Community
At our church last night we discussed the inauguration. Those commenting spoke of hope, joy, inspiration, and goodwill. Others have expressed similar feelings, and while I know there are detractors and naysayers seeking to steal the spotlight for themselves, our nation does seem to have shared a special moment on
Culture
The prayers of a nation are with you, Mr. President. 1I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— 2for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3This is good, and
Congregation
The last time I attended the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia was about 1982. Dr. John Bisagno was preaching a revival as the Tabernacle's new pastor tried in vain to resurrect the dying congregation. Of the 2,000-plus seats in the immense sanctuary with two levels of
Culture
Tomorrow we will be awarded a grant of $11,500 for equipment and software to use in art camps we're planning for this summer. This grant comes about 6-months after we submitted a grant request summary. The summary piqued their interest and we were asked by the local
Creativity
If you want to bring your church blog into the mobile world for free, here's how. I talked to a representative from 2ergo.com today. 2ergo provides a mobile platform for high profile mobile content providers like music companies, celebrities, large corporations, and other big users. Of course,
Culture
Remember the Friday is for Freebies! giveaway each week in 2009. Good free church stuff all for the taking. Click here for this week's freebie and rules. Outreach2Go.com is now live and has some good stuff on it. I'll be blogging there about the "
Culture
The Wizard of Oz is on tonight for the gazillionth time, and it reminded me of a funny story I heard a couple of years ago. We were in Nashville for a sad occasion -- the funeral of a family member. Debbie was responsible for the arrangements, and we got
Culture
A funeral home in Hollywood, California reports that under-40s are taking their Blackberries with them when they go. I mean really go, as in dead. Sort of gives new meaning to the word mobile. One guy even had his GameBoy put in his casket. This trend apparently started in the
Community
I'm starting to get into Facebook. Debbie and I have connected with old friends, our own family, former church members, and lots of new "friends" that we would not have met anywhere else. As experienced Facebookers know, not only can you find friends online, but you
Creativity
I mentioned this yesterday on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and some other places, but if you don't get those feeds, here's an early Christmas present for you: YouVersion, an online multi-edition Bible, is now available for Blackberries. The iPhone version has been out for a while, but
Culture
Seth Godin has a great post today about his greatest business failure -- not recognizing the impact the internet would have on everything. He who has ears to hear....
Community
Most of you who follow this blog do it by feed reader. If you get me on a feed reader, you may not know about some of the new tools I'm using. I'm finding them useful: 1. Twitter. Ed Stetzer evangelized me to Twitter at NOC2008.