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Saturday, March 26, 2005
Churches are conversations 
| | [Church] firewalls have kept smart [Christians] in and smart markets out. It's going to cause real pain to tear those walls down. But the result will be a new kind of conversation. And it will be the most exciting conversation [Christendom] has ever engaged in |
Schooling, cont'd
| | My teacher revealed truth to me. In his simple but unbelievable statement, he told me that everyone feels like an outsider. Everyone has moments of loneliness. Everyone worries whether she fits or whether he is odd. "In" and "out" are illusions. Inside, we are all outsiders. |
| | Actually I disagree with Doc. Maybe this isn't high school. But it can sure feel like it. And high school didn't have search engines and feeds to display the power of popularity. |
| | Doc is right too. We don't have to be like anyone else. The more we try to be like others, the less worth we have. Diversity is beauty. |
| | Instead of looking for "in" and "out" we should try to see ourselves as we are. |
| | The truth is we are all outsiders. Our secret fears are real and revealed. We are each random points, outliers, misfits, rejects and strangers. We are alone. We are all different. Yet we are all the same. |
| | Let me add a term so syrupy I can't believe I'm writing it: we are all also special. Meaning: all of us are valuable. All of us have something to contribute. Somewhere, somehow. |
| | So, blogging at its best is an antidote to high school. It certainly has been for me. |
Still, it's Hot
| | I don't have time to go into What' Going On here. When I do, it'll be in Linux Journal and/or IT Garage. Meanwhile, a caution: While there are some important milestones coming up (notably Digital ID World), this is all still at the conversation stage. Relationships will take time. And care. Let's not read too much into something that's barely started. |
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