I'm going through Romans. I want to share Romans 1:28-32.
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
As I was reading it I thought to myself "that could have been written yesterday."
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
A Father Speaks Out
I received this from a sister in Christ:
On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful.
They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologist, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a portion of the transcript:
"Since the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers.
"The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used. Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart.
"In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don't believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent.
I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy -- it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best.
Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
Your words are empty air.
You've stripped away our heritage,
You've outlawed simple prayer.
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question "Why?"
You regulate restrictive laws,
Through legislative creed.
And yet you fail to understand,
That God is what we need!
"Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation's history. Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs -- politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws. Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own heart.
"As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America, and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA -- I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart before casting the first stone!
My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!"
Do what the media did not -- let the nation hear this man's speech. Please send this out to everyone you can.
God Bless
On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful.
They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologist, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a portion of the transcript:
"Since the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers.
"The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used. Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart.
"In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don't believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent.
I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy -- it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best.
Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
Your words are empty air.
You've stripped away our heritage,
You've outlawed simple prayer.
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question "Why?"
You regulate restrictive laws,
Through legislative creed.
And yet you fail to understand,
That God is what we need!
"Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation's history. Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs -- politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws. Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own heart.
"As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America, and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA -- I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart before casting the first stone!
My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!"
Do what the media did not -- let the nation hear this man's speech. Please send this out to everyone you can.
God Bless
Friday, April 24, 2009
The Power Of Prayer
My daughters and the Lord taught me something again today. I was shown quite clearly that sometimes I don't give enough credit to the power of prayer.
Now, I do pray. I will tell you what I pray about, but I do that only to share and provide context, not to try to look good to whoever may read this.
I thank God for the many blessings in our lives. I thank him for the atoning sacrifice of Jesus. I thank him for adopting us into his family. I ask him to make me an instrument and do good through me. I ask him to help me always know and speak the truth, stand up for what is right, and tell other people about the gospel of Jesus Christ. I ask him to show me the sin in my life and help me stamp it out more and more. I ask him to forgive me when I give in to sin. I ask him to help me know his will and do it, and to show me when I am in the wrong about what his will for me is. I ask that his will be done.
Those are the most common more abstract things I say to the Lord in prayer. I also sometimes ask for help with specific things throughout the day. Not always and probably not often enough.
I can say with absolute certainty that the Lord has demonstrated his faithfulness to me and has responded to every single one of the things I have listed above, and some things I did not list. There is no doubt in my mind that he responds to the prayers of his children.
However, tonight, and other times, I glossed over the power of prayer. I heard on the radio a pastor talking about helping missionaries in various parts of the world by praying for them. I admit, shamefully, that I thought at the time "what's that going to do?" Our church has held gatherings, related to specific events we were engaged in, for people to come in and pray together. I admit, shamefully again, that I thought at the time "I'd rather show up at the thing where we DO something." Tonight I did it again with a very small thing, but the Lord opened up my eyes to my attitude in a very big way, which I did not before realize.
My laptop power supply had died. The new one arrived today. I plugged it in. I didn't work. Trinity said she would pray for me that it would start to work. Novalee joined her. My girls are awesome, but I admit, very shamefully now, that I thought "that's not going to do anything, it's just broken." Then I wiggled the cable and it started to work. Soon after I realized the problem was part of the connector was too big and it wasn't going in all the way; sandpaper fixed it straight away and its working great now.
Thank you girls; you're faith at such a young age impresses me. They get it. When you're in a bind, don't get all bent out of shape and give up -- turn to God in prayer.
Thank you Father, for using such a small incident to show me a big flaw in my attitude toward prayer, especially with so much evidence of its effectiveness in my own life.
As I wrote this I realized one more great proof of its effectiveness comes from my brother in Christ David. Thank you David for praying so long that God would make himself real to me. He has in so many ways and I am so thankful for it. The evidence from prayer about me needs to go to the top of the list.
Grace to you and peace my brothers and sisters. I pray that you do not doubt the effectiveness of prayer like I did, and, if you do, I pray that it is shown to you as clearly as it has been shown to me.
Now, I do pray. I will tell you what I pray about, but I do that only to share and provide context, not to try to look good to whoever may read this.
