I have enjoyed reading all of the ways that many followed the daily pursuit of Revolutionary Love. This is a life choice that we each make, moment by moment.
People’s lives are changed in the second that give the gift of Love.
I chose to help some of the poorest children in Manila, Philippines. It is easy to see that these Children need basic school supplies. I asked if others in my office would also like to become part of the Revolution. Three others joined in; we purchased a large amount of basic school supplies, enough for 30 children. On the next trip to our office in Manila, we took the supplies as checked luggage. Two of our Philippine Leaders had contacted the school, and they took the supplies. The school has no walls, only a few desks, but these children, and the teachers, were very blessed. We have photos of the little faces. They each drew pictures of what they would like to be when they finish school. The students also did a traditional Philippine dance for us.
Several of us that engaged in the daily walk of Revolutionary Love, were truly blessed when the Children also gave us a gift of Revolutionary Love in return.
Faith McGary
A Logistic Management tool. This tool would allow members to inventory their supplies in order to help communities. We should all store extra food, paper supplies, medications, to help those in need during these hard times. And, what about all that stuff in your basement or attic, someone might need that, and you could bless someone. It would be good if each family stored a year of supplies and an additional supply to help others. If we plan now, and have a central church help with the storehouse management, many people can be helped/blessed.
Fourth, we need a User Interface that will consist of a cognitive and neural assistant, capable of learning the user’s activities, topics of interest, expertise, information needs, priorities and organizational roles. Let's start using technology to make it easy those we reach out to. Within the internal operation of LifeChurch the system should demonstrate the use of learned planning knowledge by the planning agent to (1) provide suggestions, and additional information (2) perform tasks automatically, and (3) delegate tasks to others and monitor their execution. This would free up resources to perform the more human tasks. Fifth, Mobile/Wireless/Web Holographic Displays are on the horizon. This will allow for virtual church attenders to become a holographic projection into a green room with Craig, giving us the feeling of attending with others. Through Tactile display units, we can virtually shake hands and be give a tactile feeling while being holographically involved with other virtual attenders. This is about 6 years away from the monetization process. You should start planning now.
Third, we need a Global Care System. This not only involves using our wireless, bluetooth technology to receive calls, but have POD's that can transmit important information to me through a filter profile that grants permissions. If I am not flying first class, and find my self in the cue, a POD could give me options to pass the time. I could download a quick podcast from Craig, I might want a LifeChurch game, or an Interactive session with a Life Group Leader. I could be in my car, and I want my bluetooth to interface with my telmatic system, While driving I may want my telematic system to pull a podcast or videocast through my bluetooth and play the file or give me a heads up transparent display on my windshield of Craig message.
Several new technologies on the horizon would be a version of SWARM, I see the ability to link cell phones like a SETI application. Instant news from the world on a single topic, mash together, and have a 360 inews source. The daily news sources only tell you what their sponsors (Government or Big Business) want you to hear. Second, we need a Global Database, a ONE ENUM system. People will want all of their profiles, screen names, email addresses, phone numbers of all types, to mash into one access "ENUM" contact.
Strobel is one of many writers that I enjoy. I don't consider myself a fan of anyone, but rather, a student of all.
A great Jewish teacher said that the sense of contact with the ultimate dawns upon most people when their self-reliance is swept away by misery.
Judaism & Christianity attempts to instill in us the sense of an everyday awareness. It leads us to regard injustice as a metaphysical calamity, to sense the divine significance of human happiness, to keep slightly above the twilight of the self, enabling us to sense the eternal within the temporal.
You know, there is no end to our experience of the spiritual grandeur, of the divine earnestness of human life. Our happiness may be crushed, but we are upheld by the faith that comes from our core belief.
Your books are very good, I have read each of them.
May I be bold and suggest a few others that I found very interesting.;
1. The Jewish New Testament Commentary (Since Christianity is a Sect of Judaism, this would be a good read for all Christians)
2. The Faith of the Early Fathers by William A Jurgens
3. Philokalia Series by G.E.H. Palmer, Philip SHerrard
4. The Illumined Heart by Frederica Mathewes-Green
5. Christian Thought a Brief History by Adrian Hastings
6. The Wound Of Knowledge by Rowan Williams
7. The Lost Gospel of Mary, The Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts by Frederica Mathewes-Green
8. 20th Century Catholic Theologian by Fergus Kerr
9. Evgartinos Compendium of Books written by Early Church Monastic Fathers.
10. The Orthodox Church by Timothy Ware
You had posted this blog some time ago. However, did you see in NewScientist (
www.newscientist.com)Weekly Magazine, January 24-30,2009 Page 12 That the Peruvians walked their prayers into the Earth. They now believe that The Nasca Lines made around 400BC are prayer lines. What a commitment to prayer, and the value they must have gained to continued this effort. These lines can be seen from space.
Do you think that Church Communities should have a 7 Year Store House of food, enough for each family member of the community, and a surplus beyond that? This would be modeled after Joseph in the Bible. When the hard times came on his Country, and Joseph's brothers came to get food, he was able to offer them forgiveness and food. Would this model of Community Planning work for the Church today? Should individual's do the same type of Program for their families and their neighbors? It would not be hording food out of fear, rather Pre-Planning for very difficult days that could be in front of the World? Should a large Viral/Web Community Church encourage this type of program to the social community it reaches? The Barter then becomes a dimension of Love. I do not have the answer, so this becomes a community question.
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