Tuesday, June 16

Random

CCOJ logoCommunity Church of Joy, the Glendale, Arizona church which has been a flagship in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is disassociating itself from that denomination and is joining the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC). ~ link

Twitter delayed a 1-hour maintenance shut-down so that they would not interrupt communication between Iranian protesters. Two weeks ago China blocked Twitter on the anniversary of the Tienanmen Square massacre to thwart protesters. It's a powerful communication tool. ~ Link

We took our rental car back to the airport today. We had rented from Fox Rent a Car, a fairly new discount company, and had a very positive experience.

Renting a car at Sky Harbor International Airport is interesting. Renters are bused to an off-site not-so-mini-terminal where business is conducted. It's different than any off-site set-up I've seen -- and extremely efficient. ~ link

Opera Unite could turn every computer running the Opera browser into a web server. ~ link

Arizonans are having a tougher time managing credit card and mortgage debt than consumers all other states -- except Florida and Nevada. ~ link

2 comments:

Paula Lindstam said...

I'm always thankful for your varied interests. This link to Opera United may be just the ticket for me. I've been struggling with finding a way to post sermons and worship services on our church website as streaming audio. I cannot figure it out. BUT, I'm familiar with Opera and Opera United sounds like something I need to look more closely at. Thanks!

Ann said...

The Lutheran Church to which we belonged in UT also joined the LCMC a few years ago. That church was evangelical, and the pastors we knew were grounded well in Scripture. I wonder how much the LCMC has spread? Thanks for the interesting news.