Facebook and Twitter continue to be popular ways of getting the word out about our posts, but a funny correlation seems to exist that those which get the most comments on Facebook tend to be the ones that generate the most comments on the blog itself, and it’s not always the ones you might expect.
A wordless three-month performance piece at the Museum of Modern Art says an awful lot about our hunger for contact.
This book of theodicy, disguised as a number of other things, continues to dominate.
At St. Peter’s Episcopal School . . . participated in a global outreach program, NetsforLife, through Episcopal Relief and Development.
Today’s young Evangelicals cut an altogether different figure. They are socially conscious, cause-focused and controversy-averse. And they are quickly becoming a growth market.
“I came via the scenic route . . . a little like Jonah where God says, “I want you to go to Nineveh.” Oh no. I’m going to Tarsus. Tarsus sounds like a really nice place. I’m heading off in the opposite direction. And fast!”
Jefferts Schori said his Pentecost letter suggesting sanctions for churches that disagree . . smacked of discredited colonial practices.
Here’s a possible vision for the future of Sunday School, when dwindling supplies of money and people may force churches to push their resources together.
“A seemingly simple phrase like, ‘The peace of the Lord be with you,’ turns into a major debate. We end up having to go back to the original texts, some of which are in Hebrew, to try to decipher exactly what the person writing that meant.”
Two highlights from the Cafe on Facebook this week, including the fast action on this morning’s news from Nigeria and a young person answering the question of how to get young people in the church.