I thank God for the many blessings in our lives. I thank him for the atoning sacrifice of Jesus. I thank him for adopting us into his family. I ask him to make me an instrument and do good through me. I ask him to help me always know and speak the truth, stand up for what is right, and tell other people about the gospel of Jesus Christ. I ask him to show me the sin in my life and help me stamp it out more and more. I ask him to forgive me when I give in to sin. I ask him to help me know his will and do it, and to show me when I am in the wrong about what his will for me is. I ask that his will be done.
Those are the most common more abstract things I say to the Lord in prayer. I also sometimes ask for help with specific things throughout the day. Not always and probably not often enough.
I can say with absolute certainty that the Lord has demonstrated his faithfulness to me and has responded to every single one of the things I have listed above, and some things I did not list. There is no doubt in my mind that he responds to the prayers of his children.
However, tonight, and other times, I glossed over the power of prayer. I heard on the radio a pastor talking about helping missionaries in various parts of the world by praying for them. I admit, shamefully, that I thought at the time "what's that going to do?" Our church has held gatherings, related to specific events we were engaged in, for people to come in and pray together. I admit, shamefully again, that I thought at the time "I'd rather show up at the thing where we DO something." Tonight I did it again with a very small thing, but the Lord opened up my eyes to my attitude in a very big way, which I did not before realize.
My laptop power supply had died. The new one arrived today. I plugged it in. I didn't work. Trinity said she would pray for me that it would start to work. Novalee joined her. My girls are awesome, but I admit, very shamefully now, that I thought "that's not going to do anything, it's just broken." Then I wiggled the cable and it started to work. Soon after I realized the problem was part of the connector was too big and it wasn't going in all the way; sandpaper fixed it straight away and its working great now.
Thank you girls; you're faith at such a young age impresses me. They get it. When you're in a bind, don't get all bent out of shape and give up -- turn to God in prayer.
Thank you Father, for using such a small incident to show me a big flaw in my attitude toward prayer, especially with so much evidence of its effectiveness in my own life.
As I wrote this I realized one more great proof of its effectiveness comes from my brother in Christ David. Thank you David for praying so long that God would make himself real to me. He has in so many ways and I am so thankful for it. The evidence from prayer about me needs to go to the top of the list.
Grace to you and peace my brothers and sisters. I pray that you do not doubt the effectiveness of prayer like I did, and, if you do, I pray that it is shown to you as clearly as it has been shown to me.
Chrisitianity Or Politics?
I've got a gripe. That gripe comes from a mailing list I joined for Christians. About 35-45% of the posts are something I would consider somewhat related to Christianity.
Sharing Bible verses and messages from local Christian radio programs. Excellent; that just lifts up everyone on the list. Sharing articles of public figures taking a biblically based stand on moral issues and taking all kinds of heat for it. Excellent; it's awesome to read about people in the public eye defending their position with God's word. Notifications about upcoming events like "Sleepless in San Diego". Excellent; trying to get Christians engaged in events that reach out and help others is great.
Sharing articles about how Joe Politician is going to get us out of some economic mess, or about Obama wanting to restrict defandant's rights, or to get petitions signed against someone who is attacking "right wing conservatives", or articles about the FDA allowing morning after pills for 17-year-olds.
Hold the phone! What does any of that have to do with Christianity?
This got me thinking of something that bugs me. People mixing Christianity with conservatism or environmentalism. I've seen and heard this before in other forums, and it looks like one of those is what I may be it somewhat here.
It bugs me when "Christian" is made synonymous with "American" or "conservative". It bugs me when people insist that Christians have to unite and take a stand on some political issue. It bugs me when people insist that Christians have to unite and do something about some environmental problem.
Don't get me wrong here. I'm all for speaking the truth and standing for what's right, but that's exactly why this type of blurring the lines bugs me. I see the Christian worldview getting warped by people so that it encompasses these other worldly things. Its no longer a Christian worldview at that point. Its a distorted worldview. And when we add additional junk into what we somehow still call Christianity, we diminish it greatly.
I just read a great quote that says what I'm ranting about much more concisely. When you mix religion and politics, you get politics.
