I’m standing in a remote village in Haiti on the shore of the massive Lake Azeui. I upload a picture of some of the members of our mission team to Facebook and Twitter. They’re singing and dancing with the locals. There’s a communication gap, but music always seems to bring people together. It’s a special [...]
Oct 18, 2011 | Categories: headline, ministry, missions, outreach, READ, SERVE, the latest | Tags: book, church history, ends of the earth, facebook, media streams, mission trip, missionary, rhizome publishing, testimonies | 1 Comment »
Someone once advised me to ask questions when approaching an unbeliever. Soul Pancake gives Christians the chance to ask questions. I stumbled onto Soul Pancake via Facebook. It’s a strange name that causes cravings for Lone Spur’s short stack. Your questions won’t be shut down by the moderator, but as I replied to some of [...]
Jul 05, 2011 | Categories: outreach, the latest, worldviews | Tags: Baha'is, Baha'ullah, christians, emotions, evangelism, facebook, liberals, missions, Opinion, republicans and democrats, Soul Pancake, theology, universalists, wounds | 4 Comments »
According to a new 30 Hour Famine study, almost half (44 percent) of American teens say they’ve become more aware of the needs of others thanks to their social media usage. The survey commissioned by World Vision, a relief and development group, revealed that four out of five teens (80 percent) use social media and [...]
Apr 20, 2011 | Categories: activist faith, engaged in culture, poverty, the latest | Tags: 30 hour famine, 30hf, facebook, fasting, harris interactive, poverty, press release, social media, twitter, world vision | 9 Comments »
I know I’m probably going against the grain here, but that’s kinda what I do… Jimmy Kimmel declared November 17th National Unfriend Day to encourage people to ‘cut the fat’ from their Facebook friends lists. Makes sense, right? After all, who wants friends that send all those annoying Farmville requests no matter how many times [...]
Nov 17, 2010 | Categories: engaged in culture, perspectives, the latest | Tags: facebook, friend, Jesus, jimmy kimmel, love, national unfriend day | 7 Comments »
Note: This is an excerpt of a featured Community post (written by yours truly!) at HighCallingBlogs.com. Facebook is a game-changer. Say what you want about sites like MySpace, Twitter, or a number of others, but Facebook is the killer app that brought social networking into the mainstream. Social networking is ultimately about community, and not just surfing [...]
Mar 29, 2010 | Categories: the high calling, the latest | Tags: community, facebook, ministry, social media tips, social networking, the high calling | Leave A Comment »