J. Randal Matheny

Can we take the quick growth of this memorization program as a sign that people feel a need to know the Scriptures better? Obviously, it’s a testament also to the power of social media. And the latter fact bears some serious thought.

People often disparage social media. But they're moving the Internet as never before, and aggregating not only monetary value but social value as well. It has changed the Internet experience as much or more than the Internet changed society when it first appeared.

The memorization event on Facebook grew to over 1,900 participants in about a week. It's yet another sign of the power of social media to effect change and channel people's energies into positive, organized efforts. The key is to tap into conscious needs and to use effectively the medium, two requirements that are no small tasks.

INDEPENDENCE, MO (AP) - Police responding to an alligator sighting in a suburban Kansas City pond took quick action to dispatch the big reptile.

It wasn't until after the second rifle shot bounced off the beast Sunday that the three Independence officers realized it was a concrete lawn ornament.

The show-me state officers saw it, but still didn't believe it. So seeing isn't believing, maybe?

the number of limos owned by Uncle Sam increased by 73 percent during the first two years of the Obama administration, according to an analysis of records by iWatch News.

Most of the increase was recorded in Hillary Clinton’s State Department.

Hooters spokesman Mike McNeil says the restaurant chain often hosts groups, including sports teams and church organizations with teens and younger children.

What a degenerate society we live in. God save your people!

Reminds me of the first verse we memorized for the 100 Days of Scripture, James 1:21, "profusion of evil" (ACV).

http://100scriptures.posterous.com

They blast her for incompetence, but grudgingly acknowledge that she is a master of social media who has changed the rules of the presidential campaign game.

The Atlantic’s Garance Franke-Ruta griped that “reality TV star Palin” was “treating pol reporters like paparazzi — needing and hating, inviting and making chase.” Perhaps Franke-Ruta needs a reminder of what a truly parasitic press-pol relationship looks like. I have stacks of Obama 2008 profiles exulting over his glistening pecs and soaring oratorical skills, followed by countless spurned-lover laments from reporters disappointed about the control freaks who stage-manage his every press appearance.

What makes Sarah stand out in the national GOP field is that she is beholden to no one and controls her own destiny. She doesn’t need media kingmakers to make her. They need her. She doesn’t need newspaper or TV producers to drive her story. She drives them. Crazy.

The unhinged reaction of the Palin-hating convoy reveals what its attendants fear most: a politician who doesn’t fear them.

Read the whole article. Hilarious.

In suffering one can find greater devotion to God. When we suffer, humans look above themselves for the solution. It is not wrong to ask God why. One of the things Job did when he suffered was ask why (Job 3:11-23; 10:2-18). If suffering causes us to turn to God’s word to find the answers, then we can increase our understanding and love of God.

Cick the link above for the whole article. Worth your while.

Music I heard with you was more than music,
And bread I broke with you was more than bread;

Let me provide a different end to the stanza:

Paths I walked with you were made the sweeter,
In words we spoke between us more was said.