I do not want to be aligned with liberals and be labeled a liberal, nor conservatives and be labeled a conservative, nor democrats and be labeled a democrat, nor republicans and labeled a republican. Rather, I want to be aligned with Christ and be labeled what I am, a Christian.
Sharing Bible verses and messages from local Christian radio programs. Excellent; that just lifts up everyone on the list. Sharing articles of public figures taking a biblically based stand on moral issues and taking all kinds of heat for it. Excellent; it's awesome to read about people in the public eye defending their position with God's word. Notifications about upcoming events like "Sleepless in San Diego". Excellent; trying to get Christians engaged in events that reach out and help others is great.
Sharing articles about how Joe Politician is going to get us out of some economic mess, or about Obama wanting to restrict defandant's rights, or to get petitions signed against someone who is attacking "right wing conservatives", or articles about the FDA allowing morning after pills for 17-year-olds.
Hold the phone! What does any of that have to do with Christianity?
This got me thinking of something that bugs me. People mixing Christianity with conservatism or environmentalism. I've seen and heard this before in other forums, and it looks like one of those is what I may be it somewhat here.
It bugs me when "Christian" is made synonymous with "American" or "conservative". It bugs me when people insist that Christians have to unite and take a stand on some political issue. It bugs me when people insist that Christians have to unite and do something about some environmental problem.
Don't get me wrong here. I'm all for speaking the truth and standing for what's right, but that's exactly why this type of blurring the lines bugs me. I see the Christian worldview getting warped by people so that it encompasses these other worldly things. Its no longer a Christian worldview at that point. Its a distorted worldview. And when we add additional junk into what we somehow still call Christianity, we diminish it greatly.
I just read a great quote that says what I'm ranting about much more concisely. When you mix religion and politics, you get politics.
I do not want to be aligned with liberals and be labeled a liberal, nor conservatives and be labeled a conservative, nor democrats and be labeled a democrat, nor republicans and labeled a republican. Rather, I want to be aligned with Christ and be labeled what I am, a Christian.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
What The Gospel Ain't
I was listening to Duncan a lot today and felt this point was warranted. When we talk to others about Christianity, we need to represent the gospel correctly.
The gospel ain't helping the poor.
The gospel ain't going to church.
The gospel ain't trying really hard not to sin.
The gospel ain't reading the Bible.
You can do all those things and be in an awful mess if you haven't put any faith in Jesus Christ. An atheist can even easily do all of those things.
That is not to say the things above are not important. They are all very important. As Christians we should help the poor, go to church, try really hard not to sin, read God's word, and so on.
But they are not the gospel! They are responses to the gospel!
If you're trying to tell someone the gospel and you don't have time, ask the question of yourself "Can this person be saved through what I am telling him?" If the answer is no, you're on the wrong track.
In a nutshell, the gospel (good news) of Christ is that "Jesus Christ came to earth, lived as a man, died for our sins, rose again, is now seated at the right hand of God the father, and offers forgiveness of sins for those who repent and put their trust in him."
That's boiled down into a 10 second answer. For a longer answer, check this out.
The gospel ain't helping the poor.
The gospel ain't going to church.
The gospel ain't trying really hard not to sin.
The gospel ain't reading the Bible.
You can do all those things and be in an awful mess if you haven't put any faith in Jesus Christ. An atheist can even easily do all of those things.
That is not to say the things above are not important. They are all very important. As Christians we should help the poor, go to church, try really hard not to sin, read God's word, and so on.
But they are not the gospel! They are responses to the gospel!
If you're trying to tell someone the gospel and you don't have time, ask the question of yourself "Can this person be saved through what I am telling him?" If the answer is no, you're on the wrong track.
In a nutshell, the gospel (good news) of Christ is that "Jesus Christ came to earth, lived as a man, died for our sins, rose again, is now seated at the right hand of God the father, and offers forgiveness of sins for those who repent and put their trust in him."
That's boiled down into a 10 second answer. For a longer answer, check this out.
I'm Sorry Miss California
I was impressed by this.
I saw a blurb a bit back about someone asking Miss California about gay marriage and I, sinning and incorrectly judging her, thought "A beauty pageant contestant from California commenting on gay marriage, I know JUST what she will say." -- and I didn't even look at the blurb in more detail.
