Great Links

Here are a few great links:

At http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?articleID=20080511_46_E7_spancl586795, you will find an article by business columnist Harvey MacKay titled "Practicing Compassion Brings Happiness." I liked its emphasis on bringing compassion into the workplace and the information about the chemical changes in our bodies caused by compassionate acts.

At http://urbanlogfamily.blogspot.com/2008/05/day-in-life-of.html, you will learn about a day in the life of an urban youth minister. Bob Logsdon, the Contact Church's youth minister, shares information about his work.

At http://www.christianchronicle.org/article2158347~E-mail%3A_Speak_-_and_forward_-_the_truth_in_love, you will find a column by Erik Tryggestad encouraging us to refrain from spreading gossip and slander on the Internet.

Heartlight ministry has published two outstanding devotional pieces over the last few days. At http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200805/20080513_hardchoice.html, Steve Higginbotham wrote "Sometimes the Hard Choice is the Right Choice." At http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200805/20080515_uprighting.html, Ann Voskamp wrote, "Uprighting the Earth."