If you’ve been hanging around my blog long enough you may have seen some Compassion Thursday posts. You may have even asked yourself, “what is Compassion Thursday?”
Compassion Thursday is a group of bloggers that get together every Thursday and highlight a Compassion child that has been waiting six months or longer for sponsorship. Sponsorship through Compassion costs $38 a month but it literally saves a child’s life and gives them a chance at a future that they otherwise would not have.
I took this right from their website:
Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults.
Because we’re not Anne Jackson or Carlos Whittaker. One of them could ask for sponsorship and the child they highlight would be picked up in a jiffy. The Compassion Thursday bloggers have less influence individually but, together, we’re able to get children sponsored.
But how, you may ask? Lots of ways. Understand, though – you do NOT have to be a blogger to help us on Compassion Thursday. If you’re reading this, you can help!
I hope this post has helped clear things up a bit (if you had questions.) Got more questions? Just leave a comment and I’ll be glad to answer them!
Updated 9/23/2010 to add three new bloggers to the group!
Already sponsor a Compassion child? Tell me this video doesn’t make you want to write your sponsored child (or children) a letter right now.
Don’t yet sponsor a child through Compassion? You can do so here.
Warning: it’s not a fun fix. But it worked for me.
You have to factory reset your phone.
Prior to factory resetting my battery was draining at about 10% an hour with almost no usage. It would be dead before I got home.
Now, my phone’s draining 10% every 2.5 – 3 hours with normal usage. Totally acceptable.
Here’s how you factory reset your Motorola Droid:
That’s it. After choosing to delete all user data it’ll take a couple minutes for your phone to do so. It will restart and you’ll have to go through activation again just like when you got your phone.
Now, understand, this does NOT roll your phone back to a previous firmware version. If you’re running 2.2, you’ll still be running 2.2 after the reset.
Questions? Problems? Let me know in the comments.
On October 2nd Shan Smith and I will be presenting a one hour session at the Midwest Prayer Conference. I’m unofficially titling the session “Uniting prayer and technology.” Can you guess what it’s about?
In today’s super connected world, if you’re a church, you MUST have an online presence of some kind. You MUST have a Facebook page and a church website. And, because of this, it’s only natural to extend this technological footprint into the world of prayer.
My question to you is this: has technology affected your prayer life? Ever texted someone asking for prayer, or been texted with a prayer request? Taken part in an online prayer event? Prayed for someone because of something you’ve seen on Facebook or Twitter?
Let me know by clicking here and leaving a comment. I’d love to hear from you!
During the Wide Soul series at Maryland Community Church earlier this year we played this video. It affects me today just as it did when I first saw it. Watch it, then decide if you’re ready to do one act that can change everything.
