everyone naked at this church but Jesus

Interesting that at this church where everyone including the pastor is naked,

the only person not naked (see 00:17-23) is Jesus on the crucifix
(and we all know what he was wearing then
(see "Jesus died naked..but not in Christian art and movies"  and  "Two-stage shaming")
Whatsup with that?

"like asking Emily Dickinson to write an instruction manual for assembling a bicycle.

Looks like Leonard Sweet's 567th book will be a great one...again.

Pre-release review:

• Reading Leonard Sweet's Viral: Part 1

• Reading Leonard Sweet's Viral: Part 2

• Reading Leonard Sweet's Viral: Part 3

 

 

Curse of Knowledge

from "Made to Stick," by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, HT

...imagine what it’s like for the listeners to hear isolated taps rather than a song. This is the Curse of Knowledge. Once we know something, we find it hard to imagine what it was like not to know it. Our knowledge has “cursed” us. And it becomes difficult for us to share our knowledge with others, because we can’t readily re-create our listeners’ state of mind.

Jeremy Myers:

• Sell Your Church Building 

• How to Sell Your Church Building (Part 1) 

• How to Sell Your Church Building (Part 2)

 

 

S--- Seminarians Say/S--- People Say To Ministers

uncensored:

Flying People in New York City

Optical Illusion: Flying People Above NYC: MyFoxHOUSTON.com

Which is the greater sin:To tell a lie or to lose your temper?

I asked this  question on Facebook:

Which is the greater sin?

(Just pick one, and don't add options-- On Thursday, I will post an interesting article about this choice) Feel free to explain your choice in the comments..

Which is the greater sin?

 

	To tell a lie?
	To lose your temper?

 

Be sure to check out the  final vote (Lie-18,  Temper-12 ....interesting!),comments and answers ,

Yes, I know the "real" right answer is "neither" or "both".. a "fuzzy set"  and a
"Marker Trick," as Rob Bell would have it in the video below:


I also agree that it might depend on context.

But I was curious to see what answers would emerge, and which would win, among the wide spectrum of facebook friends.  And I sure got some great, and hugely helpful comments.  Thank you.

I also wanted to, after the contest was closed, feature as a follow-up, an excerpt from the book I stole the question from: Duane Elmer's  "Cross-cultural conflict: building relationships for effective ministry."  But it turns out the excerpt I wanted was not online, at least in a format I could paste in here . It is readable on Google Books, so I would recommend clicking here to read  pp. 11-17.


OR if you are really brave, you can watch/listen to me reading that same section here.  I was too lazy to type it all up.  You'll hear the question addressed from a cross-cultural perspective.


Enjoy!


Elemer's story starts like this:

It was Sunday morning in the sleepy town of Amanzimtoti in South Africa's picturesque  Indian Ocean coast.  The heat was very intense.  A light ocean breeze offered some relief, but I hardly noticed.  I was scheduled to preach at a local church and was aferaid of arriving late.  My directions to the church wrere not too clear.  I never knew quite what to expect when I visited a church for the first time.  Sometimes church services woiuld be held in a garage, sometimes under a flamboyant tree spreading under a high umbrella of shade, sometimes in a  town hall, sometimes in a tent attached to a residence.  The people of rural South Africa possessed boundless ingenuity for creating worship spaces.
It being Sunday, the stores were all closed.  And since the extreme heat was . 

...continued on  Google Books, click here  to read the rest, pp 11-17..or watch below to allow me to read it for you