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First to the blogosphere — stay tuned to jenlemen.com, where Jen Lemen will be eBaying a galley proof copy of Brian McLaren‘s forthcoming new book, The Last Word And the Word After That, the concluding episode in the NKOC trilogy! All proceeds [ . . . ]

My Bloglines reader tells me I have 498 feeds, 2 shy of 500. Hearing Robert Scoble on a podcast say that he was subscribed to 1400 feeds, and I’d imagine he’s broken 1500 by now, I don’t feel so bad for reading [ . . . ]

Life is unfair, we all have to deal with it. Most get inherited advantages (or disadvantages) via genetics or finances. The Economist captured an incisive analysis of meritocracy in America: Ever higher society, ever harder to ascend. While on paper we have [ . . . ]

Got word of a new software under development, and now open for beta testing; it’s called Zoundry, an offline blogging software that works with Blogger, MovableType, and Typepad. This is your invitation to go try it out!
You can use Zoundry Blog Writer [ . . . ]

Taking an online course, Dynamics of Leadership. Great deal b/c I’m auditing as a DTS alum — no homework, streaming videos of Howard Hendricks in action, plus transcripts of the lectures. Better than sitting in class to take notes! It’s a course [ . . . ]

Yes, we made it to The Gates! (and made it back too) Hoards of people from all over the world. Those same people overflowed to the art museums nearby too. The biggest unanswered question revolving around this giant art installation has been: [ . . . ]

I took a speaking gig for a summer camp set for the end of July. Rarely do I do that, between 2 jobs and more (2 hour plus commute, single-parenting during weekdays), plus being out of practice and feelin’ a bit rusty.
Now [ . . . ]

Having pastored for about 5 years, and not pastoring for about 4 years now, I’ve had some time and distance away from it to come out with 3 observations about church life (in no particular order nor priority, just what comes to [ . . . ]

I just finished an hour-long reconstructive surgery — to rebulid the lost blog entries from yesterday’s server crash. I first learned of the crash from goodmanson.com (with whom I was dialoguing about money and church in a comment thread now gone). Had [ . . . ]