I was wrong.
Her name is Carrie Prejean and if I ever met her, I'd have two things to say:
1) "I'm impressed you stood your ground and stood up for marriage on the show, instead of caving in and giving the expected, politcally correct ::cough:: answer."
2) "Forgive me for judging you."
I saw a blurb a bit back about someone asking Miss California about gay marriage and I, sinning and incorrectly judging her, thought "A beauty pageant contestant from California commenting on gay marriage, I know JUST what she will say." -- and I didn't even look at the blurb in more detail.
I was wrong.
Her name is Carrie Prejean and if I ever met her, I'd have two things to say:
1) "I'm impressed you stood your ground and stood up for marriage on the show, instead of caving in and giving the expected, politcally correct ::cough:: answer."
2) "Forgive me for judging you."
Poisonous Religion
An atheist on the Bob Dutko show today got on my nerves a little bit. He wrote a book called "God Is Not Great" with some subtitle indicating that religion is poisoning society.
The point he was trying to make was that "true" altruism, where we help our fellow man just because it is our responsibility to our fellow man, is tainted when we start doing good things because of the promise of reward or fear of punishment. Bob was trying to debate him on another point, but he was being evasive and kept bringing this one up.
I'm just going to set aside the moral argument for the existence of God. That sense of responsibility "altruistic atheists" might have does come from somewhere you know.
This dude doesn't appear to know Christianity at all if I understood his claim correctly. It doesn't even have the right basis! Sure, with some religions people may try to "get in good" with God or a false god by doing good works, but that's certainly not where our good works come from.
How about out because we love God and are grateful to him for what he has done for us?
How about to verify that we have faith in Christ?
How about to show love to our neighbor, who we should love as ourselves?
How about because we are created in Christ for good works that have already been prepared for us?
I must say again that our good works are not the means to our salvation but rather a product of it! So the argument that we have damaged "true" good works because of a motivation for reward is invalid. Any reward that comes from good works done here on this earth is just a bonus.
So, brothers and sisters in Christ, let your light shine so that others' may see them and praise our father in heaven!
The point he was trying to make was that "true" altruism, where we help our fellow man just because it is our responsibility to our fellow man, is tainted when we start doing good things because of the promise of reward or fear of punishment. Bob was trying to debate him on another point, but he was being evasive and kept bringing this one up.
I'm just going to set aside the moral argument for the existence of God. That sense of responsibility "altruistic atheists" might have does come from somewhere you know.
This dude doesn't appear to know Christianity at all if I understood his claim correctly. It doesn't even have the right basis! Sure, with some religions people may try to "get in good" with God or a false god by doing good works, but that's certainly not where our good works come from.
How about out because we love God and are grateful to him for what he has done for us?
How about to verify that we have faith in Christ?
How about to show love to our neighbor, who we should love as ourselves?
How about because we are created in Christ for good works that have already been prepared for us?
I must say again that our good works are not the means to our salvation but rather a product of it! So the argument that we have damaged "true" good works because of a motivation for reward is invalid. Any reward that comes from good works done here on this earth is just a bonus.
So, brothers and sisters in Christ, let your light shine so that others' may see them and praise our father in heaven!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Can't Make Christians
I've argued with all kinds of people and in the past came to the conclusion that I can't make Christians. I kind of knew that would happen up front, but I'm a little slow sometimes. My buddy David told me that (that I can't do it, not that I'm slow :-)). Duncan said it I think. It makes sense. Only God can make Christians really.
It bummed me out a little until tonight though. Not a lot. Not something I think about that often. Just pops into my head when I'm arguing, debating, discussing, whatever, and getting nowhere.
I had a thought that I'd actually be in a terrible mess if I COULD make Christians.
One aspect of it would be really cool. I could work some evangelistic mojo and *poof* my family member, friend, or co-worker is instantly converted. Awesome. Bear with me and ignore the whole me-centered aspect of what I just said, I promise this is going somewhere.
Now let's think about it for a minute. That dude in the Spiderman movie said "With great power comes great responsibility." I don't have a reason to argue against that. So, crap. I'd have one heck of a burden on my shoulders. If I can make Christians, now I gotta save EVERYBODY!
