7 Taboos From A 17th Century Coffeehouse – I found this amusing. I frequent many fine coffee establishments in the area (this doesn’t include a certain mermaid-logo-bearing coffee giant. Friends don’t let friends drink there…). Most of them wouldn’t exist if the items in this list were taboo today, because there is much of this in each of those places. It seems like there are more Bible studies in some of these places than in churches.

You’re Doing Twitter Wrong – These two guys have a series of humorous videos that poke fun at our normal, everyday lives. In this one, they look at how people do Twitter, right or wrong. Pretty funny.

70 Years Long Traffic Jam Discovered In Belgian Forest – There may be some discrepancy on the length of time these cars have been here. Many of them may be newer than the title claims them to be. Regardless, the eerie, abandoned gridlock conveys a sense of time, loneliness and creativity. I’d love to see this in person.

Toothpaste And Orange Juice – Ever wonder why certain things taste so bad after eating or using other things, like toothpaste? This article looks at a few examples and digs into the reasons behind this.

8 Ways To Beat Temptation – The enemy is looking for any opportunity to make us stumble and fall. Here are eight ways that you can use to help beat his strategy for your failure. Foolproof? No. But a help, for sure.

When We Best Learn The Bible – We live in a culture infatuated with instant access. “But sound Bible study is rooted in a celebration of delayed gratification. Gaining Bible literacy requires allowing our study to have a cumulative effect — across weeks, months, years — so that the interrelation of one part of Scripture to another reveals itself slowly and gracefully, like a dust cloth slipping inch by inch from the face of a masterpiece.”

Talking To Your Kids About Gender In A Gender-Confused World – With all the news and media focus on gender equality, marriage equality, and other gender issues, this post give a great starting point in addressing such things with your children. Above all, she redirects the focus toward truth and grace.

Our sense of humor is a gift from God which should be controlled as well as cultivated. – Oswald Sanders