Comments on: After the Sun Goes Down http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/06/after-the-sun-goes-down/ Seeing the world in a brand new way... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Janelle Frazier http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/06/after-the-sun-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-847 Janelle Frazier Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:10:20 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=826#comment-847 Barry, I love that you and your interns include "Next Steps" with every post. It's a very pratical way to get us readers involved in the moments and lessons you are experiencing, so thanks for that. Very convicting about our total and utter reliance on electricity here in the States. It's amazing what I take for granted... Barry,

I love that you and your interns include “Next Steps” with every post. It’s a very pratical way to get us readers involved in the moments and lessons you are experiencing, so thanks for that.

Very convicting about our total and utter reliance on electricity here in the States. It’s amazing what I take for granted…

]]> By: Dave Quigley http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/06/after-the-sun-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Dave Quigley Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:49:15 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=826#comment-839 Barry - your insight on the 'debilitating' conditions for students young and old who just crave a place of quiet and refuge with lights - that deeply saddens me.... How do they break the cycle of povevrty then? Barry – your insight on the ‘debilitating’ conditions for students young and old who just crave a place of quiet and refuge with lights – that deeply saddens me…. How do they break the cycle of povevrty then?

]]> By: Leah Golland http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/06/after-the-sun-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Leah Golland Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:53:25 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=826#comment-835 wow... after the storm we had last weekend, my apartment complex lost power Saturday morning. I went to the mall to shop because I wanted to be in the AC... ouch... wow… after the storm we had last weekend, my apartment complex lost power Saturday morning. I went to the mall to shop because I wanted to be in the AC…

ouch…

]]> By: Brad Ruggles http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/06/after-the-sun-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Brad Ruggles Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:31:20 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=826#comment-829 I love the idea of the after school study program you mentioned. Programs like that continue to reap benefits long after the student is graduated. I also like the idea in the "Next Steps" about trying to go without electricity for a day. I think that would be a neat project to do with my kids. I love the idea of the after school study program you mentioned. Programs like that continue to reap benefits long after the student is graduated.

I also like the idea in the “Next Steps” about trying to go without electricity for a day. I think that would be a neat project to do with my kids.

]]> By: Annie http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/06/after-the-sun-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-824 Annie Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:44 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=826#comment-824 (Can I just add that I REALLY like that the url automatically formatted as a link. That is pretty cool.) (Can I just add that I REALLY like that the url automatically formatted as a link. That is pretty cool.)

]]> By: Annie http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/06/after-the-sun-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-823 Annie Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:05:31 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=826#comment-823 It's amazing the big difference such small things can make sometimes. There's a ministry in India doing a similar thing to the churches in Kibera, and I love hearing about the domino effect there "stepping stone" program has. http://www.serve-im.org/ It’s amazing the big difference such small things can make sometimes. There’s a ministry in India doing a similar thing to the churches in Kibera, and I love hearing about the domino effect there “stepping stone” program has. http://www.serve-im.org/

]]> By: Rob Yonan http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/06/after-the-sun-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Rob Yonan Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:22:53 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=826#comment-820 Your writing brings me there. I can see the train tracks, millions of plastic bags strewn about (and embedded in the soil), so may faces, their stares and the smells. I remember being overwhelmed by the scope of the darkness yet gripped by the way in which light was present. Talk about the need for an Extreme Makeover...one life at a time. Your writing brings me there. I can see the train tracks, millions of plastic bags strewn about (and embedded in the soil), so may faces, their stares and the smells. I remember being overwhelmed by the scope of the darkness yet gripped by the way in which light was present. Talk about the need for an Extreme Makeover…one life at a time.

]]> By: Amy http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/06/after-the-sun-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-818 Amy Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:32:38 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=826#comment-818 Ok, you're right. You ARE out of your mind. But I think that's what people said about Paul and Peter and Moses and the countless others who have decided to live radical and powerful lives surrendered to and for Him. I wish I could be there and see Jesus in the eyes you look into every day. Can I be like you, Barry, when I grow up? Ok, you’re right. You ARE out of your mind. But I think that’s what people said about Paul and Peter and Moses and the countless others who have decided to live radical and powerful lives surrendered to and for Him. I wish I could be there and see Jesus in the eyes you look into every day. Can I be like you, Barry, when I grow up?

]]> By: Sharon http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/06/after-the-sun-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-816 Sharon Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:35:14 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=826#comment-816 Dave, that last paragraph is profound. And, I think, by addressing simple needs we would find "huge issues" shrinking. Dave, that last paragraph is profound. And, I think, by addressing simple needs we would find “huge issues” shrinking.

]]> By: Dave Rod http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/06/after-the-sun-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Dave Rod Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:54:06 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=826#comment-815 Talk about practical help...light to read. Other than water, food and maybe a roof over the head is anything more basic. "I was hungry and you fed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, I was in the dark and you gave me light." Maybe sometimes we think too grandly about our mission...we want to create vast movements and tackle huge issues...when maybe we should look to see where we can offer the simple life changing luxury of illumination Talk about practical help…light to read. Other than water, food and maybe a roof over the head is anything more basic.

“I was hungry and you fed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, I was in the dark and you gave me light.”

Maybe sometimes we think too grandly about our mission…we want to create vast movements and tackle huge issues…when maybe we should look to see where we can offer the simple life changing luxury of illumination

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