I am reading and preparing notes for a review of the book – “The Sword of The Lord” by Andrew Himes and I ran across the following quote from Andrew’s Grandfather, John R Rice that he printed in “The Sword of The Lord” newspaper in 1954…. “There is a wicked, […]
An Anatomy of Phishing…
I get several of these spam emails daily, of people trying to disguise themselves as someone they are not for the purposes of getting your banking information. Be careful, never click the links. Some can even execute code remotely on your computer, which can give you a virus, keylogger, or […]
Get an iPad 2 for free. [Repost]
This is a repost with the updated information. Still need a few more referrals… I’m working toward a free iPad2 as a bonus from a site called youripad4free.com. This does work. So far I have gotten a 32GB iPod touch we gave away as a promotion in our youth ministry, and […]
I want to make my iPad a….so this is what I do…
On Engadget today, they release specs on the new Crux Loaded case for the iPad. It includes keyboard, extended battery, and a trackpad (that Apple doesn’t yet support in iOS over Bluetooth). Interesting idea, but let’s look at the specifics a bit more… iPad 2- Minimum $499 (or Free !!!) […]
How does your Church/Ministry handle deadlines?
I have done ministry in primarily rural and suburban contexts. I have noticed one common factor among the churches I’ve worked with – deadlines are not handled well, no matter how much warning they have.You can be a year or two out on a relatively minor issue, and it may […]
A Word for Today….5/31/11
“For nothing will be impossible with God.” Luke 1:37 NASB Someone needs to see this today….
Book reviews coming….
I have two book reviews cooking right now. They are closely related. One is new, one is fairly old, but they present two views on fundamentalist Christianity in America. It’s been interesting, to say the least.
MinistryPlace.Net featured at Studentministry.org
If you are in youth ministry more than five minutes and you haven’t gotten free resources from studentministry.org, you need to go there now! Every Friday, they feature a resource for student ministry. This week, MinistryPlace.Net is featured! Here’s the link: http://stumin.org/iToLMN Go get it!
How do you respond to Joplin, MO?
We’ve seen the pictures, we know the stories, but how do we respond as a community of believers? What is your Church/Ministry doing to support the efforts? I cannot imagine the devastation they have there. I cannot imagine what it is like to live there, or to lose someone in this tragedy. Red […]
New Project Launch….ParkeCountyOnline.com
As a Web Developer, I get to take part in some interesting projects. MinistryPlace.Net and the rest of the BrentLacy.com properties are based in Parke County, Indiana. It is a rural county of 18,000 people, about 60 miles west of Indianapolis, Indiana. we have fields, farms, Amish communities, and most […]
Kindle Sales Stats…
This is a “sign of the times” post. Amazon released on 5/19 that as of April 1, 2011 for every 100 paper books they are selling 105 kindle books. Wow. Full article here Have you gone completely ereader? Do you do paper and digital? or Just Paper?