Given our collective resources, and through partnering with our Bible Colleges, the independent Christian church community can, by December 31, 2010, help over 250 students that represent urban, and/ or ethnically diverse backgrounds attend Bible college or seminary in the fall of 2011.

OK… so here’s the plan! It all starts with 12!

12 leaders! 12 “first movers!”

First, we get 12 leaders to pledge that their ministry will scholarship a student through Bible college.   Then those twelve each work with only 2 other leaders in their “inner circle” and gets them to do the same. The deadline for this action is May 31st, 2010.  Then we get those 24 leaders, who each pledged to scholarship a student, to then ask two more ministry leaders to do the same; this deadline would be  June 31st, 2010; do you see what will happen?

By December 31, 2010 alone we’d have 372 Bible college scholarships accounted for.  This means from January to June of 2011 we would be awarding scholarships to deserving students all across this country.

How cool would that be?

And it all just started with 12!  Will you be one of the first movers?  Will you be one of the first 12?

Click Here and be one of the first 12 that started it all!
http://new.dreamofdestiny.org/donate-or-pledge/

When I saw this video I knew I had to share it with the Dream Of Destiny community.  Many of you know who Dr. Tony Evans is.  Several of you may have even seen this video before. It was produced by a very cool para-church ministry called “I Am Second.”

What I found powerful about this short video was Dr. Evans’ first story of being raised in Baltimore during a time of racial strife and tension.  What resonated with me was how “common” his story is among our African American pastors and leaders in our brotherhood.  Many, if not the majority of them over 50 years of age, still love God, but have lost hope in ever seeing change in the association of Independent churches, and Churches of Christ movement.

Many of them carry, not only the everyday burdens and challenges associated with leading small local churches that fight to keep their doors opens from year to year, but also the hollowing effect of their voices not being heard by fellow brothers that make up the NACC. To compound matters even more, if the truth be told, many of them wrestle with the feelings of inadequacy and insecurities that linger like battle scars from past fights and struggles that have never had the chance to properly heal.

In the spirit of illumination, I share this with you not to foster guilt or feelings of remorse by the wrongs of ancestors.  In like kind, I do not bring this to light for others to use as justification for abdicating any responsibility to continue to push forward. I shed light on this issue to provoke and encourage two regular calls to action:

1. To our Caucasian sisters and brothers in leadership; it is critical that you be intentional and proactive in reaching OUT (NOT back and down) to your fellow “minority” sisters and brothers in leadership at the local level. Even if you’ve tried in the past and found little reciprocated response, Do Not Stop!  Do not be tired in doing [this] good, because in due season your efforts will reap good fruit in time.
2. To our sisters and brothers who make up ethnic minorities in our association; it’s critical that you continue to be intentional about getting and staying involved with the convention (even though you feel that your voice has not been heard -remember, the more voices, the louder the message).  At the local level, continue to do what you can, with what you have, right where you are to connect with other pastors of independent Christian churches.  Again I encourage you, Do Not Stop!  Do not be tired in doing [this] good, because in due season your efforts will reap good fruit in time.

Why are these calls to action important for us to ALWAYS be intentional about?  Because they reflect, in how we engage one another, the very message,  we are all called to share with the rest of the world.  It is a message of new beginnings. It is a message of new identities.  It is a message of renewed hope, and freedom that is found in our new identity in Christ.   In the video above (at the 1:23 minute mark) , Dr. Evans talks about a “repositioning” that occurs when Jesus becomes first in our life.  Please go back to it now and listen, again, to what he says.

Going forward, what would our efforts truly look like if each of us truly embraced this idea that “I Am Second?”

I have been reading a book called Bus Ride to Justice by Fred Gray, a lawyer for Rosa Parks who was arrested on December 1st, 1955 for sitting where she was NOT supposed to sit. As you know, African Americans were supposed to sit in the back of the bus and save the seats in the front for the “white” people. When the courts finally ruled that segregation on city buses was unconstitutional, it was the one case that truly began the civil rights movement in America.

On page 97 of his book, Fred Gray writes, “A pebble cast in the segregated waters of Montgomery, Alabama, created a human rights tidal wave that changed America and eventually washed up on the shores of such far away places as the Bahamas, China, South Africa, and the Soviet Union. And it all started on a bus.”

