I appreciate a well told story.
Telling stories is one of the most effective ways to lead a community or congregation.
The church that I serve, Resurrection West, is a member of the Olathe Chamber of Commerce who recently released a video to promote Olathe.
This model could be effective for a wide variety of settings to share stories of:
I sure do.
I recently heard this phrase and found it to pretty accurately describe my habit of using my iPhone to check news, play a game or read email while having down time of even a minute or two.
Do you info snack?
I haven’t read the book, but I may go see the movie. How about you?
I found this to be fascinating and thought that you might enjoy this graphic. How much is or could be applicable to the church? For example, to paraphrase a paragraph found in the graphic:
But today, due to the Internet’s transformative power, faithful people can custom-design their own religious experience in whatever way they see fit. Creating discipleship content and being discipled is no longer confined to being connected with a church; anyone with an Internet connection can grow in their faith.
I don’t agree completely with the paragraph above but see how it could be appealing. What do you think? Do you agree or disagree?
Via: OnlineEducation.net
I have recently been asking those who regularly worship with Resurrection Online questions about vision. Here they are:
Image via Wikipedia
With a son who is 12 days aways from being 6 months old, I read with interest this article from Mashable, Children’s Consumption of Digital Media On The Rise [STATS]. This connected me with the original study from The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, which you can find in PDF form with this link. Straight from this document are some of their findings:
The official recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics is as follows:
“The first two years of your child’s life are especially important in the growth and development of her brain. During this time, children need positive interaction with other children and adults. This is especially true at younger ages, when learning to talk and play with others is so important.
Until more research is done about the effects of screen time on very young children, the American Academy of Pediatrics strongly discourages television viewing for children ages two years old or younger, and encourages interactive play.
For older children, the Academy advises no more than one to two hours per day of educational, nonviolent programs, which should be supervised by parents or other responsible adults in the home.”
Our son has had his eye caught by screens from time to time. We are definitely going to stay away from intentional screen time of any kind for him until at least two years old.
A few months ago, I read the article More families choose to have funerals webcast from USA Today. I commend the article to you and wanted some pros and cons of this practice from my point of view.
I first heard about this fantastic video from this update:
Very creative video from Cokesbury. No, seriously… http://t.co/4myKCwj—
Steven Blair (@revsteven) April 03, 2011
Here it is – The Preacher Your Preacher Could Preach Like:
Likely, inspired by:
Thank you to everyone involved!
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