Volunteer > TimeBank
Volunteering is becoming a very much needed and desirable way to give back to those in need. A UK based organization “TimeBank” is trying to organize and empower people to volunteer in their area of interest. I tend to think that volunteerism will be the future of growth of philanthropy.
Tags: Charity, Philanthropy, TimeBank, Volunteer
Life As A Computer
I ran across some good humor that really illustrates how dependant we are on our God, while computers are dependant on humans to adjust and to run. Though sometimes I think it would be nice if life would be as easy as a computer.
If Life Were Like A Computer:
- You could add/remove someone in your life using the control panel.
- You could put your kids in the recycle bin and restore them when you feel like it!
- You could improve your appearance by adjusting the display settings.
- You could turn off the speakers when life gets too noisy.
- You could click on “find” (Ctrl, F) to recover your lost remote control and car keys.
- To get your daily exercise, just click on "run"!
- If you mess up your life, you could always press "Ctrl, Alt, Delete" and start all over!
Tags: Humor, Computer, God, dependance, Life
Injustice For All
In reading a blog post on Spectrum, it reminded me of a scripture that I also read today.
Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrong? ….. Habakkuk 1:3
Why does it seem that Americans aren’t standing up for injustice in our world as much as previous generations have? I know this is my personal view, but based on our materialistic society of greed we don’t want to be taken out of our comfort zones to contradict injustice. We only help when it’s politically correct and we don’t provoke our voice to injustice unless we are getting something in return for our risks. An example of this is the homeless in America. Helping the homeless is a good thing to do, but the injustice is how the homeless got there in the first place. over 70% of the homeless are veterans and many have been cast out of society because of their mental state, either from birth or abuse. The injustice is allowing the veterans to be left to the world after seeing and doing the awful things of war. The injustice is not providing counseling services for the abused and not educating society about how homeless need more than just soup. There is is injustice all around us, pick your battles of injustice and lift your voice. God promised the prophet Habakkuk that hope was near and that all injustice would be righted with the coming of the Savior.
Tags: Habakkuk, Injustice, Spectrum, Homeless
College Graduates = Democrats
I just noticed a map of the 2000 Census on college graduate percentages based on US counties. An interesting comparison is revealed in the map that I’m sure politicians have noticed. The counties with the highest college graduates are for the most part democratic counties. I won’t be surprised to see in this election some spin on this. It also brings up an interesting dynamic for relational ministry in communities with this makeup. The closest county to where I live with the highest number of college graduates is Charlottesville, VA. This county happens to be extremely democratic as well. This extreme contrast is probably less noticeable in most area’s, Charlottesville, VA is a very unique city.
Check out also zipskinny.com this is a cool web 2.0 way of looking at the census data in your community.
Tags: Charlottesville, Virginia, Democratic, Census, Graduates, College, County
Is this Real or Fake?
After seeing this picture, it made me think of how this world views Christianity and the Holy Word. Obviously you can’t judge a book by its cover, and also one can’t always tell what is considered right or wrong or what is real or fake. In a world with many delusions, we must put our faith in something that doesn’t throw smoke at us.
We must be a witness to the world in a non-delusional fashion, sticking out our neck so that we can be trusted. To many times ministry is done with smoke screens to hide or obscure the real truth, just to get another soul into membership. This is not ministry it’s consumerism.
Can you tell the difference. Is this Real or Fake?
Tags: Delusions, Ministry, Art, Paintings, Christianity, Bible
Open Source Religion
Recently there has been an increase in Open Source Religions. An alternative belief system that is quite different than traditional religions. In a sense it’s the religion of technology. Everything can be accomplished through community, dialogue, refinement, organization, and "software". Of course this is my outside opinion, but their seems to be a focus on faith that can only be proven or is reality based. There is one such example in a story about a Jew that wanted to take a open source approach to the study of the Bible. He brought out a good point that most haven’t really read the Bible very much. It’s the Laodicean or lazy attitude of our generation that brings ignorance to the table. So he decided to do something about it and see if there would be an interest in someone that doesn’t know anything about the Bible, read the bible and then Blog their impressions and understanding. So that’s what he did and it has become a huge hit, so much that he can’t even keep up with all the e-mails coming in. He call’s it Blogging the Bible project. If he can do it, and then so can you.
Here is another site that appeals to the Open Source lifestyle to the study of the Bible: Skeptics Annotated Bible
This reminds me of Bibleinfo.com in format only.
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