I know that for many, Twitter has replaced RSS as their primary means of finding things to read. With that in mind, I’ve created a twitter account that will tweet whenever I blog here, as I don’t always prefer to post links on my personal twitter account. I couldn’t use @somestrangeideas — it is too [...]
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life, the universe, and everything
I was a faithful Lostie over the last five years. I didn’t watch the first season when it aired, but I heard enough about the show that I caught up on Season 1 via DVD, er, Hulu, er, iTunes, er, um, BitTorrent, before season 2 began. From that point on, I kept up with the [...]
I like being a pastor and neato church stuff. I like neato technology stuff. I like to write. So how could I resist when I had an opportunity to write an article about how churches might use the iPad… The iPad is Here and It’s Coming to Your Church
My friend Blaine sometimes does a post called Five Things where he writes about five things he’s into right now. I like the idea, and I’m stealing it. He tells me he stole it from someone else anyway. So…five things I’m into right now: The Antlers — Steve McCoy twittered about them a few weeks [...]
A few months back (hard to believe it’s been that long, by the way), I wrote a few posts about my double life. It’s becoming more common to do a church start-up bi-occupationally — a portion of time for the church and an portion of time to the church and a portion of time to [...]
On my trip to New York in October, I was sitting in a restaurant on the Upper West Side with Michael Rudzena, Ben Sternke, and Jon Tyson. We got into a discussion on what our typical weekly schedules look like. It was a helpful conversation, and I was reminded of it earlier this week as [...]
As we moved to Austin in 2008, I launched a blog called Austinized.com to chronicle our adventures in the new city. I’ve not been able to sustain the energy or interest to maintain it as a stand alone site. It also hasn’t made sense to maintain that site as I’ve been getting back to using [...]
I just dug out the draft for this blog post…I started it 70 days ago! And by started it, I mean I typed the title, and knew some of what I wanted to say. I was going to wax eloquent about what it is like to do double duty as the pastor for a start-up [...]
(Downtown LA as seen from JR’s apartment.) Taking part in Verge LA was an invigorating weekend. This was more like a large conversation than a conference, with 19 different speakers making 14 minute presentations on mission. Some random thoughts from the time there: From a participant standpoint, I love the format. The presenters weren’t big [...]
Tribe of LA led a drum circle to get us off to a nice start this morning at Verge LA.
One last reminder that Verge LA is this weekend. From what I understand, there are still some seats available for this free event, but seating will be prioritized for those who have RSVP’d via Facebook. If you have reasonable access to be in Hollywood this weekend, it’d be good to see you there. I’m eager [...]
Information about the Ecclesia Network 2010 National Gathering has been posted. Austin Mustard Seed is blessed to be part of this network. My appreciation for Ecclesia is that we are primarily connected to each other not through theology or models, but through a shared passion for mission.
It’s been a little over 18 months that I’ve been using a Kindle. The last few times I’ve traveled, I’ve seen at least one other person on the plane with one and most people now recognize it. Now, with the release of the Barnes and Noble Nook, ebook readers are in the mainstream. All that [...]
In the last few weeks, I’ve been given a heads up about two different events that are coming up, both called Verge. I hope they don’t get confused with each other, because both look like great events. Here’s the rundown on each: Verge LA 2009 Verge LA is being put together by my good friend [...]
