The last couple weeks I have been working on upgrading machines in our ministry to Windows 8 Professional. Microsoft has been giving a great deal on licensing if you do it through their website. During January, you could upgrade for $40 per license, instead of the normal MSRP of $140. Now, as an […]
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10 ways to make a rural church more welcoming…
When you think of rural churches, they are not often what you think of as the most welcoming churches. Our thoughts typically run to the “multi-mega-super-duper-humongo” city/suburb churches that have whole brigades of people ready to make your worship experience truly life-changing. That takes budgets, facilities, and people that rural churches lack. […]
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My “Ghetto” Laptop…
There are so many awesome (and humorous) stories in my life that started out with the phrase “so I did this trade on Craigslist”… The picture you see is one of them. It is a Compaq F700 laptop. Nothing terribly special about that. It was a laptop sold at the […]
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10 Money Saving Tips to Start the New Year.
A new year is upon us. Time for ideas, plans, and resolutions to do good things. Some want to lose weight, others things like getting the finances in order. For the first, go see my friend Josh at Youth Pastor Diet. For the finances, let’s dig into it a little […]
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Creative Christmas Gifts
What is the most creative Christmas gift you have received? Here is a picture of mine. I know, a coffee cup is not terribly creative, but the thought and planning was what made this gift special. My wifes grandmother ordered this for me a couple years ago. She had her […]
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The Forgotten Victims in Suicide.
Saturday, December 1st, I was doing an IT Contract at a State University. I had the radio on sports while I was working. The station broke into college football to share the story about Jovan Belcher. My thoughts and prayers went immediately to the families involved. My next thought was wondering if […]
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Redneck Tech: The Kubota RTV
This was parked at a local pizza place when I went to pick up an order. 5 passenger, 50+ mph capable. Costs more than a lot of cars…Plain crazy!
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Moving….
The last three weeks have been a blur. We had been praying for a different rental home to open up in our community for several months that had what our family needed. God came through when we least expected, and provided a beautiful remodeled 1870s farmhouse that is even more […]
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The River.
Today, I was at Big Thompson River in Colorado. God showed me an important lesson about how He works. He told me to look at the rapids. They are fast and dangerous. They were filled with sharp rocks. God told me to look at the edge of the river. There […]
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Church Shenanigans…
Someone at our church pulled this in the main hallway today. By the way…we were also hosting the annual Baptist Association meeting too. Love it.
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Redneck Tech: Camera Tricks
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 […]
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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 […]