Links to Your World, Tuesday March 27

Harlem churches see gospel tourist boom on Sundays

 

Cat survives 19-story fall. Yeah, but the dog will just try again.

 

Henry Shrapnel is remembered for his anti-personnel weapon. What will you be remembered for?

 

"Effective World Government Will Be Needed to Stave Off Climate Catastrophe." What could go wrong? We miss you, Michael Crichton, because it sure makes me uneasy when scientists start entertaining such thoughts.

 

Here's an invention that turns household garbage into gas for heating, cooking, and even generating electricity.

 

Playing in the dirt and mud as a kid can protect you later from allergies and germs.

 

Kathleen McAuliffe of The Atlantic has a fascinating article about infectious agents that seem to direct the behavior of their hosts to activity that ensures the pathogen's continued survival. Could it be?

 

Print your own prosthetic limb: 3-D printing is on its way.

 

"Building a bridge to the Muslim community has nothing to do with compromising your beliefs. It’s all about your behavior and your attitude toward them. It’s about genuinely loving people. … Before people trust Jesus they must trust you. You cannot win your enemies to Christ, only your friends. … Besides, it is Christ like to treat all people with dignity and listen to them with respect.” Rick Warren.

 

"A punk rocker and a former Marine reflect the spectrum of backgrounds among the International Mission Board's newest missionaries. The former punk rock skateboarder, who once told his parents "God was a joke," began reading the New Testament and "was blown away by Jesus." He and his wife are headed to East Asia. The former Marine, during a deployment in the Mideast, remembers that people "just had absolutely no hope. I could just see it on their faces, I could just hear it in their voices and in their lifestyle…." The former Marine now is returning to the Mideast as a Southern Baptist worker." (Story Here)

 

This church had its heart stolen. If you're a church leader looking for an offbeat way to illustrate your church's mission, vision, or values (i.e, it's "heart"), well, you're welcome.