L-A-R-K...etc.

Greetings!,

The pic here is that of a bird called a lark. “Larks are passerine birds of the predominantly Old World family Alaudidae.” (from Wikipedia). Now I don’t know what any of that means…and it doesn’t really matter because that’s not what the blog post is about.

A lark can also be a noun that is not a bird, or a verb. It can mean “a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade” or “to have fun; frolic; romp.” (from Dictionary.com). Interesting, no? Well that doesn’t matter either…with the exception that every blog post here is pretty much a carefree adventure…

So now we get to the matter at hand! I’d like to introduce you to a website, larknews.com. I would imagine that some of you are fans of the Onion, or at least know that it’s a spoof newspaper. Well larknews is in a very similar vein except that it deals with Christianity. I find it to be quite funny…if we can’t poke fun at ourselves, who can we poke fun at? So I encourage you to go on a lark and check out larknews.com.

While I’m in the website advertisement mood…you should also check out poptech.com and ted.com. They are sites where you can watch podcasts of visionaries in all sorts of fields of expertise. You want to know what people will be talking about 5 years from now? Watch some stuff from these sites. I’m not kidding. If you want a good one to start off with, check out this video. It’s about a woman, a neuroanatomist, who walks you through a narrative of a stroke she had 8 years ago. It has some amazing insights regarding religion if you stop to think about it (I think so anyway)...plus it's just scientifically fascinating.

So have fun! As you can see, all three of these sites are now in the link list to the right (along with the new Pittsburgh mission trip blog site).

Peace,

Kevin