illustrations: April 2010
God's Agenda Often Far More Commonplace Than We Imagine
John Koessler, "George Bailey Lassos the Moon," on his blog A Stranger in the House of God (3-18-10)
John Ortberg on the Importance of Spiritual Weaning
John Ortberg, Love Beyond Reason (Zondervan, 2001), pp. 41-42
Statistics on Media Intake of Young People
Bill White, Paramount, California; source: Leadership Network Advance on-line digest (3-9-10)
Choices Make Us One of Two Creatures
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (HarperOne, 2001), pp. 86-87
Cars.com Ad Shows That Even Smart People Don't Know Everything
Craig Brian Larson, editor of PreachingToday.com; source: 2010 USA Today Ad Meter and Cars.com
News That Illustrates
Brian Lowery, managing editor, PreachingToday.com
Anonymous Donor Pays Off Students' Debts
John Ortberg, in the sermon "Patch 'Em," Menlo Park Presbyterian, Menlo Park, California (preached 5-17-09)
Desmond Tutu on Hope, His Favorite Bible Verse
"10 Questions," Time magazine (3-22-10), p. 4
The Parade Nobody Gets to Watch
Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years (Thomas Nelson, 2009) , pp. 234-237; submitted by Doug McCoy, Walnut Creek, California
A Conversation with a Waitress Changes Everything for Minister
Hugh Halter, "Making the Kingdom Tangible," Shapevine.com newsletter (1-12-10)



