Each sphere has its own unique, inviolable, delegated authority.
No sphere...may suppress or tyrannize or draw parasitically upon others.

Abraham Kuyper

I yield myself up to Thee; as Thine own reasonable sacrifice, I return to Thee Thine own. I would be forever, unreservedly, perpetually Thine; whilst I am on earth, I would serve Thee; and may I enjoy Thee and praise Thee for ever!

at the age of 15

I usually just add blogs I like, visit often, or subscribe to in my sidebar under the title "notable blogs"; however, I'd like to point out this blog specifically. The newly introduced blog is from Pastor Bob Bixby and is called Pensees.

Only four blogs in (two on fundamentalism and two book reviews), and I'm already very excited, blessed, provoked, and challenged by a blog right up my alley. I think you'll find it valuable as well.

Morris rating: Must read. Must subscribe to. Well-worth your time.

A pastor to Henri Abraham Cesar Malan, then unconverted but soon to be one of the great leaders of the Reveil, following a sermon from the latter:

"It appears to me, sir, that you have not yet learnt that, in order to convert others, you must first be converted yourself. Your sermon was not a Christian discourse, and I sincerely hope my people didn't understand it."

(The Reveil, French for "revival" or "awakening" was the little-known awakening among French protestants in Switzerland and France beginning around 1815. Malan was a Genevan. After his conversion he preached on justification alone from Calvin's old pulpit at St. Gervais to a mixed response of grumbles and even audible laughter. The state church quickly forbade Malan from preaching on "controversial" points such as the deity of Christ and justification by faith alone. Malan built his own chapel so he could preach as he pleased. Malan spoke across Europe. Another aspect of his little-known ministry was his tune-writing. His most often sung tune is "Hendon." If you know what we usually sing to that, I'll be quite surprised.)

info paraphrased from Faith of our Fathers: Scenes from Church History

I recently came across this very new Christian site--Not for the weak.
I'm still checking it out, but I think it has definite value.
We talk about how we can use the web for ministry, and specifically how to use blogging, and I think this is a concrete demonstration of some of those talks/blogs in action. The site is a "teen community." You can chat, read articles, post comments, listen to a variety of music (i'd love to comment on that one, but alas there is not enough time, space, or conclusions for that right now), and even become a "creator" after a process of applications.
(ben, are you reading this? cause i think this is an interesting solution to our question about how you control the authors)
Check it out and let me know what you think.
(i'm thinking about ubertati's comment in a similar situation about when we're going to get something like this created for "our circles." (again, i wish i could comment on that but again, not enought time, space, etc. )good question. and i think ourpeace.net could be a great answer.)

The bottom line truth is that life is not supposed to work without God at the center. Those who try to do so--even Christians--can maintain only an artificial facade of hope and satisfaction. The grim reality is that the emptiness of life without God at the center pushes itself to the consciousness once again when the music stops, the drugs wear off, the eroticism fails, the fashions grow old, the relationships disappoint, the accomplishments fade, and the thrills subside. They are left to themselves, and the emptiness for most people is too much.

God has made it clear, however, that mediocre Christianity is not supposed to work.

Jim Berg, on causes of despair

Here's a site that was recommended to me, and I've enjoyed the exploring I've done so far--ccwonline

As always, read with discernment, but I do think it'd be worth your time. I've enjoyed his poetry and prose section as well, and some of the resources he has to offer are fabulous. (and although i don't know much about web design, i like the way his looks and works) In the future this one is going to appear in my sidebar, but for now this blog will do.