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Tumblr Tuesday: Typhoon Haiyan Relief Edition

Official Gazette Direct from the Office of the President of the Philippines.

UNICEF Inspiring, enlightening updates from UNICEF’s humanitarian efforts around the world. Donations given now help supply health kits, hygiene kits, and clean water to affected Filipino communities.

Oxfam GB A look inside the lives of Filipino children currently living in evacuation zones. Citizens of Great Britain can donate £5 by texting DONATE to 70066.

Doctors Without Borders Documenting their pursuit of a better cure for TB as well as their emergency responses to natural disasters. Cargo teams are currently prepping supplies to be sent to the Philippines, just one of the 60 countries Doctors Without Borders aids every year.

In Other News Comprehensive but digestible daily round ups of what’s happening around the world. Stay updated on the most recent news from the Philippines, ways to help, and places to donate money to typhoon survivors.

FIRST TIME AT SLAPPY CAKES

Pancake batter that’s really good that you can actually cook yourself, gaaaah, this restaurant’s a genius haha. It’s not something I would always look for but it’s definitely worth the experience! Their assorted mushroom omelette is REALLY REALLY GOOD btw. I will definitely go back here but with my friends the second time around. hihi

Late Father’s Day Lunch Post

Shocked that my dad went out with us for lunch AND he agreed to eat a a korean restaurant! :o unbelievable haha. 

By Paul Ellis

Another Superman movie has just opened. I’ll probably go see it. I like Superman. What’s not to like? He’s a cool guy.

But what puzzles me is how some churches are using Superman to promote Jesus. I kid you not.

I read in the paper this morning that the new Man of Steel movie sold a gazillion tickets on opening weekend partly because US mega-churches “encouraged congregations to see the film by likening the superhero to Jesus.”

Now I love dissecting movies to see how they convey timeless messages of love, redemption, and grace. It’s one of my favorite past-times. But I don’t know that I would tell my kids to go to a Superman movie to learn about Jesus.

That’s like going to a Justin Bieber concert to learn about Mozart.

Fact is, Jesus is infinitely bigger, better, and greater than Superman and every other “god” we may create out of our imagination. Indeed, this is what makes Jesus so cool. He’s more magnificent than we can comprehend. He’s beautiful beyond words.

So rather than using a lesser to describe a greater, it might be more fun to consider some of the ways the greater is superior to the lesser. So here are…

12 ways Jesus is better than Superman