|Laughs

A bit of humor from Jim Gaffigan.

|Adventist Activism

Lots of great new bits at Adventist Activism--post by Christine on community, Advent Conspiracy video, and links to some great articles.

|Make Poverty Personal

Shameless self-promotion: My latest book review is up at Adventist Today--Make Poverty Personal.

I believe this is an important book, so I hope you'll check out the review.

|Media Conglomerates

You may find this page interesting if you're an Adbusters reader. It looks at the holdings of seven media conglomerates--News Corp, Viacom, Walt Disney, AOL Time Warner, Vivendi Universal, Sony & Bertelsmann.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/giants/

For a historical perspective, here is a breakdown from a few years ago:

http://www.sarahstirland.com/archives/mediacon.htm

|New Book List (+ DVDs)

DVDs:

1. Adopt a Jesus (2009)
   
2. Heaven and Earth (2009)

BOOKS:

1. A Just Forgiveness (Oct, 2009)
2. Zealous Love (Jan, 2010)
3. Humanitarian Jesus (May, 2010)
4. Faith Beyond Borders (May, 2010)
5. God's Economy (Dec, 2009)
6. Mercy Rising (Mar, 2010)
7. Jesus Matters (2009)
8. Myth of a Christian Religion (2009)
9. The Hole in Our Gospel (2009)
10. Following Jesus through the Eye of the Needle (2009)
11. Forgotten Girls (2009)
12. A Heart for the Community (2009)
    
13. Climate Justice (2010)
14. Introducing the Missional Church (2009)
15. Organic Leadership (2010)
16. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years (2009)
17. Drops Like Stars (2009)

|Recession and Tithe

The comment about tithe surprised me: Learning to live with less, and appreciating it (Nick Carey, Reuters.com, 9 Nov 2009).

|Books

Tonight I finished reading Make Poverty Personal by Ash Barker for an upcoming review in Adventist Today. Powerful.

These are other books I've come across in the last few months that I'd really like to read:

1. Following Fire (Cheryl Catford, ed.)
2. Surrender All (Ash Barker)
3. Wild Ones (Michael Duncan)
4. Costly Mission (Michel Duncan) [first 4 can be found at UNOH]
5. Beyond Homelessness (Bouma-Prediger & Walsh)
6. New Neighbor (Leroy Barber)
7. Follow Me to Freedom (Claiborne & Perkins)

|Random

But since you're here, these are today's links:

• Spectrum: Walter Wink Video
• Marriage, Homosexuality, and the Church Conference
• http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/5-habits-to-break-before-its-too-late-527017/
• http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/sex/leona-lewis-sticks-up-for-her-electrician-boyfriend-do-you-ever-have-to-defend-your-guys-job-530883/
• http://mashable.com/2009/08/22/image-generators/ [yes, this created the above warning]
• http://leadingyouthministry.ning.com/profiles/blogs/sweet-links [this is where I found it]