I’m writing this post on my phone so please excuse any formatting issues or errors in grammar. My apartment complex decided to switch Internet providers without really telling anybody. So while I wait until Friday for the Charter guy to show up, I’m on something of a forced Internet fast. Internet fasting is becoming theRead more
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At our church people are encouraged to download a sermon if they happened to miss a week. I think this is a great way for people to stay connected to the preaching of a church even if they can’t make it into church. Sometimes, though, I feel like a sermon podcast might turn into theRead more
Role-playing games are great because they provide a tangible gauge for progress. If I want to know how well my character is progressing I simply have to look at his level. Progression in a role-playing game is easy. Sometimes I wish spiritual growth was more like a role-playing game. Here are a few reasons why.Read more
I spent this past weekend at winter camp with my church’s youth group. It was a great weekend to get away with four other churches and have camp with almost 300 people. The campground was great even though it wasn’t the most state-of-the-art facility. The chapel in which we held our large group meetings offeredRead more
Back when cell phones first gained popularity there wasn’t much to do with them. You could make a phone call and maybe play a rousing game of snake. When I got my first cell phone text messaging wasn’t that popular. Now times have changed and how we use cell phones has changed. These dramatic shiftsRead more
When I was growing up there were three ways to present lyrics for worship songs: printed in the bulletin, hymnal book and overhead projector. Sometime in the mid 90s, though, PowerPoint and projectors started becoming the norm for worship lyrics. This dramatic shift in worship services produced a new kind of church nerd: the PowerPointRead more