Fuchsia Tarwater bags on “The Secret” by rounding up some great sites. We’ve been beating this drum since February.

James Giutsti, of Shipwrecked in South Carolina, writes about the energy of joy and how it can power you through your working day. How true his observation is! It’s easy to move through even the most mundane tasks if you enjoy what you do. The real trick, one we’d love to see Giutsti tackles, is how to get to that point.

You’ve heard of Rick Warren’s The Purpose-Driven Life. How much do you know about his Saddleback mega-church?  Here’s an excerpt from its history: Fresh out of seminary, the young pastor and his bride dreamed of planting a church that would be “a place where the hurting, the depressed, the confused can find love, acceptance, help, hope, forgiveness and encouragement.”

A noble goal, which is shared by Soul’s Code. Why isolate that ethic within the walls of a church?

Online communities can offer the same things to those that are hungry at heart.

Digger Jones discusses the debate he’s been having with his wife about the importance of “relational programing” inside their churches. Here’s a telling section from his writing:

It just sort of hit me that I’m not terribly skilled when it comes to relating on any level deeper than the surface. I can talk and engage, but there’s always a part that never fully commits. That has been true in my marriage more than anywhere else. I think God is taking the long and scenic route into some newer place where I might actually learn about real relationship and truly being invested in other people. The institutional church has been an exceedingly poor teacher of how to have meaningful and genuine relationships.

Blogger in a Strange Land quips that “Denile isn’t just a river in Africa” and reflects on why people ignore what seems to be the object truth around them.

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