WEB SITINGS 2

As a blogger and a pastor, I spend a lot of time on the web reading blogs, looking at web sites, spending time with Facebook.  Here is a sampling of what I have found meaningful or thought-provoking lately.

From Stef Sellers' Facebook page, a profound thought from a delightful high school senior:  "Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same..."
   
From Jeremy Moyer's Facebook page (Jeremy is my church's Youth Director): "Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at."

From Carlos Whittaker on his web site Ragamuffin Soul:  "I love Jesus. If you are concerned with people seeing a Christian take “Christ” out of the word “Christmas” let’s just say it Merry Jesusmas so that everybody will get it."  

I follow a blog called Off ... we go now by Leonard Lee. He has a great post called "Mirror Mirror." He writes: "Have you ever left the house and realized you missed something important?  Food stuck in your teeth, a shirt with a stain, the dreaded white mark from your deodorant, your hair doing the rooster, zipper left at half mast…  This is why God invented the mirror.  The mirror can be a pretty good friend, telling you what to fix before you get gawked at.  Every day I see people who convince me they do not own a mirror.
                                 

"As a pastor, a lot of people talk to me about life.  Couples who are fighting, teens and individuals who are wrestling with decisions, relationships and life in general all make their way through my office.  One commonality many of these conversations have is that there are some things people just cannot see in themselves.  No mirror made by man can give a true reflection of the inside.  Here is a short list of hard to see traits.

• Self-centeredness
• Ungratefulness
• Foolishness
• Greed
• Unteachable heart

To read the rest of this post go to Mirror

Nick Francis Stephens from Mosaic Lancaster recently went to Liberia.  Nick is a well-traveled pastor. In a post "the last shall be first and the first shall be last even if the signage is bad" Nick comments:        
"Recently, while I was in the UK, I read this on twitter, "Humanity needs one and a half planet earths to sustain our lifestyles. 2 planet earths by 2030. Anyone have a spare?".  Do we think this to be the case because there are just so many people in the world and our space is being limited or is it that we are so horrible at sharing that when other people encroach in proximity we feel violated in so many ways. read more