Links for the Weekend (2026-05-15)

Each Friday, I’ll post links to 3–5 resources from around the web you may want to check out.

Eight Myths about Heaven That Many Believe

Many Christians have a view of heaven that is more informed by popular culture than by the Bible. Randy Alcorn has spent years writing about heaven and wants to correct eight of these myths.

Thinking that Heaven will be boring betrays a heresy—that God is boring. Nonsense! God made our taste buds, adrenaline, the nerve endings that convey pleasure to our brains, our imaginations, and our capacity for happiness and excitement.

Collective Awe and What We Were Made For

Glenna Marshall writes about recent space-related events and discoveries and ties them into God as creator and humans as those who gaze on creation together.

That’s why when we encounter large-scale astonishing global or terrestrial events, we drop what we’re doing and stand in awe. I enjoyed following the Artemis II mission around the moon and back, mostly because I cannot imagine the glimpse of the universe that the four astronauts were fortunate enough to see, but also because I cannot fathom the math-minded brilliance of the scientists and physicists who made such an endeavor possible. I know I wasn’t the only one watching the Orion burn its way through the earth’s atmosphere while my heart pounded with a bit of fear. Anyone who watched breath a collective sigh of relief when splashdown occurred at precisely 7:07p.m. We were relieved and amazed.

Breaking

Our poem of the week: Breaking, by Kate Bluett. This poem is introduced by a portion of Luke 24 where disciples recognize the risen Jesus as he broke bread for them. This poem is, gloriously, about resurrection.

On the WPCA Blog This Week

This week on the blog we published an article I wrote called Wisdom Drained of Power. If you haven’t already seen it, check it out!

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