Now what?

A mishmash of thoughts on religion, life, technology, and whatnot.

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Senior High 1, 2008 - Tuesday

See part 1 - Introduction See part 2 - Monday Tuesday - Called to be Loved MSG 31-39So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the ...

Senior High 1, 2008 - Monday

See part 1 - Introduction Monday - Called to Faith There's been a lot of talk about atheism vs. belief lately. Every few years there seems to be a new crop of books that pop up about how religion is an evil influence on society. This year, I discovered Tim Keller's The ...

Rob Bell profile from CurrentTV

One of the habits that I've picked up over the last year 18 months or so is running several times a week. And one of the reasons I look forward to it is that it has become my devotional time. It's during that time that I listen to the weekly ...

Senior High 1-07 - Tuesday - Blessed on the Way

Download: SH1 2007 Tuesday Flowsheet Tuesday Evening Tuesday night was a struggle for us this year. Due to some issues that week, we ended up not coming on as strong as we had originally planned. Despite all that, I think that it was pretty memorable and meaningful for the campers. The setup was ...

Senior High 1-07 - Monday - Clouds and Fire

Download: SH1 2007 Monday Flowsheet Monday Night: We started out the evening with a mock recap of the Moses and the Exodus story. We played it like I had asked Timmy to put together a short video to bring us up to speed on Moses and then we showed the short video, ...

Senior High 1-07 - Sunday - Blessed on the Way

I probably waited a bit too long to start these recollections. Most of the memories that were fresh over the summer have faded, but still, maybe there are some useful resources out there for someone. A couple of sites we found really useful in planning over the last couple of years: Basecamp ...

Today

Nooma 17 | Today is viewable from the Nooma MySpace page until Noon Eastern on Wednesday. As always, Rob Bell speaks truth in a meaningful way.

Dichotomy: Modern/Postmodern

Over on The Ooze, there's a great article which originally appeared in Relevant entitled STRANGER THAN CHRISTIANS: A Tale of Two Movies that is a commentary on Facing the Giants vs Stranger Than Fiction. Be sure and read the 1 comment that has been posted, it nails the real message ...

Now What?

That’s it? The best we can do is some other life? Is this really just fire insurance? Is this our message to the world? That’s despair. No wonder we have to use words like relevant, the message is all about another world. Rob Bell Now what? Why have I given my blog that ...

January 5th 2009
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iPhone EDGE users getting hosed?

AT&T screwing its EDGE iPhone users? | 9 to 5 Mac.   When I was in the Shoals area visiting over the holidays, I did notice that EDGE was way slower there than I remember it being when I was having to use it when I had the original iPhone. I could ...
January 3rd 2009
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Winter Geocaching

Scenes from around the Wolf River as we were out geocaching yesterday: [gallery] Because of the great weather we've had over the break, I've had the chance to get in some geocache hunts. Today we hit a couple of the easier park and grab ones while out for lunch, but the main ...
January 2nd 2009
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Great Stuff from the App Store

It's amazing how many apps are released in 1 week for the iPhone. Since the App Store was launched, I've followed the RSS feed from PinchMedia that lists all the apps that get added, and there are easily 500 per week. Most are useless, or lousy, but out of 500 ...
December 31st 2008
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Weightbot for iPhone

Click to Read: Lifehacker: Weightbot Tracks Your Weight with Pretty Graphs, Friendly Interface. Weightbot has been getting a lot of press here lately. I'll echo the praise, it's a great iPhone app to go along with all those New Year's Resolutions to lose weight. It's got an outstanding UI, really makes ...
December 28th 2008
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Hey Ladies - The Best Music of 2008

Why Hey Ladies? There's a significant trend this year with a record number of female voices in my choices for this year's mix—half of the songs. Last year, it was two. The other big trend was that this was the year of the male/female duo, most of them married couples. ...