Dear Friends and Partners of C3, Summer is finally upon us. Each year giving tends to dip during the summer months as many of us spend vacation time away from our church home. This year, however, we are heading into summer’s dog days in a particularly precarious position. The hard reality is that
Below is a lecture by Dr. Albert A. Bartlett at the University of Colorado at Boulder that, while a bit boring, does a very good job describing the math behind the power of exponential growth. He goes on in to then make some rather interesting economic projections. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY&feature=related
Chris Martenson has an interesting online course that describes some fascinating economic trends, that in one form or another may shape our future and mission. Before we get into this, I think that it is very important to understand that, while some of the information presented is based off of hard facts, other information is
Below is a video that describes in, layman’s terms, exponential growth. This is incredibly important for a number of reasons. The two most important reasons, in my opinion, are: Our world may have turned the corner in many incredibly important areas (i.e. population growth, economics, resource usage). The church as Jesus established it is designed
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1KsFDLZ3B4 How does this concept of growth not equalling prosperity fit with your world view? How does this fit with the Kingdom of God?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dq1bH1X6s
