Comments on: How Do You Pursue and Capture Information? http://www.georgebarna.com/2010/03/how-do-you-pursue-and-capture-information/ Facilitating A Spiritual And Moral Revolution Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: TOm http://www.georgebarna.com/2010/03/how-do-you-pursue-and-capture-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3168 TOm Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:22:48 +0000 http://www.georgebarna.com/?p=381#comment-3168 Doesn't they bible say do as I do when Paul prays. I think we have gotten away from mentoring basic prayer and experiences in the spirit. It can't be manufactured. Doesn’t they bible say do as I do when Paul prays. I think we have gotten away from mentoring basic prayer and experiences in the spirit. It can’t be manufactured.

]]> By: Kenneth http://www.georgebarna.com/2010/03/how-do-you-pursue-and-capture-information/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Kenneth Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:50:23 +0000 http://www.georgebarna.com/?p=381#comment-314 Thank you (and Gene and Frank and others) for your insights into how we "the Mighty in Christ" have so easily fallen victim to the illusion now passed off as the true church. Where this will lead us (as a family and as believers) we don't know yet. But, after 35+ years as a christian, I realize why I never quite "fit" into the churches I have attended over the years and have helped my brother (56) and my father (86) to realize that also. May HaShem bless you as you bless. Thank you (and Gene and Frank and others) for your insights into how we “the Mighty in Christ” have so easily fallen victim to the illusion now passed off as the true church. Where this will lead us (as a family and as believers) we don’t know yet. But, after 35+ years as a christian, I realize why I never quite “fit” into the churches I have attended over the years and have helped my brother (56) and my father (86) to realize that also. May HaShem bless you as you bless.

]]> By: John, an unlikely Pastor http://www.georgebarna.com/2010/03/how-do-you-pursue-and-capture-information/comment-page-1/#comment-312 John, an unlikely Pastor Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:19:58 +0000 http://www.georgebarna.com/?p=381#comment-312 It's funny how information has become almost unmanagable. We in the church need information the key is not to loose sight of the Word as our primary source of wisdom. Karl Barth said (according to Time) that, "...years ago he advised young theologians to "take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible." Newspapers, he says, are so important that "I always pray for the sick, the poor, journalists, authorities of the state and the church—in that order." http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,896838,00.html#ixzz0jhGHACeb Information is valuable; but too much of a good thing is overwhelming. One of the challenges is learning to sift through the editorial slants of different terestrial publications and online news entities. Most major news outlets today seem to function more as aggregators of news stories others have told rather than working as journalists telling new stories. thanks for your work on our behalf John It’s funny how information has become almost unmanagable. We in the church need information the key is not to loose sight of the Word as our primary source of wisdom.

Karl Barth said (according to Time) that, “…years ago he advised young theologians to “take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.” Newspapers, he says, are so important that “I always pray for the sick, the poor, journalists, authorities of the state and the church—in that order.” http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,896838,00.html#ixzz0jhGHACeb

Information is valuable; but too much of a good thing is overwhelming. One of the challenges is learning to sift through the editorial slants of different terestrial publications and online news entities. Most major news outlets today seem to function more as aggregators of news stories others have told rather than working as journalists telling new stories.

thanks for your work on our behalf
John

]]> By: George Barna http://www.georgebarna.com/2010/03/how-do-you-pursue-and-capture-information/comment-page-1/#comment-308 George Barna Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:21:14 +0000 http://www.georgebarna.com/?p=381#comment-308 Robert, your comments reminded me of a comment my wife often makes about my writing practices. I have a tendency to spend a lot of time collecting and reading through information, with no apparent output. However, because I usually have several books in mind for the future, and they typically relates to the key themes on which I focus, there inevitably comes a moment when my mind has subconsciusly put the information together, it all fits into place, and suddenly I am ready to write. My wife says I don't write books, I explode them; after sitting dormant for so long, the insights have to have a release, so when that unplanned moment of illumination arrives I clear the calendar, take 7-10 days of solitude and just write, emerging with the completed manuscript. Your comment about needing time to process is well taken. It can be a conscious processing effort or an unconscious approach. For me, it seems best when there is a blending of the two... Robert, your comments reminded me of a comment my wife often makes about my writing practices. I have a tendency to spend a lot of time collecting and reading through information, with no apparent output. However, because I usually have several books in mind for the future, and they typically relates to the key themes on which I focus, there inevitably comes a moment when my mind has subconsciusly put the information together, it all fits into place, and suddenly I am ready to write. My wife says I don’t write books, I explode them; after sitting dormant for so long, the insights have to have a release, so when that unplanned moment of illumination arrives I clear the calendar, take 7-10 days of solitude and just write, emerging with the completed manuscript. Your comment about needing time to process is well taken. It can be a conscious processing effort or an unconscious approach. For me, it seems best when there is a blending of the two…

]]> By: Robert Egby http://www.georgebarna.com/2010/03/how-do-you-pursue-and-capture-information/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Robert Egby Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:53:21 +0000 http://www.georgebarna.com/?p=381#comment-305 George, right on. You can get buried in information! Technology is like a speeding bus, so many people cling on tightly, perhaps for kicks or fearing they may lose something. We are all being bombarded by Information, so much so that we have little or no time for Processing. The Mind needs time for Processing. There is no time to sit back and contemplate and be conscious of what Information is doing to our physical, mental or spiritual lives. You say you focus on a few specific areas of interest. That is objective consciousness and you are trained in observation and evaluation. The question is: How do we encourage, even inspire people to get off the bus and Contemplate Life. Process. Sadly, they may also find that the Information Rush was a total illusion like the Wizard of Oz. Blessings. George, right on. You can get buried in information! Technology is like a speeding bus, so many people cling on tightly, perhaps for kicks or fearing they may lose something. We are all being bombarded by Information, so much so that we have little or no time for Processing. The Mind needs time for Processing. There is no time to sit back and contemplate and be conscious of what Information is doing to our physical, mental or spiritual lives. You say you focus on a few specific areas of interest. That is objective consciousness and you are trained in observation and evaluation. The question is: How do we encourage, even inspire people to get off the bus and Contemplate Life. Process. Sadly, they may also find that the Information Rush was a total illusion like the Wizard of Oz. Blessings.

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