The Most Wired Country
I expected more from this Spero News article, The world?s most wired country: Joshua Snyder looks at the cyber-culture of South Korea and what it may hold in store for the rest of the world. I was anticipating a description...
Monthly Archive: May 2005
upgrade to WordPress 1.5.1
Whew, that was nerve racking. I followed the instructions to upgrade WordPress from 1.5 to 1.5.1. Even did a backup. (I usually don’t backup, don’t bookmark, as cool as del.icio.us is.) Even deactivated my plugins. Then started to re-activate them,...
Church as Business
Cover Photograph byRichard Cummins/SuperStock This Business Week cover story is aptly titled, Earthly Empires: How evangelical churches are borrowing from the business playbook. Mother Jones’ version is titled Jesus Christ’s Superflock: Megachurches have found the secret to attracting the unchurched?and...
Worship in the Spirit of Justice
Christians are gathering for five Sundays of public worship in downtown Washington DC, around the theme of justice and peace in Africa, and especially Darfur, Sudan. These outdoor worship services are scheduled to take place on Sundays at 1:00 p.m....
make it happen, getting things done, bias for action
Over a decade ago, I spent 4.5 years studying at seminary. I was diligent with my studies, and sincerely wanted to be spiritual pure in every thought and action. I did not want to get one step ahead of God,...
becoming a multiracial church, part 4
From religionjournal.com mirror [and edited], Multicultural Churches Show Fast, Large Growth: The thinking among many U.S. church leaders in recent years is that the key to church growth lies in focusing on specific cultures, whether it be Hispanic, Slavic, Korean,...
A Day in the Life
Today was Monday, May 9th, and I made a valiant effort to unleash all the technologies at my disposal to put together a lil’ documentary of my life. Mostly as a proof of concept, and an attempt to show people...
fainting gas prices made me stay home
I went with the Pentax Optio S50 camera, after surveying various Canon Powershot digital cameras. Similar size, 5 megapixels, movie mode (was looking to vlog more), lower sticker price, uses rechargeable AA batteries instead of a proprietary dealy. Was going...