But there is ONE GLARING problem. That tidal wave never hit the CHURCH in AMERICA.

It was in 1963, which was almost 50 years ago, that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said 11:00 a.m. is still the most segregated hour in America.  Here we are some 47 years later and that statement, even is Los Angeles, is still true. An article in the Jan. 11, 2010 issue of Time Magazine states that 93 percent of the churches in America are still primarily segregated. Less that 8 % of churches are diverse. How is this possible?

The 5 Star Initiative is simply to get churches to be more intentional about diversity…getting our churches to ACCEPT the great commission to reach “all nations.” And I know is sounds simplistic, and I am sorry if you do not agree, but if we could just start by diversifying our platform and our stages, we could see immediate change within our churches today. Finding ways to include people of color in our worship teams, in our praise teams and in our choirs—and even in those who make announcements, conduct the baptisms, and lead the congregation in prayer—it would have a HUGE ripple effect on those who are first-time visitors, those who will look to the stage and see that this is a church that accepts people from all walks of life.

I’ve seen the difference in the church I serve, and I think you’d see the difference in your church as well. It is time that the Church of 2k10 reflects the church of Revelation 7:9-10.

Watch the above video. Go to http://www.dreamofdestiny.com/ and sign up to be a part of the 5 star Initiative.

Is real diversity possible in the local church? Emphatically, yes! Below is a copy of the e-newsletter Bill Hybels, lead pastor of Willow Creek church in Chicago IL, wrote that echos the truth that any ministry can make significant strides in being a church that truly reflects “the nations:”

“…Dear Enews Friends,

Growing up in a Bible believing church I heard many teachings about the passage in Mark 11 that describes how Jesus chased unscrupulous money changers out of the temple. The sermons always ended with Jesus’ words, “My house shall be a house of prayer!” (v.17) The application was that we should pray more both in church and at home.

About a decade ago I was having lunch with an African American pastor friend of mine who mentioned he was getting ready to teach from Mark 11 about the cleansing of the temple. Rather naively, I said, “Oh, you are starting a prayer series.” He said, “No, actually I am starting a series on racial reconciliation.” I scrambled to figure out how he was going to connect that subject matter with that particular text. He said. “You know how that passage ends, don’t you?” I proudly quoted Mark 11:17 from memory “My house shall be a house of prayer!” At that point he just smiled and told me to keep going. I had nothing.

Emphasizing each of the following words he said, “FOR ALL NATIONS.” He went on to explain to me that Jesus was certainly concerned that places of worship should not degenerate into centers of commerce, but He was also being very instructional in this text–worship gatherings should be open and welcoming to people from every nation, tongue and color. I could not believe I had over looked that phrase and missed one of the key teachings in the text. He told me it was not uncommon for white pastors to do that. Ughhhh.

As many of you know our church is totally committed to being a church “for all nations.” Time Magazine did a story about us this week. If you missed it you can click on it here. Despite the references to my paleness (!), I thought they did a fair job of recognizing the progress we have made in the last ten years, and I was very proud of all of you! While we all know that we have a long way to go before we perfectly reflect the heart of God for all people, we are on the journey and the Spirit will keep leading us. We will never turn back.”

Here’s an excerpt from the Times article:

Larry Butler first visited Willow Creek in the 1970s and left fast. “I liked the teaching, but I didn’t see anybody like me,” says Butler, 57, a solidly built, hazel-eyed African-American pharmacist from Oklahoma. “I didn’t have any problem with the people, but I didn’t know if they had a problem with me. So I thought, ‘I’ll go elsewhere.’ ” Other minorities who sampled the church felt similarly uncomfortable. Yet Butler returned to Willow in the early ’80s, later inviting his wife Renetta and, as he says, “hoping things would change.”

And they did, as Hybels and Bibbs re-engineered the church to match its preaching. They built “Bridging the Racial Divide” gatherings into Willow’s massive grid of laity-led “small groups.” The meetings were essential, says Renetta, who ended up running five: they were a ground-level “safe haven” where congregants could express and dispel received stereotypes. At the very first, in 2001, a well-meaning white woman kept using the phrase “you people.” “Do you people want to be called blacks?” she asked. “Or African Americans? I never know what to call you people.” Eventually it became too much, and Larry, along with Renetta and his brother Garnett, explained to the woman and eight other white congregants in the room that “every time you say ‘you people,’ you’re holding us back — it’s like we’re not included,” Renetta said. The woman burst into tears and asked, “Well, what do you like to be called?” Renetta quipped in response, “I personally like to be a brownie with nuts.” She says, “It broke the ice.”

