Living Open Source

There are plenty of places to read the bible online—the BibleGateway being about the best. But now there is YouVersion, a completely fresh Web 2.0 approach to engaging with the ancient texts, in community.

This week’s lectionary (Acts 16:11-15) grabs the resize handle and expands the dimensions of what you and I call church, even further.

I knew I’d find something worth learning (or in this case re-learning). I have not really used my Greek much  since leaving college, other than to look up the odd word and understand those more tricky commentaries.
But now I’m thinking I should re-kindle the interest.
John Pappas has created a whole series of online video [...]

Mark 15:33-39
About noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until around three o’clock. Then about that time Jesus shouted, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”
Some of the people standing there heard Jesus and said, “He is calling for Elijah.” One [...]