Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.

Recently, Matt Bradley addressed the issue of medium & message (Form vs. Substance) using Scary Mary (Poppins). Along those lines, here's a tune familiar to many of us, but with a bit of a different flair to it. (HT Truck '93)


Check out the new IMB sponsored website entitled, “Commission Stories.” (HT Rev)

The purpose of the site is to communicate the work God is doing across the globe through missionaries. The IMB is encouraging people to use the pictures, video, text and presentations to inform and inspire others about how “God is moving today among every nation, tribe, people and language.”

Read as Christianity Today attempts to ask & answer, "What Makes a Church Missional?"


Vote for your Legendary March (Madness) Moments. A humble suggestion ...

March 24, 1979: Magic Johnson, Michigan State, NCAA Final Four vs Penn
Johnson pushed the Spartans into the title game againt Indiana State with a near-perfect performance in a 101-67 rout of Penn. He was 9-for-10 from the field and 11-for-12 from the foul line for 29 points, and he made it a triple double with 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

Watch a 3-minute video clip about the book, Instructing a Child’s Heart, the sequel to Shepherding a Child's Heart. Read the table of contents and the preface. (HT Justin Taylor)


Read A Call Girl’s View of the Spitzer Affair.


Check out this site with a list of the greatest athletes to wear each jersey number (1-99, Ozzie Smith through Wayne Gretsky) and the greatest NFL players to wear each number.


View this Procrastination Flow Chart ... if you ever get around to it.


Read about the research that suggests, "Most Americans believe in sin, but differ widely on just what it is."


Read about the firefighter who used CPR to save a dog's life.


Read Discipleship Journal's 38 Ways to Wake Up Your Sunday School Class.


Read about shorter people being more prone to jealousy.


Read about the Florida Senate's measures to ban "sagging" or "droopy" pants in public schools.


Read as Lionel Woods asks, "Is it ever okay to terminate the life of the unborn?????"


Read quotes from Calvin, Warfield, and Erroll Hulse on John 3:16 and God's love for "the world."


Read about how Most Physicians Sleep Fewer Hours Than Needed For Peak Performance. What other occupations might fall into that category, I wonder.


Read about the church in Waterford Township, Michigan, suing government officials after repeated raids over praise & worship deemed disturbing to the peace.

"Uniformed police officers entering a church during religious services and young church members being threatened with prosecution is something that happens in communist China, not in America," said Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, the Ann Arbor-based national public interest law firm that filed the church's lawsuit.

Read about how the Treasury Secretary would like to get rid of the penny.


Read about how Obama's church could be in legal trouble after the controversial endorsement of Obama for president. Read about the church bowing up in response to criticism.


Read 6 Interview Mistakes when looking for a job.


Check out Tim Challies on Loving the Sinner More than the Sinner Loves His Sin.


Comment of the Week:
"I figure getting mentioned in, "A Case of the Monday's," is sort of the Christian blogger's equivalent of getting his picture on the Cover of Rolling Stone." (Chris Brauns)

"Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done."
- Aaron Burr