Ministry To The Avatars

Author : Jerold A. Garber
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480852244
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ministry to the Avatars written by Jerold A. Garber and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is changing rapidly, and perhaps the most compelling evidence of this change is found in the way people use technology to access services that formerly required an in-person visit. Now, for the first time, a real church with denominational standing is as close as ones computer. In Ministry to the Avatars: Building a Real Church in a Virtual World, author and reverend Dr. Jerold A. Garber shares the transcendent story of First United Church of Christ Second Lifea virtual church designed and built in Second Life, a 3-D virtual world with over thirty-six million individual accounts and over one million active users each month. While it began as an experiment in faith and inclusivity, First UCC SL today has full standing in the Eastern Association of the Southern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ, and it is the first church in a mainline denomination to achieve full standing while owning no physical property. Since its founding, First United Church of Christ Second Life has grown into a multifaceted, vibrant ministry with a 365-day-a-year presence in Second Life, and it is also a member of the Open and Affirming Coalition of the UCC, an association of churches affirming the full inclusions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons in the churchs life and ministry. Come and witness the wonderful things that can be achieved when service to others transcends the boundaries of reality! Visit the First United Church of Christ Second Life website at http://www.firstuccsl.org and Second Lifes 3D virtual world created by Linden Lab at http://www.secondlife.com.

Author : Darrell Bock
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0802499082
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Reality Church written by Darrell Bock and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Virtual Reality a Biblical Reality? The invention of the printing press catalyzed Martin Luther’s reformation; radios and televisions delivered Billy Graham’s gospel proclamations to millions of households. Technological advancements have undoubtedly advanced kingdom work for centuries—but is the same true for the burgeoning technologies of today? As virtual reality becomes increasingly prominent throughout society, churches must assess how to respond thoughtfully and biblically. In Virtual Reality Church, theologians Darrell Bock and Jonathan Armstrong present a systematic reflection on how to faithfully apply virtual reality for ministry purposes. They examine the risks—like compromising the meaning of tangible worship—and opportunities—like safely reaching persecuted churches—of integrating revolutionary technologies into the Christian life. Learn to think critically, theologically, and pastorally about new technologies so that you can faithfully advance the gospel into the future.

Author : Kkat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998526201
Total Pages : 1650 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallout written by Kkat and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 1650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Geoffrey Parrinder
Publisher : ONEWorld Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Avatar and Incarnation written by Geoffrey Parrinder and published by ONEWorld Publications. This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a rich insight into the role played by the earthly manifestation of the divine, examining the implications for belief, devotion, faith and interfaith understanding.

Author : Pam Smith
Publisher : SPCK
ISBN 13 : 0281071527
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Online Mission and Ministry written by Pam Smith and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many clergy and churches are now taking to the internet and social media to promote their churches or ministries, but few have thought through some of the difficult pastoral and theological issues that may arise. 'Virtual vicar' Revd Pam Smith guides both new and experienced practitioners through setting up online ministries and considers some of the issues that may arise, such as: Are relationships online as valid as those offline? Is it possible to participate in a 'virtual' communion service? How do you deal with 'trolls' in a Christian way? What is it appropriate for a clergyperson to say on social media?

Author : Juliet Webster
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137479191
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Workers and the Global Labour Market written by Juliet Webster and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emerging world of virtual work is not tied to physical workplaces or particular locations, but is dispersed and footloose. It is frequently precarious, and blurs the boundaries between work and non-work, production and consumption. Contributors to this wide-ranging volume of case studies identify the growing and diverse army of virtual workers. Building from an overarching introduction which discusses the salient features of virtual work, this collection considers the challenges in analysing the class position of virtual workers. Virtual Workers and the Global Labour Market features international examples of emerging occupations and working conditions in new media, gaming, journalism, advertising and branding, software development and offshore services. Cross-disciplinary insights from across the social sciences inform contributions on labour market entry, employment relations, precariousness, the dynamics of virtual teams, and cyberbullying, in order to illustrate the diversity of virtual work, its circumstances and its labour force.

Author : Stan I. S. Law
Publisher : INHOUSEPRESS
ISBN 13 : 0973187255
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Avatar Syndrome written by Stan I. S. Law and published by INHOUSEPRESS. This book was released on 2006 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Avatar Syndrome" follows Anne from childhood to womanhood; from a troubled, taciturn youth, to a world-renowned violinist; from misunderstood recluse, to messiah of a higher truth and beauty. From 5 Stars Reviews: "The author is an enlightened being and it is very evident in this masterpiece"" (Michael P.Tinsley, Amazon.com) "If you love art, music, philosophy, beauty, and... science, then read this book". (Adam Kerry, Smashwords)

Author : Akshay Sharma
Publisher : Mark-Fly Publishers
ISBN 13 : 819477148X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Writer on a Mission - The Rise of Astraavan written by Akshay Sharma and published by Mark-Fly Publishers. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Rise of Astraavan: A Writer on a Mission,' elite SIA agent Natasha is thrust into a world of intrigue and danger. When the security of the SIA's server is breached, sensitive information is accessed, and her esteemed colleague, Sahira, is brutally kidnapped. Natasha embarks on a mission to confront Ronny—a devotee of Raavana with a hidden agenda, driven by the pain of a tragic past. Determined to unravel the mystery surrounding Ronny and protect India's classified Project Astra, which includes crucial fighter jet imports, Natasha and her team embark on a covert mission. Led by the enigmatic SIA chief, Mr. Jindal, they deploy Ronil, a skilled operative and a writer-turned-spy, to infiltrate Ronny's world and thwart his villainous plans. From the serene hills of Coonoor to the bustling streets of New Delhi, the metropolis of London to the historic depths of Germany, and from the secretive corridors of Serbia to the high-stakes landscapes of Israel and Sri Lanka, this globe-trotting adventure will keep readers on the edge of their seats. 'The Rise of Astraavan' is a rollercoaster ride of espionage, romance, and international intrigue. Join Natasha and Ronil as they race against time. Will they triumph in their quest for answers and justice, where revenge, danger, and passion for National Interest collide? Will Ronil conquer the world for his mother, or will Ronny build his empire in his hacking kingdom? Dive into this gripping tale of Astraavan.