Paul talked about the gospel advancing even when he didn't mention any conversions. That's it in a nutshell. Our bit is to tell people the truth; God's bit is to do the transformation from the inside out.
So thank God that he made me a Christian. Thank God for his word and boldness to share it with people (though I need a lot more of that boldness thing!). Thank God that he's got the other end of it, or I'd go [more] insane. :-)
It bummed me out a little until tonight though. Not a lot. Not something I think about that often. Just pops into my head when I'm arguing, debating, discussing, whatever, and getting nowhere.
I had a thought that I'd actually be in a terrible mess if I COULD make Christians.
One aspect of it would be really cool. I could work some evangelistic mojo and *poof* my family member, friend, or co-worker is instantly converted. Awesome. Bear with me and ignore the whole me-centered aspect of what I just said, I promise this is going somewhere.
Now let's think about it for a minute. That dude in the Spiderman movie said "With great power comes great responsibility." I don't have a reason to argue against that. So, crap. I'd have one heck of a burden on my shoulders. If I can make Christians, now I gotta save EVERYBODY!
Paul talked about the gospel advancing even when he didn't mention any conversions. That's it in a nutshell. Our bit is to tell people the truth; God's bit is to do the transformation from the inside out.
So thank God that he made me a Christian. Thank God for his word and boldness to share it with people (though I need a lot more of that boldness thing!). Thank God that he's got the other end of it, or I'd go [more] insane. :-)
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Top Volunteer Web Sites
I've looked at just about every "volunteer match" web site under the sun, and I think most of them kind of suck. Here are my top picks out of...many. 3/4 of these are focused on San Diego because, well, that's what I cared about!
OnlineVolunteering.Org
http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en/vol/index.html
This is the one not focused on San Diego. Its really unique in that it provides a way to hook up on-line volunteers with projects across the world. What I really liked about it is that the opportunities here could really challenge people -- we're talking about web site design, graphic design, writing course world for university classes, providing translation services, etc. None of those would have ever came into my head before when thinking of "volunteer opportunities."
Volunteer San Diego
http://www.volunteersandiego.org/HomePage/index.php/home.html
This is the BOMB for finding local opportunities in San Diego. You can filter by type of service you're interested in, by date, by location, etc. The calendar is really useful and cool.
Single Volunteers San Diego
http://singlevolunteerssandiego.org/AboutUs.htm
Another localized web site. I thought it was pretty unique because it targeted singles and used volunteerism as a way for singles to meet. I like that.
The City Of San Diego Volunteer Opportunities
http://www.sandiego.gov/volunteer-program/opportunities/index.shtml
Another localized web site. This one focuses on opportunities through the City of San Diego. The content is pretty static, but you won't find the opportunities on the other web sites. Some of it doesn't get me engaged personally (filing and typing for example!) but if you dig down you'll see some good opportunities to work with seniors, work with kids, and clean up the community. I like that.
OnlineVolunteering.Org
http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en/vol/index.html
This is the one not focused on San Diego. Its really unique in that it provides a way to hook up on-line volunteers with projects across the world. What I really liked about it is that the opportunities here could really challenge people -- we're talking about web site design, graphic design, writing course world for university classes, providing translation services, etc. None of those would have ever came into my head before when thinking of "volunteer opportunities."
Volunteer San Diego
http://www.volunteersandiego.org/HomePage/index.php/home.html
This is the BOMB for finding local opportunities in San Diego. You can filter by type of service you're interested in, by date, by location, etc. The calendar is really useful and cool.
Single Volunteers San Diego
http://singlevolunteerssandiego.org/AboutUs.htm
Another localized web site. I thought it was pretty unique because it targeted singles and used volunteerism as a way for singles to meet. I like that.
The City Of San Diego Volunteer Opportunities
http://www.sandiego.gov/volunteer-program/opportunities/index.shtml
Another localized web site. This one focuses on opportunities through the City of San Diego. The content is pretty static, but you won't find the opportunities on the other web sites. Some of it doesn't get me engaged personally (filing and typing for example!) but if you dig down you'll see some good opportunities to work with seniors, work with kids, and clean up the community. I like that.
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