A digital commonplace for a Regular Guy called Charlie Pharis
What�s the difference between a community and a mob?
Great question…great answer!
“The whole notion of ‘community’ is a vast, fuzzy semantic and political swamp. But I think people in communities know each other and have relationships. People in mobs don�t necessarily have those relationships.”
See more of Howard Rheingold’s comments here.
Great Stuff from Todd Hunter
“In the neutral zone we can often wonder if we are going crazy or experiencing enlightenment as we unlearn old self-images and take on new ones. The old is now transparent (what it really was– good and bad), but nothing new feels solid yet.
In the neutral zone we learn to surrender, to give in to the process through trusting God, inviting God to act. Though we fear this may lead to chaos, the chaos envisioned here is not a mess; it is like a primal state of pure energy–God�s kind of energy–that leads to God�s kind of creation. It is only from the perspective of the old form that chaos looks fearful�from any other perspective it looks like life in the making, soon to be shaped by new purpose and identity.”
Oh…the first part is here
Great Stuff from Todd Hunter
“In the neutral zone we can often wonder if we are going crazy or experiencing enlightenment as we unlearn old self-images and take on new ones. The old is now transparent (what it really was– good and bad), but nothing new feels solid yet.
In the neutral zone we learn to surrender, to give in to the process through trusting God, inviting God to act. Though we fear this may lead to chaos, the chaos envisioned here is not a mess; it is like a primal state of pure energy–God�s kind of energy–that leads to God�s kind of creation. It is only from the perspective of the old form that chaos looks fearful�from any other perspective it looks like life in the making, soon to be shaped by new purpose and identity.”
Oh…the first part is here
Finally! A Reasonable Counterpoint to the Prevailing Whining!
“From my own study of Scripture I would say that to refuse to do what I can for those who are under the power of oppressors is nothing less than the failure of Christian love. This is why I am not a pacifist.
Pacifism in this poor fallen world in which we live – this lost world – means that we desert the people who need the greatest help.”
-Francis Schaeffer
For more, check out antithesis.com
Finally! A Reasonable Counterpoint to the Prevailing Whining!
“From my own study of Scripture I would say that to refuse to do what I can for those who are under the power of oppressors is nothing less than the failure of Christian love. This is why I am not a pacifist.
Pacifism in this poor fallen world in which we live – this lost world – means that we desert the people who need the greatest help.”
-Francis Schaeffer
For more, check out antithesis.com
Finally! A Reasonable Counterpoint to the Prevailing Whining!
“From my own study of Scripture I would say that to refuse to do what I can for those who are under the power of oppressors is nothing less than the failure of Christian love. This is why I am not a pacifist.
Pacifism in this poor fallen world in which we live – this lost world – means that we desert the people who need the greatest help.”
-Francis Schaeffer
For more, check out antithesis.com
Tough Day. Long Day.
Nothing in particular made it a tough, long day. Just one of those draining kinds of days. It’s not the fact that there were only 3 people at our mid-week service…after all, I learned a long time ago that you don’t measure someone’s commitment to Jesus by the number of hours per week they spend inside a church building. I guess I’m simply discovering that it’s going to be more of a spiritual battle than I imagined. I mean, after all, here we are in the very buckle of the Bible Belt! This is the county where First Baptist! Woodstock! is located! This is where the big guns come to hang out! But the powers of darkness are there and here and everywhere! The most powerful one may be that of apathy…
Oh, well. It seems that everything I post is kind of a downer. Maybe that’s the way it is…
Tough Day. Long Day.
Nothing in particular made it a tough, long day. Just one of those draining kinds of days. It’s not the fact that there were only 3 people at our mid-week service…after all, I learned a long time ago that you don’t measure someone’s commitment to Jesus by the number of hours per week they spend inside a church building. I guess I’m simply discovering that it’s going to be more of a spiritual battle than I imagined. I mean, after all, here we are in the very buckle of the Bible Belt! This is the county where First Baptist! Woodstock! is located! This is where the big guns come to hang out! But the powers of darkness are there and here and everywhere! The most powerful one may be that of apathy…
Oh, well. It seems that everything I post is kind of a downer. Maybe that’s the way it is…