What Christian Community use to be like

I think Justin is giving an example what we (as society) really want. We want a caring community. Before Roosevelt installed the SSN act local churches used to do this for each other. I believe that we are heading into a reformation as a faith and I wonder if this is one way a church could rethink community.

clipped from drinkingoatmealstout.com The Power of Offline Community In our Web 2.0 world we seem to talk an awful lot about online community but the offline community is almost equally if not more important. Recently, in my parents’ neighborhood, there was an awesome example of the power of offline community. One family woke up one morning to find their house on fire. They got out with their lives but lost everything. I can’t even imagine. The neighborhood… this offline community came together: That’s when the neighbors kicked into action. A next door neighbor serves as a coordinator for offers of help. Another neighbor, Tracy, who lives across the street from us went door to door in the neighborhood with a bucket where neighbors were asked to throw in contributions. Five hundred dollars was collected to help the family pay expenses during the next few days. Are you aware of what’s happening in your neighborhood? Would your community kick into action if a member was in need?

why use a web page anymore?

clipped from drinkingoatmealstout.com More Evidence of the Decline of the Web Page Found this kind of interesting when I was doing my morning RSS readering. Michael Arrington did a story about a new feature on Twitter’s Web site. This is what he said about it… I didn’t notice it myself (I use Twhirl and rarely visit the Twitter site)… I think this is more evidence in the decline of the notion of the Web page. Because of all the great Web platforms and APIs that are being made avaiable, the Web is no longer being constrained by the notion of a Web page. For example, there are many people like Michael Arrington who are using Web applications like Twitter with out ever actually going to the Twitter Web site.

What is a Blog Party?

Please answer me world!

Windows Live Writer

This is a test to see if I will like using the Windows Live Writer with my blog.  I usually hate Microsoft

Leadership is...

GOOD WORD

clipped from bobhyatt.typepad.com PastorHacks Leadership is... "Leadership is about bringing out and mobilizing the best in the people around you. It’s about helping a group of people work together towards a shared goal or set of goals. When leadership works, it creates leaders, not followers." What do leaders do? Leaders listen. Leaders empower those around them. Leaders recognize others’ strengths. Leaders are trustworthy. Leaders are confident. Leaders make decisions. Leaders recognize the value in other perspectives. Leaders commit to action. Leaders demand commitment from others. Leaders share ownership.

Kim Meyer's Blog is starting to be my favorite

Great Insight from moms

clipped from kemmeyer.typepad.com Kem Meyer on Less Clutter & Noise Increasing quality of life and church Helpful advice my mom just sent me...

Gen Y information

Tony Steward refered me to this article...good reference. Make sure you read the whole article through the link

Why Gen Y Is Going to Change the Web Gen Y is taking over. The generation of young adults that's compromised of the children of Boomers, Generation Jones, and even some Gen X'ers, is the biggest generation since the Baby Boomers and three times the size of Gen X. As the Boomers fade into retirement and Gen Y takes root in the workplace, we're going to see some big changes ahead, not just at work, but on the web as a whole. There's some contention over where exactly Gen Y starts and stops - some say those born 1983-1997, others think 1982-1997. In this week's Entertainment Weekly, Gen Y is defined as "current 13 to 31 year-olds" and BusinessWeek says they can be as young as five. Regardless, we know who they are - they're the young kids of today, the most digitally active generation yet, having been born plugged in..... clipped from www.readwriteweb.com