“Younger unchurched” being defined as those not currently involved in weekly Christian church services. This of course is an important statistic if you believe that there is an eternal destination, and that destination is determined by your stance on Jesus.
What is encouraging to me about this book is that churches are waking up to the fact of their hypocrisy (of course we’re hypocrites! that’s kinda what it means to claim to be a Christian…), but even more importantly waking up to the fact of their lack of concern for the individual story.
This book is a collection of mass survey studies and hundreds of personal interviews with very wise and caring observations made based on this research.
Written primarily to a Christian church leadership audience, I think many who care about such thing (whatever side of the argument you are on!) would enjoy reading it.
Elizabeth Gilbert put together one of the best talks I’ve seen in quite a while. Well worth 20 minutes when you get a chance. Prior to the Renaissance, prior to “rational” humanistic thought, people spoke of “having a genius” rather than “being a genius”. This was news to me.
Genius is etymologically related to the word genie (or djinn), a spirit.
The word “Ole!” (a Spanish exclamation uttered during a great performance) used to be “Allah!” or the Moorish (Islamic) word for “God!”. Pointing out the presence of the divine in a brilliant performance.
“The most extraordinary aspects of your being… are on loan to you from some unimaginable source…” She speaks truth.
A glimmer of truth, but truth no less. Want to know what that source actually is?
Not sure they are the first or only group doing this, but it is the first loud buzz I’ve seen come into my circles.
Lifechurch.TV, renowned (in emerging, evangelical, church circles) for their innovative use of the Internet and social media technology has implemented Google’s Translator API into their chat rooms. Make it possible for people from all over the world to talk to each other.
Pretty amazing, IMO.
It’s made possible by the API from Google Translator, which currently applies to 34 languages. The translation tool detects the native language from your browser or the words you’re typing and offers simultaneous translations for both the person speaking and the person reading.
Found this gem. A news report from 1981 describing an early “Internet”. Funny to think that this is now mainstream in a way they didn’t even imagine yet.
Matt has been creating Web sites for a decade, playing nearly every role on a Web team at least once. A love for art, a knack for code, and a love for people have fueled his career.
