Culture
The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining CommunityBy Jesse Rice (David C. Cook)A 2010 Outreach Resource of the Year
“For a growing number of people—especially those from younger generations—‘community’ is not understood as a dichotomy between ‘real’ or ‘online’ relationships, but as a composite of both. This growing reality forces us to adapt the way we think about community. It is no longer enough to define community in either good or bad terms, to debate whether one brand of relating (‘real’) is better than another (‘online’). ... A more inclusive definition is needed, one that takes into account the fact that the always-on do not make traditional distinctions between real and online relationships.” —Jesse Rice, from the book
To order from Amazon.com: The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community
Love is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation With the Gay CommunityBy Andrew Marin (IVP)A 2010 Outreach Resource of the Year
“Love is an orientation that doesn’t scrutinize; rather, it observes. It doesn’t pick GLBT people’s lives apart, call down judgment on them or, conversely, give them dispensation to be and do whatever they want. Love doesn’t dismiss bad behavior or even outright falsehood, but love actively, concretely seeks the best for another. Striking that fine balance is difficult. It can only come after being convinced that we have been released to love freely in conjunction with the knowledge that in another’s life, God is rightfully utilizing His time in enigmatic ways.” —Andrew Marin, from the book
To order from Amazon.com: Love Is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation With the Gay Community
SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual WorldBy Douglas Estes (Zondervan)A 2010 Outreach Resource of the Year
To order from Amazon.com: SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World
“The Christian church is engaging far less than 1 percent of the 70 million people who are active in the virtual world. This means the virtual world is by far the largest unreached people group on planet earth. Simon Jenkins, one of the founders of Church of Fools, remarks that ‘it’s like someone has created a new town and no one has thought to build a church there. It’s almost scandalous.’ We have great work to do.” —Douglas Estes, from the book
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