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Fourteen years of thinking out loud about faith, ministry, technology, and what happens where they meet.
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2014
Need A Cheap Photoshop? Get Acorn
If I had a nickel for every time that a minister or youth minister has said to me, "Well, I can't afford Photoshop," then I would have like, six dollars. But seriously, there's a great Photoshop alternative for the Mac that's usually $50…
Read on →Silly Things Christians Need to Quit Being Silly About [Rant]
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. - Matthew 6.34 As a conservative Christian, I stopped worrying about things I could not control a long time…
Read on →I Had An HTC One M8 For Two Days and Loved It
I love Android so much. I love the customization, the widgets, and the different phone and tablet designs. I love the fact that Google has phenomenally improved the OS since I used it first over three years ago. I love the leaps and bounds…
Read on →Paper Books vs. eBooks
I love my books. Maybe a little too much. This infographic caught my eye - and they make a lot of great points. You can't resell an eBook. You can't feel the pages in an eBook. But smell an eBook? Not a real selling point for me
Read on →Big Week, Non-April Fool's Edition
Big Week is a mid-week recap of some big stories I'm following this week. Enjoy. Kid President Gets His Own TV Show That's right friends. Kid President, who I met personally and never knew he would get this big (along with his big bro Brad…
Read on →If OneNote Is A Filing Cabinet, Evernote Is A Bucket
I have actively struggled with how to take notes. From organizing them in nested folders in plaintext and markdown documents to throwing everything I digitally collect into Evernote, I have never been really happy. Microsoft's OneNote made…
Read on →Voice Recognition [John 10.27]
If you know me at all, you'll know I'm a Star Trek nut. And one of the coolest things they did on those shows was talk to the computer like it was a person. The voice recognition knew exactly what you said and would do whatever you told it…
Read on →Even on The Worst of Days [Acts 16.25]
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were…
Read on →Embracing Criticism
Jerrie Barber is one of my favorite ministers, and I've only heard him speak a couple of times, mostly about being a preacher himself. Jerrie has what he calls a "Criticism Contract" that reads as follows: "All criticism about Jerrie…
Read on →Digital Parenting: Radical and Intentional
Last week I had the honor and privilege to teach a class at the Revival Youth Minister's Retreat at Graymere Church of Christ in Columbia, Tenneessee. I got to talk to some youth ministers and give them the exact same talk that was on the…
Read on →AIM Logo Redesign Process
I'll admit, sometimes I get a little carried away with stuff. When I get a good design in my head, it just has to get out. So when Paul Spurlin of Adventures in Ministry (AIM) contacted me about getting Ministry Bits on their podcast…
Read on →Preachers In Training, Episode 40
View fullsize I got to have a great conversation with Robert Hatfield over at The Light Network about Getting a New Computer this week on his show Preachers In Training . It's very similar to the episode of Ministry Bits on Moving to a Mac…
Read on →Making Time for Family
Below is the audio, notes, and slides for a sermon I preached this past Sunday evening at Church Street. It was originally first taught as a class at Restore, a family conference put on by Chase Park Church of Christ in Huntsville, AL back…
Read on →More On What's Wrong With Microsoft
In case you missed my post earlier this week, I asked the question "What's Wrong With This Picture, Microsoft?" in reference to why the iPad doesn't have Office yet. Apparently there's more than one person that agrees with me. And they…
Read on →Rant: What's Wrong With This Picture, Microsoft?
First I want to confess that no, I am not a user of anything Microsoft. I have a Mac and I use Mac-equivalent programs for such things as word processing and spreadsheets. Before you write me off as an "Apple Fanboy" who just hates…
Read on →Ministry Bits is Now Part of The AIM Network
View fullsize Well that was fast. I am privileged and honored to announce today that Ministry Bits, my new audio podcast, is going to be a part of the AIM Network. The AIM Network, or Adventures in Ministry , is a network run by Paul…
Read on →The Ministry Bits Podcast
One of the things God has blessed me with was the ability to know stuff about technology that most other people don't know. I don't say this because I'm an expert (because I'm not), I say this because every day I come across someone who…
Read on →"Thoughts from the Mound" Cover Design Process
I was honored last year when Michael Whitworth approached me about a special book he was putting together called Thoughts From The Mound , a collection of writings by Jeff Jenkins. I was thrilled and honored when he asked me to design the…
Read on →The Long Road With iOS
Ask anyone that knows me and they'll say I'm an Apple fanboy. For those of you not familiar with the term, Apple fanboy refers to an individual who thinks, most of the time, that Apple can do no wrong. That they make the best computers and…
Read on →Tech Resolution #3: Backup Your Stuff
Ten or fifteen years ago, you could have gotten away with not backing up your computer. Digital photos and great smartphone cameras we're quite common yet, we still used paper for things, and with the exception of a few things, our lives…
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