Links to Your World, Tuesday October 23

Here's the Like-A-Hug, a vest which is connected to your Facebook account. Basically, whenever a friend in your Facebook account “likes” a photo, video or status update, the vest will inflate inwards, letting you feel a virtual hug.

 

"[Lance] Armstrong's many sins are now public. He sacrificed his integrity, he bore false witness, and he caused others (his teammates) to stumble into the same substance abuse that fueled his victories and enabled the idolatry in the first place. He gained the world, for a time, and seemed to forfeit his soul....[But] there is forgiveness for the likes of Lance Armstrong, as reprehensible as his transgressions are. I wish Lance had repented years ago and come clean, but even today there is hope for him in the Cross. Even though Armstrong will have lost his reputation, his Tour de France victories, his well-cultivated image as a hero, and perhaps even his money, he still has a chance, in Christ, to lose everything. And in doing so, he might gain the most valuable prize of all" (article).

 

Hear, Hear: "Christianity in America isn't dying, cultural Christianity is. I am glad to see it go." Ed Stetzer.

 

This is a nice article on the Gaithers, at least til the last paragraph where they take a slap at the music that's been written since their contributions. That was tacky. Until then, though, it's a worthy interview, and you should read it to gain a better appreciation of the music that built a lot of music programs in the 1970s and 80s.

 

Nails on a chalkboard? That's only the fifth-worst sound in existence, according to researchers from Newcastle University, who endured the most spine-tingling sounds to determine the five worst offenders to the human ear. (story)

 

Amy Simpson: "Why do we perpetuate this stigma, joke about people with mental illness, titillate ourselves with terrifying images of them, mock them sadistically, or pretend they don’t exist? Somewhere in ourselves, we all know we see in them a reflection of who we could be—and that, I think, is what really scares us. By dehumanizing people with mental illness, we distance them from ourselves and our experiences and make ourselves feel safer."


 

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