Is real diversity really possible?  Yes.  We just have to implement, every chance we get,  opportunities for diversity to happen.  Please read full the Times article HERE!

Unity Through Diversity!

“Many are wondering who caused this earthquake. You might be surprised to know how many people have asked me, “Was this the devil? Or was this God?” My answer may or may NOT surprise you. I’m not sure it was either. Geologists have known for a LONG time that Haiti was ON TOP of a fault line, just like geologists have told us that Los Angeles is on top of a fault line. Earthquakes happen all over the world when faults beneath the surface of the earth shift. One day, as almost every expert has predicted, we are going to see the earthquake of all earthquakes here in our home town.

My heart and time are filled with other issues, such as trying to figure out how we can rescue people physically and spiritually in Haiti. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, and it’s only a short 2 hour flight from Florida’s coast, I might add. They are OUR neighbors, and three days ago, as many as 50,000 to 100,000 Haitians lost their lives when the 7.0 Earthquake hit at about 5:00 p.m.

Those numbers will climb if we are not able to get rescue teams and equipment into the heart of Port-au-Prince as soon as possible. I am told that three days afterward, we are still struggling to get rescue equipment and the basic necessities of food and water to the people who need it.

My heart breaks when I see the news and hear the reports of complete devastation. My prayers are with the people of Haiti, and I pray that we will all do whatever is possible to help send relief. We will be sending a lot of the monies that we collect to the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission(www.nwhcm.org). We have sent several teams in recent years to this missions outpost, which is 90 miles north of the epicenter. They have their own medical team, and we know for sure that any monies we send will be used for those who were hit the hardest.

Having grown up in the Midwest, I am familiar with tornadoes and floods, and since moving to L.A., I have experienced several earthquakes. They are natural disasters, and we are seeing them happen more and more around the world. But whenever we see natural disasters, we also see supernatural responses when Christians around the world dig deep into their pocketbooks to help send resources to those who are hurting. Every dollar counts, and every prayer counts. They have both a physical need as well as a spiritual need. I would like to see God move in our hearts to help in both regards — that our people and our missions can help rebuild broken homes and cities and then be used to help introduce the Christ that saved us all.

Please pray for God’s blessing upon those who need to be rescued. Pray for those who are trying to coordinate the search and rescue teams. Pray for peace and calm in the streets. Pray for God’s mercy to flow upon all those who need Him. Pray for the many mission departments around the world who have ministries in and through out all of Haiti. God’s people are already there, equipped and prepared to rise to this occasion. Ask what God would have YOU TO DO to help make a difference in that part of the world.

May we, too, prepare our hearts for the time where we will ALL CRY OUT to the King of all Kings.”

In love ,
Dudley

I have been following (via twitter) pastor Shaun King, of Courageous Church in Atlanta, for a few months now.  I am inspired by his story, his call, and his passion to empower others to live the courageous life.  If anyone thinks a life with Christ is supposed to be calm, tranquil, with no conflict, they have another thing coming.

In fact, I wonder sometimes, if we send the world we are evangelizing to, the wrong message. We tell people, “…oh are you hurting? …life feeling hopeless? Try Jesus, and He’ll make all your pain go away, and you’ll live happily ever after.”  No wonder many new believers feel like they’ve been bamboozled by this bait and switch theology.

Shaun is a pastor of a multi-ethnic church who’s mission is “Love God, Love People, Prove it!”  That statement is what characterizes Courageous Church.  Everyone knows about the devastation in Haiti from the earthquakes.  But it’s one thing to know about devastation; it’s another thing to decide to do what you can, with what you have, right where you are to “be” the difference in devastating circumstances.  Shaun King has taken this to a whole new level.  Leveraging the power of social networks (i.e. twitter) Shaun has done more to mobile his network than anyone I know.  Check out how he used Twitter to help Dr. Sanjay Gupta (medical journalist for CNN) get 5 neurosurgeons into Haiti when political red tape left Haiti with zero neurosurgeons available to help the people of Haiti.  Cool stuff!

