A couple of weeks back, Brian McLaren talked to a room full of missionally-minded church planters and lay people at the TransFORM East Coast Conference (which was free by the way).
I thought it was a great message and well worth sharing here.
Tag: Africa
Love is all you need
On December 7th, 2009 at 1:30pm GMT Starbucks invited musicians from all over the world to sing together at the same time to raise awareness for AIDS in Africa. In that one breathtaking moment, musicians from 156 countries played “All You Need is Love” together. Watch now, as musicians from all around the world come together and share a song.
You can still take part by donating your a video of yourself (or you and your friends) singing the song. Starbucks will donate a nickel to the Global Fund to help fight AIDS in Africa for every video that’s submitted.
Find out more http://starbucksloveproject.com/
My favorite point in the video is the boy belting out “All you need is love!” from Israel, around the mid-point in the song.
What’s your favorite point(s)?
(ht @knightopia)
iPhones and dirty Coltan #justicefriday
Today a new iPhone 3Gs is being released to the masses. Folks were lining up around the block to get their hands on Steve Jobs’ latest gadget.
The new 3Gs just adds to the iphone buzz on Twitter about the new iPhone 3.0 OS (released earlier this week).
And I get it. I’m a huge fan of technology and gadgets – including my beat-up BlackBerry Curve 8310.
But what if these things we consume on a daily basis are enslaving folks in more ways than we realize (there’s a reason folks have fondly adopted CrackBerry as an appropriate nickname for their BlackBerry)?
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Give the gift of clean, fresh water for 30 people
Kevin Hendricks is a man on a(nother) mission… after spending time in Ethiopia this March to pick up his newly adopted son Milo, he’s witnessed the water crises there first hand and he’s hoping to make a difference with his 30th birthday.
Kevin writes ::
In late March 2009 we traveled to Ethiopia to bring home our son Milo. While there, we witnessed the reality of unclean water:
- Time and time again we saw the people of Ethiopia carrying these 5 gallon jerry cans, often walking hours to muddy water holes for their daily supply of tainted water.
- Milo came home with giardia, a water-borne intestinal parasite common among people with no access to clean water.
- I fell sick for a day, stricken down by water unintentionally consumed either in the shower or from rinsed dishes. Thankfully it was a mild case (yay for meds!).
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The Blogger Bake Off
This looks cool.
from the website ::
Quite simply; bake bread, give dough. You can sign up for the campaign, make a donation, upload your bread recipes and document your culinary adventures in the media centre to spread the word. Bloggers can go even further by downloading our widget and tagging five other bloggers to do the same.
I haven’t extensively looked the site over yet, but I like the idea thus far. May have to bust out a bread recipe or two tomorrow.
How to get involved ::
- Join our campaign.
- Submit your bread baking recipe.
- Make a donation to Breadline Africa.
- Vote for your favourite recipe.
- Bake a loaf of bread and blog about it.
- Bake many loaves of bread and host a bake sale.
Anyone else checked the site out yet?
Hear about Darfur
Want to hear from someone who has seen the Darfur genocide firsthand?
“Ruth Messinger Bears Witness”
Thursday, March 27, 2008 • 7:30 p.m. • Pollman Hall
Temple Emanu-El 8500 Hillcrest Road | Dallas, TX 75225
Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service, will give a firsthand account of the ongoing genocidal campaign in Darfur, Sudan that has been raging since February, 2003. Reflecting on her own visits to the region in August 2004, October 2005 and July 2007, Ruth will describe what must be done to stop these atrocities that have claimed over 450,000 lives. In addition to her presentation on the current conflict in Darfur, she will also highlight the work of AJWS and its 368 projects in 36 countries throughout the Americas, Africa and Asia. Sharing the words of dedicated volunteers from across the United States – students, community leaders and skilled professionals – Ruth will tell of the enormous transformative impact we can make as global citizens working to ensure lasting social justice.