Yesterday I was nosing around the interwebs and came across Friendster on a social bookmarking tool…According to TechCrunch Founded in 2002, Friendster is one of the web’s older social networking services. Adults, 16 and up can join and connect with friends, family, school, groups, activities and interests. The site currently has over 50 million users.
I found this graph that shows current usage by country
And then this morning I discovered this little jewel
In this short book author Mark Greene attempts to explore the simple question, “How does what I am about to do affect relationships?” His hope is to help his readers find satisfaction in a frazzled world.
I have to admit that Mr. Green had some difficulty in capturing my attention. He writes in short paragraphs that appear to be thoughts, but they don’t always seem to have a sense of continuity with the rest of the chapter. He seems to think that every single decision we make has a relational impact on those around us….even the purchase of a microwave. What about pizza? Does the pizza that I order affect those around me?
I found much of the book to be a combination of an attempt at a self-help to re-focus on building relationships, complaints on socio-political issues that I have no idea about, and brief reflections on scripture. I would suggest that if you are going to write a devotional book…write it. But too much of this book mixes and matches with topics and context that leaves me wondering why I bothered to read it. I even read ahead to find some hope. But, alas, it was not found.
Perhaps Mr. Greene is writing to a different audience that I am familiar with? Perhaps you should stick with speaking on contemporary culture at conferences around the world? I’m not even sure that I will keep this book.
Hillsong United’s full-length movie, We’re All in This Together, is going hit theatres in the USA for one night only in November.
On the I-Heart blog, Hillsong United frontman Joel Houston shared,
I-HEART is a movement of people helping people – showing the love of God in practical ways, wherever need exists. Right here, real soon, you’ll find an online community with the sole purpose of offline action – sharing ideas, being inspired, shoulder to shoulder, part of the solution – transforming local initiatives into a collaborative global impact. But in the meantime, let’s take time to look beyond ourselves and truly see others…Their worth, their needs, their future. Because it’s together that we love… and think… and act. As one, I-HEART.
The movie is part of a movement started by Hillsong United called the I Heart Revolution.
I-Heart is part apologetic, part documentary, part call to action, the film is a story made up of many stories, told by many voices, no individual voice any more or any less important than any other, yet every voice working together to ultimately tell the ONE story – A story that involves everyONE; that seeks to capture our collective and idiosyncratic purpose in ONE.And so… WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER will officially be launched this November. We’re taking it into cinemas for ONE night only – our prayer; that the Church across the earth would rally together and do whatever it takes to see as many people as possible gather at the same time in cinemas everywhere and be stirred and inspired by the message of Christ, to ultimately work closer together in seeing the real needs of humanity collide with a love that can only be found in God who by definition – IS Love.W.A.I.T.T. isn’t for a second about Hillsong UNITED.. It doesn’t serve to document the music and the adventurous nature of travel, nor has it been designed even to quench our thirst to be entertained.. This is a ultimately about YOU - It’s about all of us.. And so our hope is that we would ALL get behind it.. We never had a big budget.. No corporate sponsorship or professional help.. It has been pulled together by a small team of incredibly selfless and dedicated people who have tirelessly given of themselves and persevered to make it a reality.. And our prayer is that we all as individuals would play our part and take it upon ourselves to see as many of our friends, youth, churches mobilised to be a part of this event.. It has the potential to be HUGE!!
