Archive for September, 2007
We’re telephoning 12,000 households within 3 miles of our church in a project we’re calling the Connection Campaign. We’ve got two reasons for the calls: to invite anyone not already plugged in to a church to an Open House October 14, and to identify prayer requests in our community. As to the first goal: we’ve had 114 households say they’ll come, and another 168 express interest and ask for
When you don’t have a job, you don’t typically know what day of the week it is. I have only noticed the change in seasons recently - I had to start putting on a long sleeve shirt to run in. Not having seen seasons for so long either, I forgot that that would be a […]
Links to Your World–Tuesday Sept 25
Closed Published by Tom Goodman September 25th, 2007 on Get AnchoredWhat a difference it makes when you commit to serving others. An inspiring little video you should see—and then put it’s simple principle into practice at Hillcrest. (HT: Jason Spivey)
A wife in Bosnia used the code name “Sweetie” to chat online with a man using the nickname “Prince of Joy.” Each of them spent hours telling each other about their marriage troubles. Finally, they both showed up
Read the review on Bridges forthcoming book.
HT:JT
Report: Austin Home sales dip 10 percent
Closed Published by Steve Crossland September 24th, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateToday’s Austin Business Journal reports more of what’s been happening this year - the number of sales are falling COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, but the prices keep rising and days on market look good. In other words, the Austin real estate market is sending conflicting signals. What gives?
Let’s take a look at the article.
Austin Business […]
Shh, don’t tell anyone, but last week another adventure of ours was checking out Snoqualmie Falls. I mentioned it once before (click here for that post). This time the weather was much better, and we did the hike to the bottom, and jumped the fence, right next to the big sign that said don’t jump […]
Props for Another Sky Press out of Portland Oregon. They are definitely about people, not profit. Check out their beliefs and their mission. Their motto: Read Free. Support what you Love.
Buy one, get one. Yes, a laptop. The XO laptop is designed to withstand the harsh conditions of rural village life, while boosting education among the world’s poor.
I wonder if this is a good idea? Sure, boosting education is great, but social disruption created by one child having a computer in a remote village could […]
Zombies are really loving on the inside:
Join the Monks of Burma in Prayer
Closed Published by jdodson September 23rd, 2007 on Creation ProjectIn an unprecedented show of unified demonstration, monks, nuns, and many Burmese are holding prayer vigils and peacefu lprotests against the military dictatorship of Myanmar/Burma. One of the world’s most corrupt and oppressive governments, the junta has oppressed the peoples of Burma for almost 20 years.
Join the people of Burma in prayer for a restored […]