Any how, that’s not what this post is about.  What I wanted to highlight here is how Courageous Church is dedicated to not just “being the church” abroad, but is just as dedicated to helping those in need, in a relational way, right where they are.  Take a look at the video above (…like you haven’t already).

What will you come up with next to mobilize your church, and your network to BE the church? Please share your stories here!

“Dear Mountain Family,

Yesterday was Martin Luther King, Jr. day. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about his life and legacy. Some of you remember 1963 when Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke before a huge crowd at the National Mall.Standing in the symbolic shadow of Abe Lincoln who signed the Emancipation Proclamation which declared freedom, King reminded us that we still have a long way to go. And then he painted a picture of the future in his rousingly famous speech declaring “I Have a Dream!”

I hope you know that dream. It is a beautiful dream born in the heart of God, a dream of God’s justice rolling down from the Mountains, rushing like a river into hearts and coursing through families and communities and nations. It is a dream of a place Baltimore and Harford and Cecil county could be — where fear and ignorance which perpetuate hate and mistrust are rooted up so that the beautiful flowers of dignity, respect and mutual concern may grow in their place. As King said, “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

Do we live in that world yet?

We used to sing a song as kids: “Jesus loves the little children – ALL the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight.” Someone probably doesn’t think that song is politically correct anymore. But theologically it hits the bulls-eye. That’s the dream King died to bring home – a world where love wins because we recognize that person who is unknown or different from me is also created in God’s image and therefore precious in his sight, someone else for whom Jesus died.

We still have a ways to go.

Many remember King as a Civil Rights activist or march leader. But he was a preacher – a kind of Christian prophet. Though prophets are rarely well received, the good ones deliver truth we need to hear. Sometimes you didn’t ask for the message, or feel ready for it. But it is still true, and it is still God’s word for you. King still speaks to us today. And make no mistake: the dream is at the core of the Gospel and Jesus cares very much about seeing it come true. That’s why I think we should ask ourselves: Am I really doing all I can to bring Christ’s dream to reality? We are invited to ache and pray for that dream. More than that, we are called to live in such a way that walls of racism are replaced by the bridges of gracism because of our personal involvement in the dream.

How are you involved in making the dream come true?

Forty-seven years ago King declared that 11 o’clock Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of the week. Mountain is committed to being a place where faith in Christ is shared across racial lines. A place where everyone is welcome. We are a people who will do more than shake our heads in dismay at the problems; we will be part of the solution. That’s part of our DNA. If you’re part of this church, I’m asking you to think about what you are doing to break down racial walls and build bridges of trust and friendship.

You can start this week by walking across the room to speak to, acknowledge, honor, lift up, or go out of your way to be friendly to someone who is not like you in color or culture. Be Jesus and reach out and touch someone.

One day in heaven, the Bible tells us all God’s children will gather before him with faces of various hues lifted together, and voices of different dialects and languages synched up in one beautiful, melodious song of praise. It is the harmony of the Kingdom of God.

Let’s bring a little heaven to earth this Sunday in our worship, in our small groups and gatherings – knowing that when our community loves like that across the divides, God’s dream grows closer and his smile wider.”

Next week I’ll be launching a video podcast called All Things Converge in which I interview scholars and entertainers on various subjects. I’ll give you more information soon about where you can sign up for the podcast, but for now I wanted to share with you a bit of an interview I did with Dr. Henry Cloud in which he talks about New Years Resolutions.

Henry Cloud is one of my favorite writers. In this interview he reminds us that people don’t change quickly. Maturity and change take time, and in order to change we have to put ourselves into a context where change can take place. I’ll let Dr. Cloud say it better. Enjoy.

*All Things Converge is a podcast based on a DVD series called Convergence. Convergence is a DVD designed to stimulate conversations for small groups. The Podcast, however, will be free, and cover topics not covered on the DVD.Down Load File

New Years Resolutions – All Things Converge Podcast preview from All Things Converge Podcast on Vimeo.

There is something about the New Year that brings with it a renewed sense of hope and possibility.  I can not put my finger on “why” this is exactly, but I am reminded of a verse in Isaiah (Is 40:31) that reads,” but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”  It would not surprise me a bit to  find out one of the reasons God created seasons was to give us physical metaphors and reminders of renewal.  His very ministry to humanity is founded on “renewal!”  If anyone is in Christ, ‘…he is a new creation; the old has gone, and the new has come.” (2 Cor 5:17)

With each new year our Lord gives us new opportunity!  That is why I am excited personally, and that is what excites me with what God would allow us to accomplish together through Dream Of Destiny in 2010.  What we want to achieve has not been, to my knowledge, accomplished before in the history of the Stone/ Cambell, Restoration movement.

