World Change Is Right At Our Fingertips

Things I hate about the world today: The message that is communicated through mainstream media. It is so easy to be blinded by the message that true joy results from our circumstances or possessions, other than the truth of the matter: true joy is a result of a healthy spiritual and emotional well-being as well as the quality of the relationships we surround ourselves with (which help us lead to that healthy spiritual and emotional well-being).

Things I love about the world today: The ability to communicate a message through grassroots media. Anyone, anywhere, anytime can do this. If you are reading this, I am proof to that right now: ANYone. Who am I? In my eyes, nothing special. In the eyes of my creator, the kind of vessel He is looking for to communicate His message TO THE WORLD.

The best medium for WORLD change is not mainstream. In mainstream, there are a FEW main ideas controlled and manipulated by a HANDFUL (compared to the entire population with access to grassroots media) of people who have devoted their entire career to climbing the ladder of worldly success to gain this power. However, with new developments in social networking and communicating, it is grassroots media, that has gained its power through relatable information (everyday people, JUST LIKE YOU), that is doing the real world changing, because it is offering truly changed lives a stage to share from. Those who have developed a networking relationship with this changed life experience life change and share it with their networking relationships. When these networking relationships take this life changing information beyond the computer to THEIR world, a domino effect occurs and communities are changed, followed by cities, followed by a larger region, then a nation, then nations, then the world. God communicating His simple message to His listening children and His listening children relaying their Father’s simple message and awakening the ears of non-listening children is contagious.

Here’s a guy that I’ve developed this sort of networking relationship with. He is committing to eating only one bowl of rice a day until he raises $1,000,000 for hunger-related causes. Maybe you are to help him out in his journey. The second video is an inspirational video relating to my first paragraph.

http://www.simplesizeme.com
http://www.causes.com/simplesizeme





(PhilLarson.net)

Updates...

Well, it's been a couple months, I see.

This is Kylee writing...though you would have figured that out soon enough :) We had a wonderful Christmas break. We got to spend almost two full weeks in Minnesota visiting friends and family. It was great to see everyone, and it's always great to get home too. I feel like we're finally getting back into the groove this week at The Bridge. Things are going really well.

As you may know by our letters, Phil and I have been praying and asking you to join us in praying for wisdom regarding seminary and our housing. As far as seminary goes, we decided that it would be best to take a bit of a "sabbatical" this semester and drop back to only two classes. We'll see how it goes from there, whether I get back into a fulltime MDIV program, switch to a MTS degree, or just keep working part-time. The last two options mean that Phil and I would have to move out of seminary housing, as I would not be a full-time student. So, prayers in all of those directions would help.

I thank you all for praying for my sanity last semester too. Things got really hard there for awhile. I felt your prayers, and certainly feel them now that things have eased up.

So, this semester = sabbatical. I have half the school work to do, and I am not going to add additional hours to my work week at The Bridge. In the space created I plan on working on some art and doing some much needed reflection and writing...praying and resting. I'm excited to see what will come of this time...as I'm pretty sure I've never had such an opportunity before to be still. I'll keep you posted. :)