Reflecting on Reflecting

I have set up several blog sites and domain names in recent days - part of it is strategic, part something else that I can't put my finger on. However, I do have a vision for an intra-connected web interonnected with elements of a larger web, flowing into a web of webs where information and values I care about can be adequately communicated and catalogued.

At the hub of all this are the two forums I manage on Compuserve and Netscape: Christian Fellowship and Religion.

Then there is the discipline of writing and the twin discipline of reading and filing. That may be lagging. But along with all of this is the discipline of discipline and this is where I really struggle. I have so many interests and the integration of these requires that each be given its own autonomy of weight.

Does that ring a bell for anyone?

It was an inspiration to hear Barbara Elliot on Tuesday at the Fresno/Clovis Prayer Breakfast. I reflect on her speech in another blog. Her book is worthy of a recomendation:

Street Saints: Renewing America's Cities By Barbara J. Elliott / Templeton Foundation Press Street Saints is both a book of motivational stories about unsung heroes and a sociological study of the "faith factor," documenting faith-based programs that are treating social maladies in America. Based on eight years of hands-on experience and more than 300 interviews, Barbara Elliot takes readers on a tour of communities and institutions where faith-based initiatives are making a difference. She offers inspiration, role models, and guidelines for people who would like to give back to their own communities.

Barbara Elliot's web site givers guidance on how to give to some of the most effective faith-based non-profits that are impacting their cities. It also includes a comprehensive directory of faith-based non-profits.