By the fall of 2011 Dream Of Destiny seeks to help at least 250 students of diverse, ethnic background attend bible college or seminary. Why students of “diversity”? For a few reasons:

Fix cost of college had increased dramatically and continue to increase every year.
The per-student cost is higher at smaller schools since the costs are distributed among fewer students.
In general, college enrollment has historically increased during a recession, until now. The tightening of credit requirement and student loans has made it very difficult for students to secure financial aid.  EVEN LESS AFRICAN AMERICAN, ASIAN, AND LATINO are enrolling in bible college.  As America continues to increase in its diversity, we MUST find a way to prepare the next generation of diverse leaders to minister to meet the needs of America.
As Europe has trended, the US is experiencing a mass secularization of general thought by the younger generations, including Christians in high school.

Relativism is in, absolutes are out.
Students are finding it less and less compelling to choose more expensive, private bible college over it’s larger, less expensive, public competitors.

While cross cultural studies and missions exist at most bible colleges, ethnic and cultural diversity in it’s student body and faculty does not.

Every year the cultural landscape on bible college campuses looses pace with the changing diverse cultural landscape of society, rendering bible college more irrelevant and outdated in the minds of students more than ever before.

Yet it’s more important than ever to help next generation leaders NOW by helping more students of diverse ethnic backgrounds attend bible college and seminary.

That’s why we are asking you to partner with Dream Of Destiny!
Dream of Destiny desires to help make attending bible college viable for more students who represent ethnically diverse backgrounds.
Dream Of Destiny is committed to doing it’s part in reversing these trends, but we need your help.

If just 250 churches within our brotherhood, each, decided to scholarship one student we reach our goal.
If just 500 ministries, out of the 5000 within our association, decided to scholarship half of one students scholarship,
we reach our goal.  While it has never been done before, this goal is very achievable.
We just have to be intentional!

Will you start off the New Year by being a Destiny Leader and help this goal happen?
Over the next 52 weeks will you be a part of making this dream come true for 250 students?
What will you do with your next 52?

Please click the link below and make a pledge to help students to bible college!
http://new.dreamofdestiny.org/donate-or-pledge/

Teamwork is the Only thing that will make this DREAM WORK!

“MySpace is nothing like it used to be.

It’s a nuclear disaster. It’s a stain in Silicon Valley of a hopeful-gone-terribly-wrong and it’s loss of online equity, prominence, and fame is legendary. It’s the butt of too many jokes to count and the platform technology is becoming even more laughable as time marches on.

It’s old, outdated, all but abandoned, neglected, forgotten, and definitely passed over. I haven’t signed in to the service in over a year; in fact, it’ll be 2 years this coming January, and I plan on staying out indefinitely. Their product is stagnant, senior management is bailing, and the future looks desperately dark.

But want to know something scary? The above doesn’t sound too far from the Church and some local congregations may find themselves in the same metaphorical boat: Loss of attendance, neglected, forgotten, with very few new visitors. Sounds like the death knell to me!

So what can the Church learn from MySpace? Here’s my technological perspective on five things that the Church could take notice of and learn from one of the biggest falls in high tech history:
1. Pride Comes Before the Fall

In 2008 Murdoch told the world that MySpace would easily break 1 Billion in target revenue. This not only stunned the world but also the executive team. It was outrageous, a boast that represented a blind attitude that this was the future of social networking. Too much was banked on an industry that was un-bankable.

They missed that target. Big time.

Regardless of what was done and predicted and what wasn’t done (or should have been done) the fact is that no one can really adequately predict the success of web technology and products in the high tech space. No one.

And the Church should take note. Remember that your strategy, especially your web strategy, is not a tool nor a piece of technology. Don’t force your leadership or ministries to put all their eggs in one basket and promise the world significant change and improvement through a tool.
2. You Must Stay Nimble, Flexible

It has been documented in more areas that News Corp would like that MySpace was the best darn thing that the internet has ever created (not in those exact words, but essentially) and how competition to the likes of Facebook, etc. was nothing.

