'Bright light city 'gonna' set my soul, 'gonna' set my soul on fire!!
My thoughts as I travelled into the neon lights of the suburb of salvation! The sun set, the street lights came on and I was mesmerised by the highlighted arrows pointing to an array of options - The Hillsong Convention Centre this way, The Adventist Church/Hospital turn right, The Christian School turn left, Destiny Church up ahead, The Hills Community Christian Church this way- I was on the righteous path - (a.k.a. visiting friends in their new home in the hills district)
So I wondered - what brought the church going masses out this way?
Was it the bright lights, the social interaction, the happy sing-song carefree worship all round family entertainment on a Saturday night/Sunday morning or was it really the food and the wine that drew the crowds?
I decided to compare Saturday night options via RSS feeds. The righteous path - Brian and Bobbie Houston from Hillsong vs The Barmans' righteous Saturday night.
A 'Hills Saturday night' according to Brain and Bobbie 'Hillsong Conference planning meeting: So much new innovation, holy moments, powerful elements.. People coming from all corners!' (edited) and 'Hillsong Music has always been an expression from the heart and soul of this House. The songs that have come from this church and been sung all over the world are a testimony to God’s grace in our church'
vs the Barman's music review site reviewing the Saturday night Hitmen 30th Birthday Bash at the Sandringham Hotel -' There was singing in the crowd (JK doing his walk amongst the masses and true believers (edit)), dancing on tables (JK again, although not as spectacularly tonight as when he was carried on tabletop through a teary-eyed audience at a packed Annandale Hotel), and the obligatory Elvis cover (“Suspicious Minds”, performed with now not so little brother Sammy Kannis) while the band powered on.'
Lets look at the common links: paying punters, true believers, singing from the crowds, dancing, tears, celebration, food, wine (?)......and I know where I was on that particular Saturday night!
Back in the classroom and RSS reviewing, I can see some good uses for both teachers (like Dr O'Shea and his Cardinal Pell update) and student use especially feeds for current affairs and economic and business news. It would be good to review the use or continued need for a RSS subscription after teaching a particular unit as a delicious tag to the site might suffice.
For teaching staff- lets review staff development- wouldn't it be good if online newsletters provided a RSS subscription (e.g. e-teaching newsletter) so that only interested/ relevant parties need subscribe and be notified when new posts are published.
So now the question? What RSS feeds do you subscribe to?
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