Good Friday morning everyone.
Here in Waterloo, we have had two balmy days with record high temperatures. The students that are still here for reading week, are shedding heavy parkas and shorts and tee shirts are back again despite the fact that we have only reached ten degrees.
Speaking of students, here is a very provocative piece on the impact of new social media on students and their relationship with the church. Richard Beck is a Professor and experimental psychologist at Abilene Christian University in the US. He manages a blog, Experimental Theology which seeks to integrate theology with the experimental social sciences. He describes the essays on the blog as "theological experiments, exploratory and provisional essays that do not necessarily represent my views on matters of faith or ethics" so please keep that in mind as you read this. I have been in two interesting conversations lately about the church, young people and social media and this piece is very timely.
http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-facebook-killed-church.html
This second piece will make you laugh and cry, quite possibly at the same time. We have all been following the spectacular rise and fall of the economic fortunes of Ireland over the last number of years. This piece from the current issue of Vanity Fair is the third that has look at the economic difficulties in Europe. In nine pages you are led through a catalogue of corruption and greed that is spectacular and senseless, brilliant and unbelievably stupid. I couldn't put it down last night.
http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/03/michael-lewis-ireland-201103
For those of us in Ontario, this is our first holiday weekend. Enjoy.
Con
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