Quote of the Day

Tomorrow is Black Friday in the United States, but apparently not all retaliers are into the whole Black Friday thing.

From the New York Times, : 'High-end retailers “don’t have to do anything desperate — it’s kind of hard to see a 5 a.m. queue outside of a Fifth Avenue luxury retailer,” said Chris Donnelly, a senior executive in Accenture’s retail practice. “If you don’t have to put it on sale and people are still going to buy it, why put it on sale?”'

The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/business/black-friday-sales-show-divide-between-shoppers.html?_r=2&hp

Single in Christ

Looked at positively as a celebration of the complete sufficiency of Christ, singless can be a powerful witness for the gospel. Whereas in Judaism, Islam and Mormonism being married and having children are expected norms, in Christianity they are not. In choosing a life of singleness for the sake of kingdom service, one can freely demonstrate the complete sufficiency of Christ for being a fully blessed member of the new covenant, despite being without the fulfillment of a spouse and children.

Source: Barry Danylak, Redeeming Singleness: How the storyline of Scripture affirms the single life. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway, 2010, p. 140.