Angelos Blog #2

The article I read is found on ChristianPost.com and is titled "Scholar: Churches Can Use Internet to Reach Non-Seekers." I found this article under the "Missions" tab at the top of the page and the headline caught my eye instantly. After reading the article, I found that it is all about the need for Churches to become more technology savvy and to use the World Wide Web to spread the Gospel around the world. A scholar named Peter Fischer-Nielsen has been researching church communication on the Internet and believes the Internet to be a great way to reach people in both believing and non-believing countries. It is noted in the article that many churches has seen successes from evangelizing online.

This article was written very newsy, and the angle seems to be just to give a general and informative synopsis of the topic. The lead is basic but captivating. It is as follows: "The Internet is not only useful for churches in communicating with seekers, but it can also be harnessed to reach people not actively looking for answers, says a Danish scholar." It is not really a direct quote, but it refers to what Fischer-Nielsen said.

This article was very informative and interesting, but it was not very colorful and descriptive. Of course, since it was clearly written in hard news style, it was supposed to be this way. I think it wold be interesting, however, for this article to have been written more like a feature because that could have made for a potentially even better article. I do believe that the strongest part of the story was the topic in general. It is not often I have thought about using the Internet to evangelize, but in this day and age it is one of the most popular ways to communicate. Churches can definitely use the internet to their advantage. I also think the factual/statistic information that is included adds a great deal of strength to the article.

The writer, Jennifer Riley, interviewed scholar Peter Fischer-Nielsen and GMO founder and chair Walt Wilson. Riley probably asked these two gentleman their opinions on the Internet and how it relates to the Church, how evangelization can be done online, what websites should be targeted, how successful the World Wide Web has been so far in spreading the Gospel, etc...

I believe that Riley wrote this story because it is about Missions, which of course Missions are important to Christians, but it also defines a 21st century way of delivering the Word of God. This story is very relevant to a large group of people, including Churches and Church goers, people who use the Internet, Christian scholars, organizations that are involved in evangelizing, and Christian people in general. It is a very interesting concept and is a good idea for Churches to get involved. The importance of this article is summed up in the this quote from Fischer-Nielson, "The Internet has come to stay and the Church must continually be in dialogue concerning how the Internet can be used to serve its mission.”

My Favorite Bible Verse- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

^"4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. ⁸Love never fails."

I had a difficult time choosing a verse for this entry, but I finally decided on this one. There is just something about this passage that always makes me smile, always inspires me, and always makes me feel so safe in this world.

I read this passage I am reminded of the power of love. I am reminded of the pureness of God's love for me, and how blessed I am to know His love. There is nothing better than that.

Love is such a beautiful thing, and I can only attempt to love the people I care about the way God loves me. I know I am only human and have flaws in my love, but I try very hard to love wholly and purely.

There have been a few difficult times in my life where I have forgotten how lucky I am to be loved by God, and to be loved by my family and friends, and this verse has helped me get through times like that. This verse also helps me when I get angry or upset over a situation, and it re-focuses me on what it important. God says we have to love our enemies, and this verse tells us HOW to do that.

This passage can help others in their life and relationships. If you love say you love someone, love them like the verse says. Do not get caught up in the horrors of the world and let it tear your relationship apart. This passage can help marriages, friendships, family bonds, and even when dealing with people who may be considered “enemies.”

Banner Blog- What makes me angry

There are very few things that genuinely anger me, but I have to admit that one of those things is rudeness. More specifically, rude customers when I am working.

I work at a restaurant called Mimi's Cafe. I've been there for nearly four years and have truly embraced every part of being a food server. The only aspect of it I will NEVER embrace is the occasional rude customer that walks in the door and chooses to spit fire at me because they are unhappy.

For example, just last week I had a man come in and sit in my station. When I went up to him to take his order, he proceeded to yell at me about how many times he has had to send food back because it was so awful or cold or dry or whatever that he couldn't eat it, and that if I didn't get his order "100% perfect" that he would be very angry. This wouldn't have been as hard to take if he didn't actually raise his voice to me, or act as if I was a robot as opposed to a person. So I politely told him that I would do my absolute best to make sure his food was "perfect," but that wasn't enough. He then told me that my job isn't that hard and that he was not just some guy off of the streets that I could serve anything to. (This then made me realize that he has obviously never worked in the service industry before and that he has no compassion for people.) Suffice it to say, the whole three hours this man stayed at my restaurant he treated every server, and my manager, like dirt. He was the absolute definition of rude.

And that was only one example of the kind of people you run into when you work in food service, or any other service industry position, as I can imagine. I have been mocked by, yelled at, and even cursed at by customers, all for things that are completely out of my control. I don't understand what makes people feel like they have the right to be rude to me, or any of my coworkers. We are all there to make their life easier by serving them food and drinks that they don't have to cook or get themselves.

I try to be understanding of people (as much as I can be) when they are rude. Perhaps they are just going through troubled times in their life or are simply having a bad day. So I act nice and try to make things better for them by making their experience a good one, but when there are circumstances like the one I mentioned above, it is so difficult to be nice back. I am a person; I have real emotions and really don’t like to be treated like rubbish. I never treat any server like that when I go out, so it makes me quite angry to be treated like that when I am just trying to do my job.


So, hopefully, it goes without saying, be nice to your food server, not rude. They are probably doing the best that they can for you, but they are not miracle workers. Sometimes mistakes happen, and they can always be fixed. Also, if you are having a bad day, don’t take it out on them! It’s really NOT their fault.