Jon Jordan

Last week I wrote about what kind of people we should follow in our churches.

While it didn’t stir as many comments as other posts, and didn’t involve pretty pictures, I wanted to follow up with a funny comment my friend Tyson Guthrie left and a quote from R.B. Kuiper on the same topic.

The comment (on the topic of who we should follow):

Knowing Tyson makes this comment funny because I know he is painfully joking. Unfortunately, that is not always seen as a joke. Here is some further insight by R.B. Kuiper in his book “The Glorious Body of Christ”:

It is a great American fallacy that a man who is sucessful in business or a profession is qualified for pretty nearly any position of responsibility. That accounts for it that so many churches have a decided preference for men of that type for the eldership. Seldom is a relatively poor laboring man elected to this office. And yet he may possess the qualifications for this office in a higher degree than does the president of a bank or a college.

If you’re interested in the book, which I highly recommend, hit me up and you are more than welcome to borrow it (after my final on Tuesday the 19th).

Thoughts?

A few weeks back I was pointed to Daily Mile (www.dailymile.com), a great site for tracking your running and networking with other local runners. It has definitely added some enjoyment to my quest to get back into running shape.

A couple of days ago, in a tweet from my friend @kylesteed, I found out about a somewhat similar site for those who are interested in reading. I enjoy reading, and have to read quite a bit for seminary, but lately I have really wanted to read more for fun. Readernaut is a great new site (read BETA) that allows you to track your reading progress within a book, record books you have completed, get great book recommendations from friends and strangers and more! If you are curious, check out my profile here or see what my friend Kyle has been reading lately.

Lately I have been all about finding new great websites. If a site looks good, is fun to use, and serves a purpose that I think is worthwhile I will usually give it a shot. Who knows if my latest web goodies will keep my interest for long, I’m hoping  they do.

What new or old sites have you really been enjoying lately?

Posted via email from Jon Jordan