4forFRIDAY with AChuckAllen

This Week’s 4forFRIDAY February 14, 2020

I love to share good reads, learnings, listens and reviews with friends and followers. So, thanks for joining me on my 4forFRIDAY BLOG. Each week, the 4forFRIDAY offers recommended Reads, Listens, Learnings and Reviews, simply for your enjoyment. Thanks Again! If you don’t already subscribe to my Weekday Meditation Podcast, I encourage you to check it out HERE.


Another Good Read or Listen: The Day the World Went Nuclear: Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific

Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe, but in the Pacific, American soldiers face an enemy who will not surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll. Meanwhile, in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. Newly inaugurated president Harry Truman faces the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon.

A New Favorite Worship Song: MISTAKES by Influences Music

A good friend of mine shared this song with me the other day and I cannot stop playing it in the truck. Here’s a taste of the lyrics from “Mistakes.”
You don’t make mistakes
And You didn’t start with me
Even though i’m far from where I know
I’m supossed to be

A Fun Read for BBQ Fans: Georgia Barbecue Trail Traces Path Of People, Too

I love good Barbecue. The smaller the hole in the wall joint, the better. I agree with the late Lewis Grizzard, “if it says anything after Barbecue, it ain’t real barbecue.” If you are headed down 85, or headed up 75, here is where the barbecue places are within about 15 to 20 miles from those major interstates.

A Great Read: The Difference between Legalism and Discipline

Sometimes when people hear the word “godliness” it transmutes in their mind to legalism. And they say, I’ve been delivered from legalism, doing all these things to gain merit before God. And so they don’t want to discipline themselves because it sounds like legalism. But you have to understand there is a universe of difference between discipline and legalism…


My Spiritual Journals, Power Routines are now available at the Sugar Hill Church Store and Amazon. Instigating the habits of Gratitude, Scripture Reading, Journaling and Guided Prayer is a powerful way to CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUR LIFE! Pick up your copies of POWER ROUTINES at Sugar Hill Church or Amazon. The Brand New Volume 5 will be out next week!


A Quote from Thomas Merton

If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I think I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.


The Weekday Podcast and the Weekday Meditation

The Podcast is a 5 minute/day, 5 day/week Cup of Encouragement, straight from the Scriptures. The Meditation is about 7 minutes/day, 5/day/week and is designed to give you a combined and guided prayer/meditation experience.

Both of these resources are available on the Sugar Hill Church APP or WeekdayPodcast.com & WeekdayMeditation.com

Go in Peace, 

AChuck

About Author

AChuckAllen

I have the privilege to serve Sugar Hill Church as their Pastor. That means that I am the Lead Teacher. I set the course and direction of our church, and give daily direction to our staff team. I also lead our Men's Ministry and Digital Church efforts.
I am originally from Daytona Beach, Florida and have a lifelong history of church and faith-based leadership. I'm married to Jenny and together we have six daughters (Amy 27, Sarah 26, Amelia 26, Julie 24, Abby 18 and Samantha 18. I love to read, write, fish, hike, oil paint and scuba.
I'm a huge fan of The Georgia Bulldogs.
A few of my favorite books include anything by Tim Keller or Randy Singer, Good to Great, Undaunted Courage, The Tale of Three Kings, Simply Jesus, and Clout.
I'm a sucker for fried shrimp po-boys and a really good burger.

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