I was reading a book recently and came across this:
The missionary E. Stanley Jones once met with Gandhi he asked him, “Mr. Gandhi, though you quote the words of Christ often, why is that you appear to so adamantly reject becoming his follower”
When the Tsunami Hits
I asked the question on Google+, “What would you do in your current circumstances if you were absolutely confident God is with you?” and Brian Kelley responded with the following. Brian thanks for sharing and letting me feature your writing on the Heartstone blog!
Who Is Your Samwise?
I wonder what sort of tale we’ve fallen into?
The trials of life, or our brokenness, or our wounds will at some point force us to face our need for one another. We all need that someone to lean on, that someone who will stand beside us and walk it out with us no matter what! We need people who will love us, who will walk into the wretched details of our lives.
Have We Commoditized Gossip?
Gossip is so unbelievably attractive and it tastes so good….hmmmm. Most of us deal in gossip all the time. “Have you heard what happened to …?”
Taking it up a notch, I would argue that we have ‘commoditized’ gossip. We have mass wide scale gossip that’s a billion dollar industry. Like our choice of magazines. While standing in the checkout aisle of the grocery store we flip through the pages of what the celebrities are doing. Ever notice that the celebrity magazines are sold right next to the candy? …get the connection?
TED Takes on SOPA: Why it Would Create a “Consumption-Only Internet”
Clay Shirky argues that the history of the modern world could be rendered as the history of ways of arguing, where changes in media change what sort of arguments are possible–with deep social and political implications.
What does a bill like PIPA/SOPA mean to our shareable world? At the TED offices, Clay Shirky delivers a proper manifesto — a call to defend our freedom to create, discuss, link and share, rather than passively consume.
