“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
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, …
I received this motivational message from a colleague. Thanks, Matt. But just an FYI, in my mind, I am AWESOME!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 05:10PM I don't know what it's like in your house, but here it is clear. The holidays are over and school is back and my daughter has once again situated herself in front of the computer. Most of the time she is doing homework--I think. She does her homework at …
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Check out this study that was recently conducted on the impact of technology on teen writing. The Stanford researcher who conducted the study says that our kids are not only not getting worse, she posits that we are actually entering into a literacy revolution. Our kids write more today than they ever have in history. …
PowerPoint for Conference Generosity in an Emerging Generation Here are some of the ideas we came up with as far as how cultural changes are impacting generosity: We need to celebrate success, tell stories of success Our programs need to be based on relationships--on building relationships between givers and recipients and between givers and friends. …
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Peggy Kendall 