links for 2008-09-11

Excellent, fantastic, well done! A missional religious order that's beign well thought out.

I love Google Docs. Short of doing highly formatted work for graduate work, I think GDocs can do anything that I need. Now improved with more flavor crystals!

Scot McKnight receives a letter asking about eastern influences in spiritual formation. The comment thread for this will be very interesting.

The witty and brilliant late night host has some powerful things to say about this presidential campaign

"Our church forms communicate theological assumptions. It is a beautiful thing when a community shares decision making and acts like a family of priests who are willing to adopt others into the family. It is a beautiful thing when they practice hospitality and share good things with those in need."

Via Mashable: Items that I need:

– Organization through tags/categories and search
– Ability to have a comment chain on a single idea
– Ability to have an idea “approved” for future projects

Desired Features:

– Ability to “Clip” pieces of text and/or images from the Web
– Email Interactivity (daily updates or able to email in ideas)
– Desktop app would be amazing too
– iPhone app and/or mobile version
– Ability to move an “approved” idea to a categorized list

Imagine Wisdom of the Crowds taking on baseball analysis, and comparing their results to somebody talented and connected (Dave from USS Mariner). Excellent story.

The power of the image to make a connection and tell a story is indeed unlimited.