“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
For the second time, I made my way to one of the Old Town cathedrals for Sunday mass. Why not? My home church, Eaglebrook, is hip and relevant and all, but let's face it, they don't have beautiful angelic paintings, colorful stained glass, majestic pillars, and a huge gold figure of Jesus on the cross …
We all have our little victories. This week, mine took the shape of a door. This one door marks my journey towards feeling a little more at home in this foreign country. Over the years, one of the things that has bothered me the most in my time spent in Europe is related to the …
Intercultural Communication scholars love to talk about stages; stages that describe how an individual moves from being a naive, easily identifiable newbie to a satisfied cultural local. As helpful as these stages are, I would like to dwell on an oft-derided, belittled and tsk, tsked stage: the honeymoon stage. Most articles about culture shock give …
I am typing this post as I watch the sun setting over Torun, Poland. My new home. I have been here a few weeks, busy moving into my apartment, getting my Polish phone number, learning how to use ApplePay (the coolest thing EVER!), figuring out which tram gets me to the Old Town and which …
They call me upper middle-aged. That means I'm closer to 100 than 0 and WAY closer to a calm retirement than those exciting starting out days when I had no idea what I was doing. If you are new to my blog, you may notice a decidedly disorganized, unfocused approach to things. Well, part of …
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David Eagleman presents a fascinating TEDTalk where he proposes the idea of using electronic data to add to the way we "sense" our world. Just as a blind person is able to learn how to make sense of bumps on his or her fingertips while reading braille, or a deaf person is able to translate …
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The auditorium darkens, the smoke machine churns, the spotlights find the singers, and the cameras pan across the stage. It is the beginning of a weekend worship service at my mega-church. The first time I attended this church, I was enthralled by the experience orchestrated by professional musicians and media technicians. But after being part …
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Forrester Study 2010 Creators (publish a blog, upload videos) Conversationalists (Tweet, regularly post Facebook statuses) Critics (post ratings & reviews, engage in online forums) Collectors (use RSS feeds, add tags, use collection sites like Delicious) Joiners (maintain profiles on Facebook) Spectators (read blogs, listen to podcasts, read tweets) Inactives (none of the above) …
This Sunday I will be speaking for the first time about some of my experiences raising a handicapped child. Even though my son, Aaron died 2 years ago, I am still processing God's lessons about power, control, and living with a mighty-sized view of God. If you are interested, join me at First Baptist Church …
Here is a link to a small list of churches that are using Pinterest. At the Converge workshop we ended by contemplating possible uses of the 3rd fastest growing social media site. Mars Hill has a nicely organized page that draws the reader into links on their website. Each of their blogs, testimony-type stories, announcements, …
Peggy Kendall 