Need to take a far away picture, but the zoom on your camera is weak? A local hunter showed me that you can hold a spotting scope or binoculars in front of the camera lens on your smartphone to make an “optical zoom”. Pretty neat stuff…Makes me wonder what you […]
Christian Leadership , Ministry , Student Ministry
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Shin Guards
This David and Golaith book is one of the favorites in my house. It especially intrigues my middle son (Who is named David). We were looking at this picture the other day, and out of the blue, David (who is almost 6) asks – “Hey, those are shin guards like I wear […]
Mobile Tech , Rural Ministry , Technology
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The Bookless School District….
Back to school brought some new changes at one of the local school districts in my area. They ditched the textbook. That’s right. No textbooks, anywhere. All the way from k-12, they have implemented iPads, and the combination netbook/tablet pictured here for EVERY student. I use a unit from Asus […]
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One of The Things I’ve been Working on… Rock The Bridge 2012
It has been a busy few weeks to close out the summer. I have been working with a team of area Youth Workers to get the scheduling and logistics together for an event that we do in West Central Indiana called Rock the Bridge. In the past it has been successful […]
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I guess we have “Amish Mopeds” now.
I saw this today at the store. This gentleman is probably not a “old order” Amish man, like we have so many of in our county, but more likely a “shunned” Amish man that has left, or possibly been told to leave the order. Sub-sub cultures are fun…
Redneck Tech , Rural Ministry
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Yes, I did just see that…
Just saw this at the local store and did a doubletake. Yes, I did just see that. Yes, this person is holding their hood down with a ratchet strap…. Truly impressive ingenuity…
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When Students Live Evangelism
Summer does not have to be a slow time in Student Ministry. In fact, Summer has been pretty crazy at our church this year. That has been good. We have had a team of students help lead a VBS for a small church(20 people small) in Southern Illinois. We had […]
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A “Christian” Tablet? Oh My.
First things first. I am a member of the generation that sees the “Christian Subculture” we created during the 80’s and 90’s as silly at best, greedy at worst. Now we can move on… It seems that Family Christian Stores has made a number of the leading tech blogs this […]
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Things in the background…
It only looks quiet right now at MinistryPlace.Net. There are several things going on in life, ministry, and with the blog that are exciting. A lot of it are things that I see as “background issues”…. for now. Some are waiting for the right timing to be pushed to the […]
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You never know who you will meet at #LTCU…
This is such a cool story that I had to share. It was neat to me someone from my hometown area. But the story gets better. It is a true example of what rural ministry looks like. Thanks to @PastorQuill for shooting this with me Direct Link At Lead the […]
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Very cool picture at #LTCU
I took thus picture this afternoon at Lead the Cause University in Denver. The done is part of a church called Mile Hi church. It’s basically Unitarian Universalist from what I am told. I thought it was totally awesome that the sun was reflecting off the done in the shape […]
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#LTCU Thought – Wednesday
I took this rock and two like it to demonstrate a point today the students with me at Lead the Cause University. This Rock is part of the Rocky Mountains… It is not all of it, or even a whole mountain. but it came from a mountain… We are only […]