Waggle Dance

I have been checking out MyChurch and the nice set of community tools they have. They have kind of a Facebook vibe; it will be interesting to see how they evolve. It didn’t take long to get to be largest virtual community in our area (Augusta, Me.) but I’m not sure if that speaks more to the level of acceptance of these types of systems here in the remote north-east, than the overall popularity of MyChurch. The idea of virtual communities extending real communities is a pretty interesting one, but I wonder how it will playout with smaller churches and ministries that can’t muster the kind of global scale you find in Facebook or MySpace.

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I have been pretty amazed lately how God’s plans seems to include,
even require, such a diversity of people - different languages,
histories, upbringing, education, life experiences, view points,
talents, gifts…
In the natural, these differences usually lead to misunderstand,
distrust, conflict, fear, hatred, wars  -
God has given us a singular commonality, one thing that makes us
alike, and with that one thing, all our differences, all those things
that should separate us, come together to serve the Creator of the
universe, to serve His will and fulfill His plan - That one thing is
what we have each found at the foot of the cross, that one thing is
the only singular thing He had to give - His only begotten Son.

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While this is a WebMD article, Math May Tell Which Marriages Last, about a book, The Mathematics of Marriage: Dynamic Nonlinear Models, written in 2002, the message is timeless: marriage is about the connection of two people being made one. According to the research, success or failure of a marriage can be predicted with a 94% accuracy based on the scoring of negative and positive cues displayed during an argument. Rolling your eyes or being dismissive gets negative points, using humor or a supportive nod results in positive points. Couples with a score of 5 positive to 1 negative points have a stable, lasting relationship, while a ratio of 1 to 1 or less is a fast track to divorce court.
The mathematics put concrete face on something most know intuitively; a marriage full of negative comments, self-interest and disrespect is an unhappy one. God’s Word is pretty clear:

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Ephesians 5:22-33

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¹⁸ As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).
¹⁹He said to them, “Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people.” ²⁰They left their nets immediately and followed him.
NET Matt 4:18

I received an email the other day claiming to be from the security people at PayPal.com. It said that there had been a security problem and asked me to log into my PayPal account to make make sure everything was OK. They even provided me a link to click on in the email. I could rush right to my account login page to check the safety of my money. However, a quick look at the actual address of the link confirmed my initial suspicions: It didn’t go to PayPal’s servers at all, it was another email phishing attempt. (more…)

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This one has been around for a while, but my kids love it, so check it out!

And while your at it check out GodTube, tons of sermons, music videos, and some odd, quirky stuff.

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