Web Sites Recommended By
Lake Shore Folks
(send your recommendation, with a brief description, to webmaster@lakeshorewaco.org )

News

Ethics Daily
Read news articles pertaining to hot button issues facing our society, the church, and Baptists. (Rachel)

Pray The News
Instead of only engaging the news through the paper, television, or computer, engage the news through prayer.  These Carmelite sisters pray each day and post their prayers for specific events in our world.  Join them.  It is a beautiful and thoughtful site. (Sharlande)

The New York Times
Stay on top of events, people, and the arts.  Read the New York Times for free on-line.

Today's Front Pages
See the front pages of 500 newspapers from 47 countries. (Steve G)

For several other news links, look here within this site.
 

Spiritual/Community

d365
A devotional website for prayer, quiet centering, and scripture reading.  The music is beautiful. (Rachel)

inward/outward
This is a project of the Church of the Savior in Washington, D.C., which provides daily quotes, poetry, and prose with the purpose of bringing people together to wonder, explore, and imagine, all in the name of justice, forgiveness, and community. (Chris)

Jubilee in Georgia
The is the blogsite that Chris and Katie Brennan-Homiak are maintaining to keep us informed about their experience at Jubilee Partners, a communal refugee ministry near Comer, GA. (Steve G)

Locusts & Honey: Fabrics of Faith
Many of you will remember Melissa [formerly Storey, now O'Neill], who got her start in liturgical art by designing Helping Hands and Bridge Builders t-shirts when she was at Lake Shore. She left Texas to enter Methodist Theological Seminary in Ohio years ago and now has a seminary degree, a Catholic community, a new husband, and an great website! Take a look -- and pass the word about her beautiful textiles for worship.

New Monasticism
A network of counter-cultural Christian communities.  There’s a forum for discussion and links to partnering communities.  (Chris Brennan Homiak)

Religion Online
Topical links to more than 5,700 articles and chapters by "recognized religious scholars." (Steve G)

Sacred Space
Engage in ten minutes of prayer as you sit at your computer with the help of on-screen guidance and scripture. (Mike)

Speaking of Faith
Web site for the NPR program that includes segments on "The Spirituality of Parenting," "The Soul of War," and other intriguing discussions. (Rachel)

Taizé
Taizé is a familiar word around Lake Shore because we sing the songs of this international, ecumenical community located just outside Burgundy France.  This community is known for its ecumenism, emphasis on reconciliation, prayers, and worship services.  This site is full of resources in many languages.  (Mike)

World Prayers
Prayers from many faiths. (Steve G)

Social Justice

Act Locally Waco
Maintained by SEEDS of Hope publishers, this web site will provide helpful information to people who are concerned about hunger and poverty in the Waco community and the world. (Ashley T)

The Better World Handbook
Be an enlightened shopper!  Click on “Shopping Guides” and download a free guide to what products are socially responsible to buy based on the companies who produce them.  Your trips to H.E.B. will never be the same. (Chris)

Bread For The World
This site is sponsored by the “Bread for the World” movement, but it covers many other issues.  See pictures, read stories, find links, and take action all at this one site.

The Hunger Site
A site devoted to the facts, the news, fair trade products, educational resources, charitable giving, and much more all in the name of fighting hunger. (Chris)

The One Campaign
Find out more about the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty.  We’ve had a Wednesday night seminar on this.

Sojourners
Sojourners is a Christian ministry whose mission is to proclaim and practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal and social justice.  Rev. Jim Wallis is the founder.  (Rachel)

Call To Renewal
A faith-based movement to overcome poverty founded by the folks at Sojourners.  (The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is involved with this movement). (Chris)

Texans Care for Children
This advocacy organization engages state and federal governments and communities across Texas to work towards improving the well-being of children in our state.  (Chris)

 

Practical

Charity Navigator
Evaluates and rates charities. Very helpful. (Carolyn Rodabough)

Common Sense Media
Provides "family friendly" reviews of movies, TV, games, music, web sites, and books. Includes a major campaign to promote Internet safety for children. (Pam Allen)

FlyLady
Get tips on housecleaning and organizing.  For example, the Fly Lady says, go to bed with your sink clean and empty.  (Sharlande & Rachel)

Martha Stewart
She’s the master of the home front.  Find out what cooking utensils you need in your kitchen as well as get some great recipes and much more!  (Rachel)

The PTA Parent
A biweekly newsletter providing access to the "best parent resources." (Pam Allen)

 

Leisure and Humor

BeliefNet
While this is a serious website for people of all faith traditions, offering inspiration and news on the world, literature, the arts, and health, click on “Belief-o-matic.”  Take a little quiz about your religious and spiritual beliefs and find your label.  (Mike)

Bravia - The Advert
Do you need a little breathing space in your day?  See the power and beauty of 250,000 crazy balls in the streets of San Francisco.  (Chris)

Homestar Runner
This one’s been around for a while.  It’s full of simple cartoons and games.  You might get a laugh or two.

Making Fiends
Short cartoons featuring innocent, peppy Charlotte’s run-ins with Vendetta – are they friends or fiends?

Professional Cartoonists' Index
An enormous searchable collection of all sorts of cartoons. (Steve G)

Web Gallery of Art
A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods, currently containing over 15,400 reproductions. (Steve G)

Wittenburg Door
Published by The Trinity Foundation and edited by our friend, Bob Darden, The Door bills itself as "The World's Pretty Much Only Religious Satire Magazine." (Steve G)