…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. There is no law against such things.
– Galatians 5:22-23
“You can find Calcutta anywhere in the world. You only need two eyes to see. Everywhere in the world there are people that are not loved, people that are not wanted nor desired, people that no one will help, people that are pushed away or forgotten. And this is the greatest poverty.”
– Mother Teresa
Not going to lie – this is where I believe news is going. User submitted photos, video and stories. Enter You Witness News.
A unique combination of YouTube and Flickr with user submitted news.
I make a prediction now that this is where news will be within the next 10 years at the most.
And companies like Google that can sell advertising on sites like this will be making the real money.
Kevin Sites tells you what you need to get started.
Left Behind Games, an evangelical Christian software corporation spun off the best-selling book series, has launched a social-networking site that it promotes as a safe and profanity-free alternative to services like MySpace that have largely unregulated content.
Via CNET
…Because its so hard for someone with bad intentions to pose as a 14 year old boy.
It’s now easier than ever to spread joy this holiday season by giving the Gift of Flickr.
Flickr has special gift cards you can purchase to give the gift of a Flickr Pro Account. The cards come with a special activation code that you can give to anyone, whether or not they have an existing Flickr account.
And in the spirit of giving, Flickr now gives unlimited uploads for pro users. WOW! The two gigabyte monthly limit is no more. At the same time, they’ve upped the limit for free account members as well, from 20MB per month up to 100MB.
What happens when a church decides to change it’s name? Gordon MacDonald shares the path his church went down to change their church’s name from First Baptist to CenterPoint Church.
It was a big day when our leaders unanimously affirmed their desire to go for a change. It was an even bigger day when we identified a name that every one liked. It just popped up in conversation. I’m not sure that any of us remember who had the idea. Jesus, perhaps! When we first heard it, we raised holy hands and said in concert, “That’s it!” And we stopped looking. The name we picked was CenterPoint Church. It grabbed us, and it offered a meaning that we quickly embraced.
Not so the entire congregation. Admittedly, there were some strugglers out there. And we waited, month after month, for the last 20 percent of our people to jump aboard. Convincing the first 80 percent was easy. The last 20 percent, however, were harder to persuade.
I wrote an article a couple years back for Relevant Magazine and thought it’s relevant again with the holiday season…
Christmas is definitely here. Lights are a-twinkle around town. The advent candles are burning, and children everywhere are a part of numerous Christmas musicals.
Christmas also brings the proverbial White Elephant gift exchange. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this now common Christmas tradition, let me give you an explanation and some tips for walking away with the best gift.
The White Elephant gift exchange is a game likely dreamed up by genius guys, somewhere, who wanted an excuse for not knowing how to shop for their friends, girlfriends, wives and coworkers. Each person brings an unmarked gift, and then numbers are drawn to allow each person a turn to pick a present from the pile. The ingenious creators of the game also made a unique “out” to ensure they didn’t walk away with a disappointing gift. After a gift has been unwrapped, the partygoers who have not chosen their gift have the opportunity to steal one of the unwrapped gifts, rather than selecting from the pile of the unknown.
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