Useful Links for July 28th through August 4th
These are some links for July 28th through August 4th. Enjoy!
- Bruce Perens: Microsoft and Apache - What’s the Angle? -
- Plastic Bag Facts -
- Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody - "And television watching? Two hundred billion hours, in the U.S. alone, every year."
- Groups to pray for lower prices at gas stations - I don't know where to begin with this one, except to say this speaks volumes about the state of the church in this country.
- Literacy Debate - Online, R U Really Reading? - Series - NYTimes.com - “What we are losing in this country and presumably around the world is the sustained, focused, linear attention developed by reading,”
August 6th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
re: pray at the pump article.
the pastor says “the high gas prices are hindering our ministry at the soup kitchen.” so, that part makes sense - that the leaders and pastors of ministries would pray that people would continue to come out to do volunteer work even when it costs a little bit more to drive there…
however - i seems it is always the case that when ministry is costly many will rationalize the “wisdom” in stopping - viewing it as good stewardship instead of thinking outside the box, carpooling, taking public transportation, ministering in similar ways closer to their home, moving to the poorer community in which they want to serve, or other things…
i agree that “this speaks volumes about the state of the church in this country.” but i think it is not necessarily the praying at the pump that is the problem - that’s just a weird symptom of the underlying issues we all struggle with…
August 8th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
ok, what? if politicians can’t lower gas prices then we will ask God? so am i hearing correctly that God is one step under politicians in terms of what he is capable of? and to insert a line about lowering gas prices into ‘we shall overcome’ completely shows a lack of respect for a REAL social injustice! alright, enough ranting. i’m gonna go pray over zappos.com asking that God will lower the price of chaccos so i can finally own a pair ; )