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TallSkinnyKiwi: Is God up to something in USA?
Posted by Mike Boyink
Is there a pattern here? According to the newspapers, THE CHURCH in USA put the person they chose into office last week. Earlier this year, THE CHURCH in USA turned a movie called The Passion from a predicted failure into an outrageous success. The year before, THE CHURCH in USA emerged as an economic entity in making Contempory Christian Music one of the stronger performers in sales of records. Political strength. Cultural strength. Economic strength. Regardless of whether you agree with the actual decisions made (most of you in blogdom DO NOT), we have to ask the question, “Is the American church being trained for something?” and “Is God up to something?”
Interesting post from the Tall guy…and a challenge to me personally to not give up on the “tradional church”.
‘Tomorrow’s Technology’ is true to Polar Express
Posted by Ed and Lois
By Bob Minzesheimer (USA Today)
The book, which has sold more than 5 million copies and is No. 18 on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list, tells the simple story of a boy who, wavering in his belief in Santa Claus, takes a mysterious train to the North Pole. The film adds characters and subplots; as Van Allsburg says, “If they had done a page-by-page retelling, the movie would last 12 minutes.”
In Polar Express, Van Allsburg says, Zemeckis, Hanks and screenwriter Bill Broyles Jr. have been “reasonably faithful” to the spirit of the book and “the possibilities of belief in a world that often doubts beliefs.” Usually, he says, Hollywood asks: “How do we keep some hyperactive 9-year-old in his seat for 90 minutes?”
At his home in Providence, Van Allsburg, 55, says, “There’s a paradoxical quality to the film being the beneficiary of absolutely cutting-edge technology while telling a story that’s quite different from most contemporary movies for kids.” He says the movie is “an earnest, old-fashioned story told with tomorrow’s technology
Church Struggles With Change by Grossman and DeBarros
Posted by Ed and Lois
From Religion Section (USA Today)
The Catholic Church is changing in America at its most visible point: the parish church where believers pray, sing and clasp hands across pews to share the peace of God.
Today there are fewer parishes and fewer priests than in 1990 and fewer of the nation’s 65 million Catholics in those pews. And there’s no sign of return.
American Catholics have become consumers, church-shopping like their Protestant neighbors and choosing their parish by the school or the theological perspective or the music that matches them,” says Brian Reynolds, chancellor for the Archdiocese of Louisville. “We have people coming from 30 or 40 or 50 ZIP codes to the church they prefer.”
No one knows the ZIP codes of the no-shows
Nationally, attendance slid from 44% in 1987 to 37% in 1999. D’Antonio predicts it will be 33% in 2005.
Fast Food Could soon mean FAST FRUIT by Bruce Horovitz (USA Today)
Posted by Ed and Lois
“I’d like a fruit bowl with my cheeseburger please. Would you like that supersized? ”
Fast food used to be about burgers. Then, salads got hot. Now, something unexpected might be fast food’s next growth engine: fruit.
Fast food is embracing fast fruit.
McDonald’s buys more apples than any other restaurant chain. Wendy’s is testing a fruit bowl entree. Arby’s chops apples into chicken salads.
But will folks go as gaga for fruit as they have for salads? In a world of increasingly nutrition-conscious consumers, many top names in fast food think so. Almost every major chain has some sort of new fruit salad or fruit side on the menu, in test or in planning.
Full Post http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2004-11-07-fresh-fruit_x.htm
Rocket Carrying Air Force GPS Launches Into Orbit
Posted by Ed and Lois
For all you GPS Fans (You Know who you are)
After a three-week checkout period, the spacecraft is set to become the 30th operational unit in the GPS constellation, setting a new record for the number of functioning satellites. The system requires a minimum of 24 satellites to operate at full capacity.
“It’s historic, we’ve never had 30 birds operational at the same time,” said Air Force Major Alan Edmiaston
Full Post http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2004-11-06-gps-launch_x.htm