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Redeemer Podcast • Illustration • • 36 views • 17:57
Kicking off a new series on the most popular spiritual questions asked Google. Pastor Scott and Pastor Chris want to interact with the questions that people ask from the privacy of their screens. In this episode, we ask why people are turning to Google instead of a community. Simply put, it is the growing e-privacy problem. We conclude that Google is not your god, and Google is not your friend.
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
A group of friends hoping to cheer up a friend with cancer was disappointed when the Bible they had been sending around the country got lost in the mail. Friends of Jill Yeager purchased a pink Bible and sent it to friends around the country, asking them to pray for Jill and write an encouraging note…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
The country of Israel is a spot on the Earth where enemies live in close contact with one another. One restaurant in that troubled country is trying to do something about it. They have offered a 50 percent discount to Arab and Jewish customers who sit and eat together. Kobie Tzafrir, the manager of the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 16 views
It is not healthy to be lonely. A new finding from studies conducted over 21 years shows that people who lacked strong social ties and had few friends were 29 percent more likely to have a heart attack and 32 percent more likely to suffer a stroke. Researcher Nicole Valtorta reports that “if this is…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
The country of Sweden wants you to call one of its citizens if you have any interest in or questions about their beautiful country. Sweden has its own phone number that connects the caller to a random Swede—who could be anyone living anywhere around the country. "We are making Sweden the first country…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Having a companion in life may help people live longer. In fact, the data indicates that being alone and feeling lonely increase a person’s chance of death by roughly 30%. The researchers say further study is needed but their results reinforce the benefits of friendships and human connections. Dr. Julianna…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
A church in downtown Detroit is working to encourage the renewal of the area by introducing a spiritual component. ST. John’s Episcopal Church is located next door to Comerica Park and has a prime location, so they installed a wooden prayer wall, 9 feet high. The church says the wall is a way for them…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Mr Densley, an 87-year-old man in Lincoln, California, passed out while mowing his lawn. When the neighbors saw it, they immediately dialed 911. No one could have predicted what would happen next. Not only did the Emergency Medical Technicians help him medically, but after he was stabilized, one of them,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 18 views
According to the Center for Disease Control, since 1999 the suicide rate increased about 1 percent each year before accelerating to 2 percent annually from 2006 to 2014. Suicide increased among all age groups. Besides economic troubles, the increased “social isolation” due to family breakdown and divorce…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Businesses in Yuma, Arizona took advantage of a boom of travelers passing through their town. Yuma is usually a sleepy town on the way to San Diego, but a bridge collapse of nearby Interstate 10 sent detoured traffic through the town. When they realized traffic would be diverted, the convention and visitors…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
In his book, Leadership and Conflict, Speed B. Leas writes, “Invite the other (even a person who is attacking you) to join you in a common search to identify what the problems are, stay with the other in order to work through the differences, look for alternatives that you both can agree have merit and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 27 views
In The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes, “Brotherly forgiveness makes room for the forgiveness of Jesus to enter into their common life. Instead of seeing their neighbours as men who have injured them, they see them as men for whom Christ has won forgiveness on the cross. They meet on…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 32 views
One of the difficulties children with autism can have is an inability to make friends. They have problems with the rules of social contact. One young autistic boy, Gus, the son of New York Times reporter Judith Newman, has discovered a friend. This friend is always patient and kind. She never tires of…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 20 views
There is no greater gift than the gift of life. While perusing her Reddit feed last fall, Jennifer Moss came across a desperate plea from 26-year-old Kayla Davis. Davis had been on daily kidney dialysis for three years. She needed a kidney transplant and the wait for a kidney in her portion of the U.S.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 31 views
Clinebell & McKeever write, “. . . spiritual support can be crucial in enabling the renewal of purpose, direction, and a robust sense of mission. It can also help people find deeper meaning in the struggles in which they are engaging.” --Basic Types of Pastoral Care & Counseling, 97. 1 Thessalonians…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
In the 2013 movie Her, Theodore falls in love with Samantha, his name for the female voice behind a new operating system with artificial intelligence. Over time, he begins to lose the real relationships in his life as he falls for his virtual love interest. In the end, Samantha evolves to a higher level…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 29 views
A study of 3000 marriages, conducted by two Emory University researchers, indicates that if you want your marriage to last, date for 3 years before you tie the knot, spend the money on the honeymoon not the wedding, and stay active in your local church. The researchers found that couples who • date for…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Bob Ebeling spent 30 years of his life feeling guilty over his inability to avert the explosion that destroyed the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. In 1986, Ebeling was a booster rocket engineer at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol. He and several colleagues were worried that cold temperatures the night…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 22 views
A new app for your smartphone is called Invisible Boyfriend. It allows anyone to pretend they have a loving relationship with a boyfriend who sends text messages and leaves voicemails. According to the designer, Matthew Homann, “single women who use the app just want to use the text messages and voicemails…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Justin Shelton weighed over 450 pounds. His wife Lauren weighed over 300 pounds when they got married in 2008. In Jan 2012 Justin was hospitalized but he was too big for treatment. Together they decided to do something about it and in less than two years they have shed 524 pounds. The key for their success…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
In his book, Leadership and Conflict, Speed B. Leas writes, “Of course, you cannot control the behavior of others. They will do what they will do. But you can control yourself and contribute to an environment that invites the other into fair and reasonable discourse.” —Jim L. Wilson -- Leadership and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
Aurelia Mojica’s motto is you have to love and care, nothing more and nothing less. She celebrated 107th her birthday with her family in Lubbock, Texas in September, 2014where she has lived there for more than forty years. She is older than the city which celebrated 106 years in March, 2014. Aurelia…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
In an article published by the New York Times, Judith Newman describes how her autistic son has been helped by interacting with Apple’s “intelligent personal assistant,” Siri. Newman’s son, Gus, spent an hour asking about the difference between isolated and scattered thunderstorms. Afterwards, he told…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
There is an interesting debate occurring in France. The French government owns all church building built before 1905. There are thousands of government-owned church buildings that are standing empty and unused. “Only 6 percent of French people attend Mass every Sunday, and rural churches are ‘falling…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
According to a new government report, 50% of U.S. homes do not have or do not use a landline, relying on their cellular phones. That figure increases to 60% among young adults. The study, will aid the Center for Disease Control adapt its data collection program. The CDC was using data collected exclusively…