Author : Aden John
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477225943
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Avatar of Jesus the Christ written by Aden John and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greatest Thing we can ever possess in this life . . . The Greatest Joy we ever may retain in this life . . . The Most Wonderful attainment all Created mortals may yet ever know in their lifetime . . . is; To LOVE GOD! - With all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our might . . . Irrespective of the vast myriads of belief systems, the most important Truth in all existence and in subsistence is The Pure All Absorbing Love of God. Irrespective of the human nomenclature assigned to This Incomprehensibly Pure Love of God; he who indeed Loves The One True God Whom he undoubtedly regards as THE SUPREME HIGHEST; he is he who knows that human tongues, languages, and relational differences can never amount into a force strong enough to erode That same Pure Love For God Planted inside his heart by The God he regards as THE SUPREME HIGHEST. Whatever nomenclature any mortal may have assigned to be That Pure Love of Godto any indivisible or divisible fragments, if any man claims to have This same Pure Love for God; such a man in Totality can never ever deny The Truth that in Jesus The Christ alone resides The Grand Summation of All The Representations of all Gods Love. Amazingly, the human nomenclature any set of people may have assigned to their Love For God may be different from that which another set may have assigned. If, therefore, language, tribe, race, or just about anything of human affiliations and origins stand as a dividing difference between humans who claim to have That same Incomprehensibly Pure Love for God; it then becomes questionable whether That Love they claim to have for God was Genuine and homogenous or not. If a man says he Loves God, but for whatever reasons known to him, acknowledges not The Last Avatar Whom The God he claims to Love has sent; then it becomes obvious that such a man willfully chooses to understand his Love for God in ways which he freely desires and not in the Simple way which has been revealed unto him. How then would he cope when That Love of God Decisively Judges the free wills of all humans? www.yousayyouloveme.org www.rhabbonilove.org

Author : Ivar Tabrizi
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 141201865X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Avatar written by Ivar Tabrizi and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story is based on the alleged discovery of Elvis Presley's reincarnation in Mangalam, a small village set amidst the backwaters of the Malabar Coast in India. The subsequent events when an Elvis-mad matron from Memphis, Tennessee comes to claim the child as her very own make for a very hilarious reading. The events start unfolding when the astrologer called into cast the child's birth horoscope declares the child to be an avatar, a great reincarnation. Everybody assumes the reincarnation to be that of Lord Krishna, the deity worshipped in the village. But the two precocious daughters of Sunita, the neighbour and a distant relation of the child's parents, create, without meaning to, a feeling that the child is actually a reincarnation of Elvis Presley. Neeli, the eldest of the two, editor of her college magazine and an aspiring journalist, manages to publish an article about the phenomenon in the "Memphis Tattler". Maggie Duckworth, a rich widow and fanatic in her devotion to Elvis, reads the article and lands in India to claim the child. She has Alonzo Bosworthy, a novice reporter from the tabloid, in tow to cover what she thinks will be a scoop. Besides, her ulterior motive is to chase out the present guardians of the Presley Foundation, with whom she had a long series of run-ins, and install the true heir to the throne of Graceland Mansions. The Mangalam villagers meanwhile have come to very different conclusions about the impending visit of the Americans. The village barber, a fanatic Maoist, is convinced that the Americans are actually CIA agents coming to take over what he imagines to be the oil wealth hidden under the village. He organizes the farm workers to protest against the visit. Meanwhile, a defrocked priest and his small coterie of Christian followers in the village maintain that the child is actually the second Christ come to redeem the world, and maintain a vigil outside the reincarnation's house. They are there to prevent the child being spirited away to the West. The barber's wild imagination had also infected the staid householders of the village and they want their cut of the oil wealth lying under their feet. Of course there is the village yokel suddenly transformed by a series of misunderstandings into a Greek scholar whose wild oratory is listened to by the villagers avidly but without understanding. By the time Maggie Duckworth arrives at the village she is met by all these forces, which she cannot fathom. Things are not helped by the avaricious nature of the reincarnation's father, Mr. Keshavan, who dreams of inheriting Presley's Graceland on behalf of his son. As if these things were not enough for Maggie Duckworth, Bosworthy manages to get himself arrested as a spy with designs on India's cultural heritage when he wanders into the village temple. The story goes on to its ultimate denouement as the Indian papers, slow on the uptake, now create a country- wide furor making the incident take on an international flavour with formal protests being lodged with the American Ambassador in India and nearly bringing the Indian Government down for kowtowing to the Americans. Sunita's two daughters though central to the theme are just onlookers and as bewildered as Maggie by the course of events they have unleashed. Babli, the younger one, is the agnostic with a healthy disrespect for the superstitions surrounding the village life. But she triggers off events leading to the acceptance of the child to be a reincarnation of Elvis.