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From an article in the NY Times (via 43 Folders):
“Several research reports, both recently published and not yet published, provide evidence of the limits of multitasking. The findings, according to neuroscientists, psychologists and management professors, suggest that many people would be wise to curb their multitasking behavior when working in an office, studying or driving [...]

Pete Greig, “founder” of the 24-7 prayer movement, has a new book called God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer in which he deals with the issue of unanswered prayer. Here are the reasons he lists on why some prayers are not answered:

Common sense: Am I asking God to do something stupid, meaningless, [...]

from the new yorker via ysmarko

A Conversation at the Grownup Table, as Imagined at the Kids’ Table
by simon rich
MOM: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.
DAD: O.K.
GRANDMOTHER: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.
DAD: Me, too. When it was over, I had sex.
UNCLE: I’m having sex right now.
DAD: We all are.
MOM: [...]

I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. -Isaiah 62:6-7
Introduction
Eve of Revolution
Listen, my children, [...]

I’m a ‘digger’. I get my news socially and digitally via web2.0. Many times you hear about a news story because your friend will say “did you hear that…” or because it is the discussion around the ‘watercooler’ or because you simply overheard a conversation. Now take this phenomenon, put it on the internet and [...]