They were wrong. MySpace has since, of course, given up the race with Facebook and has accepted it’s decreasing valuation and traffic as truth.

Users have abandoned the site not because it wasn’t a neat place to hang out but because the technology wasn’t able to keep the pace of the changes within the space. What was once a nimble and non-bureaucratic system became bloated with leadership, ego, and communication-guile.

The Church needs to make sure that they can stay nimble and limit the amount of red tape that may exist from a technological perspective. This is absolutely necessary to be, and stay, effective in this new online landscape and culture.

This, of course, does not mean that the Church must be bleeding edge, but that leadership and ego doesn’t get in the way of continuing to advance forward. Stay nimble, stay humble, and don’t for a minute believe that you’re in any competition with other ministries.
3. It Takes the Right Mix of Leadership

When the purchase was finalized of Intermix (the parent company of MySpace) and the acquisition done Murdoch put one of his most trusted lieutenants in charge: Ross Levinsohn. Ross had a great background with the likes of Alta-Vista, and knew the space well (or at least Murdoch thought so).

The problem was that before the ink was dry Levinsohn having “issues” with DeWolfe and Anderson, the two co-founders of MySpace. They were world’s apart in terms of vision for the site and has been oft-said that DeWolfe and Anderson never really liked being told what to do.

Leading well in the technology space requires the right people first, talent second. You see, you can always hire the latter, and fill in the gaps necessary, but the right type of leadership is required to be successful.

The Church needs to be aware that it’s quite possible that the current leadership isn’t the right leadership to lead that ministry into the tech space. This could mean some significant changes and challenge the way in which we lead in those areas.

Levinsohn made a calculated error on the way in which he lead MySpace and the cost was great. In fact, for a large part, it was simply based on a difference of focus. He eventually had to leave.
4. Shared Vision and Focus

Levinsohn, to his credit, was a phenomenal businessman. He made Fox Interactive Media money. He did it well and he pleased his boss.

The problem was that money was the chief end of what MySpace became: a channel of dollars for partner businesses, Google, and other advertisers. What their focus should have been user experience.

It didn’t require a degree in rocket science to begin to see the rapid decline of the user experience as more advertising space was created, and filled, in every single page on MySpace. In fact, the user experience had now become subordinate to ad slots with weight-loss products rather than anything else.

The management team (and the developers) didn’t share the same vision (or core values). The product became a mess, and pressures like the 1 Billion sales mark didn’t help either. What was nimble, responsive, and fair to the community became sluggish, biased, and hell-bent on green.

They simply didn’t have a shared vision and focus and the Church knows far too well what happens when differences like this arise. The Church has been about the people, building relationships, and meeting the needs of those in pain; our web products should continue to do just that.
5. Continued Interest by Leadership

Murdoch had made the buy with as much flair and fanfare possible. His research was sound, execution well-played, and his interest was obvious. He and DeWolfe went to trade shows, conferences, and events touting the future of online and how MySpace was going to be the arbiter.

But it didn’t last.

In 2007 Murdoch purchased Dow Jones, and it was obvious the interest, time, and attention by the person who made it all happen was gone. DeWolfe himself had become the internet playboy of the digital age and tensions had already been noted that his ego was getting in the way of the product advancing.

The Church’s future doesn’t sit with web technology alone, but it sure is important, and it’s going to require an increased fascination and dedication to it as a serious communication channel if we’re ever going to fully realize it’s full potential.

Leaders must commit themselves, their ministries, and their congregations to investing in the online space and must engender a sustainable model to become effective long term. Don’t drop interest like Murdoch.
Where Now?

I must admit that, to be fair, this type of flame-on/flame-off story isn’t anything new, and to give credit where credit is due it’s really because MySpace had not only the potential to become a giant but because it was also the first to show that type of potential.

Why else would Uncle Rupert have purchased it?

But they executed poorly and their vision was limited. And the future doesn’t look too bright for MySpace (although anything can happen).

The Church, though, has far longer and deeper history than any web product, and has proven its worth to shine brightly through even the darkest of times. But we can always learn more, and learn we must.”

John is the Senior Editor @ ChurchCrunch and Chief Blog Junkie. He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, Twitter, and a few other random things.

Unity Through Diversity!