Culture

Defining You.

I love the video to the song below. I needed to see this today. Someone else could use it too, I’m sure. Don’t let your success, your failures, your actions, your fears, your friends, or your possessions define you. Don’t let what you did or didn’t do define you. Don’t let your culture define you. [...]


Jesus junk…

I ran across this in a catalog the other day. Note they are “salvation bands”,not silly bands…. Share this:EmailFacebookPrint


Book Review: The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family

I have been working on this review in various forms of drafts and notes for about a month and a half now.  I don’t often accept offers and open blog posts to do Pre-Release book reviews, but I liked the potential this book brought to the table. Why this book? I come from conservative Southern Baptist roots. [...]


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 malware…   This particular one [...]


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 !!!) Crux Loaded Case $249 Remote [...]


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 not get done on time. [...]


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 Cross is doing an amazing [...]


Church sign of the day…

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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? Share this:EmailFacebookPrint


More LifeBook Press….

TheLifebook is getting a lot of notice lately. Tim at StudentMinistry.org has posted an article today about TheLifebook Here is the Link (video review as well…) Pray for the Saturation taking place next week in Parke County, Indiana among the three school districts there. Tonight is a “Prep and Prayer Meeting” among the Youth Ministries [...]


Caption Please…

I saw this at Breakfast today in Terre Haute, Indiana… Share this:EmailFacebookPrint


The GOSPEL In 6 Words…

Dare2Share showed this video on the Un.Tour this year. I loved it. I am absolutely behind the idea of sharing the Gospel as a story. This video shares the story of the Gospel as 6 words, in 5 minutes. If you want to use the video, please buy it at Dare2Share…. youtube link. Share this:EmailFacebookPrint