Your weekly roundup of insights and resources to help you get more done for the glory of God.
In Today’s Issue:
- The Complexity of Calling
- The Busy Soul Learning to Wait for God
- When Time Management Was Easy
- Recommended: A Website for Time Tools
- Quote: Howard Hendricks on Spiritual Growth
Dear steward,
Happy October to you!
Let’s dive right into this week’s link roundup after a word from my favorite app for listening to the Bible.
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THE ROUNDUP
The best links I found this week
The Complexity of Calling (8 mins)
Nicholas McDonald / The Bard Owl
McDonald provides a survey of the concept of calling in the Bible and explores three layers of calling.
- Calling is about who you are.
- Calling is about what you do.
- Calling is about God’s mission.
In a very basic sense, then, our calling is also about all of the responsibilities in life that God has assigned to us. If you were to take an inventory of everything you are responsible for: your home, job, neighborhood, family, friendships, etc, you would discover, in one sense, the situation to which you have been called.
When Time Management Was Easy (3 mins)
Cal Newport / Study Hacks
Newport looks at time management advice from the 50s and asks some very interesting questions about the way we work today.
Part of what’s shocking about this system is its finitude. In 2024, can you imagine fitting everything you need to do on a single list? Your email inbox alone could likely contribute several hundred items at any given moment.
The Busy Soul Learning to Wait for God (6 mins)
John Piper / Desiring God
I’m a doer. I’m always doing the next thing. I have a lot of energy. If I see something I need, or that others need, I get to work. And then I read a verse like this one in Isaiah: ‘No eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him’ (Isaiah 64:4)….What does waiting look like for an active person like me?”
SOMETHING I LIKE
time.fyi
Heres a site worth bookmarking. Want to see what time it is in another time zone? Want a quick pomodoro timer? How about a stopwatch?
Time.fyi is just a bunch of simple time tools you can use right in your browser, it’s free and there is no login required.
WHATS NEW ON
Redeeming Productivity
The Power & The Pitfalls of Side Hustles (8 mins)
Starting a side project to make some extra cash can be tempting. But make sure you count the cost before jumping in with both feet.
Read, Listen, or watch on YouTube.
A DOSE OF WISDOM
Quote of the Week
“Spiritual growth is a commitment to change.”
Howard Hendricks
FINAL WORD
Thanks for reading!
For His glory,
Reagan Rose
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