest. Spending time in Lamentations helps us learn how to plumb the depths of lament as well as scale the heights of rejoicing.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. What Shootings And Racial Justice Mean For The Body of Christ<\/span><\/a> (Russell Moore, personal blog<\/span>): \u201cIf we believe that every person will stand before a Judgment Seat, we cannot then stand silently when we see injustice. But many\u2014including evangelicals of all ethnicities\u2014wonder what we can really do? Some are reluctant to speak because they do not wish to reduce these issues to a hash-tag and they don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. End Needless Interaction With Cops During Traffic Stops<\/span><\/a> (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic): a shrewd, easy-to-implement suggestion.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. My Four Months As A Private Prison Guard<\/span><\/a> (Shane Bauer, <\/span>Mother Jones): a very long but very engaging essay. \u201cI started applying for jobs in private prisons because I wanted to see the inner workings of an industry that holds 131,000 of the nation\u2019s 1.6 million prisoners. As a journalist, it\u2019s nearly impossible to get an unconstrained look inside our penal system. When prisons do let reporters in, it\u2019s usually for carefully managed tours and monitored interviews with inmates. Private prisons are especially secretive.\u201d See also <\/span>Wounds From Incarceration That Never Heal<\/span><\/a> (Tony Brown & Evelyn Patterson, The New Republic)<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Two stories on the religious-liberty front: <\/span>\n