Falling Whistles

In honor of spring break a few friends and I went to Chattanooga to explore and relax. We spent the morning perusing a lovely art museum and afterwards decided to browse through a few shops. Serendipitously it began to rain, and we ran into a little shoe store to explore (but mostly stay dry). The little shoe store held a small display of curious looking whistles. The store owner came up and began to describe how the whistles are meant to raise awareness for the Congo. My heart about lept! The Congo is the one region I am incredibly passionate about, and it is amazing to finally see an organization actually working towards help there! Falling Whistles tells the story of boys too young to carry a gun, who are given a whistle and told to make as much noise as they possibly can. The profit from the whistles goes to helping victims of this fight that has killed over 5 million people. Their video explains a bit about the complex issue that is occurring on the other side of the world.

Reject Apathy

Relevant magazine is by far one of the best magazines that are available for young adults today, but the best is still getting better. They  are now creating a subset of Relevant, named Reject Apathy. This mini magazine focuses on ways to better the world, and how to follow through with it in a realistic, Christ-filled approach. They use John 3:18 as apart of their reasoning, quoting "Dear children, let us love with words or speech but with actions and truth." Their logic is so beautifully true. The mini-magazine material also appears in all copies of Relevant allowing for a broader range of readers to understand their message.
Heres the first mini-issue: Reject Apathy

Their website as a whole is a wonderful representation of Gods people working for his causes. A definite must read for anyone who truly cares about the world and its problems. Go for it: Reject Apathy website

Grace and Peace :)

The Kingdom

For these past two weeks I have been immersed in the idea of the Kingdom of God all thanks to my New Testament Theology class. We had to do a critical book review and after many hours of confusion in the library, I finally asked my professor to recommend a book. I anticipated an archaic tome that I would never truly understand, but my professor definately surprised me. The book Kingdom Ethics by Glen Stassen and David Gushee is the theological foundation for many of my personal convictions. It was incredible to see biblical basis for things I had learned through personal readings of both the bible and other books. I highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to have Christ-centered morals. It is beautiful to see how the bible reinforces itself in creating the kingdom of God. Its a good deal of reading (nearly 500 pages) but well worth it! Go read it :)
 http://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Ethics-Following-Contemporary-Context/dp/0830826688