February 7th, 2010 §
A collection of links from my weekly Internet travels:
Seth Godin on “Modern Procrastination“.
Great post by Timmy Brister on Obama and the privatization of religion through technology. Yes, they’re related.
The Guardian book blog asks, “Who Stole Our Reading Time?”
How much do you think an e-book should cost?
Calvin and Hobbes creator, Bill Watterson, does his first interview in 15 years.
The Verge Missional Community Conference was over the weekend. You can get some recaps at my friend, Brent Thomas’ blog here and here and here
Your iPhone can now be your personal assistant.
I love my Kindle. Here’s a good article on 7 ways Amazon.com can make it better.
Timmy Brister muses on dysfunctional Calvinism. Great pithy post.
Brian Clark asks, “Does SEO Copywriting Still Matter?”
The top 10 literary agent query letter mistakes.
January 31st, 2010 §
Three lessons your children can learn if you’re a freelancer.
The Pope is encouraging all priests to utilize web 2.0 for the glory of God.
My friend and local A29 pastor, Brent Thomas, is getting some much deserved attention on his posts regarding the growing rift between some reformed folks and the missional camp. First he was retweeted by Matt Chandler, and now Ed Stetzer is talking about him and his blog posts.
Tyler Braun writes on the importance of worship lyrics. He gets it right, for sure.
J.D. Salinger died this week. Here’s a couple interesting pieces on him in The Gaurdian and Fast Company.
Tim Keller on why Redeemer went multi-site.
My friend Bill Streger re-launched his blog, and it looks great. Check it out. And while you’re at it, read his post on the difference between church planting and church revitalization.
7 Great Ways for Extroverts to Increase Their Writing Productivity. I really needed this article.
January 24th, 2010 §
Interesting reads I’ve found through my week of Internet travels:
Look for the iTunes cloud to cover your music skies soon.
Great post on leadership malpractice from the Harvard Business Blog.
“Proud missiologists are not so good at listening; they’re almost never ready to learn from others, especially from those without the necessary credentials.” An important read from IX Marks.
Joe Thorn lays down a good quote from John Piper’s latest book and gives some more suggestions for reading on the topic of pain and God’s sovereignty.
Christianity without Christ is crap. A great post on by Jason Salamun.
So we’re doing a series on eschatology (end times) at Praxis Church, The Survivors Guide to the Apocalypse. Coincidently, The Guardian book blog had a feature on the history of Apocalyptic literature…or was it a coincidence?
An interesting article from NY Times book review on the power of the simple checklist.
Looking to boost your church website’s traffic and power? You might want to check out Monk Development’s Church Website Optimizer.
Bob Hyatt at Out of Ur give five excellent reasons why to love the emerging/emergent church streams.
Work from home? Here’s a great post on how to keep it from destroying your life!
Want a book deal? Here’s an awesome post from Write For Your Life on The Five Rules of Getting a Book Deal.
January 9th, 2010 §
OK, so I’ve been a little lazy in the New Year. So here are some interesting links and reads from my last TWO weeks of Internet travels:
Start the New Year off right. Pick one of ten great 1-year Bible Reading Plans.
If you’re a word nerd and love the idea of how literature and Christianity intersect, you won’t want to skip over this book featured on Justin Taylor’s website…and you can get a free PDF version!
Freelancing? If so, you’ll want to read this practical list of 10 things to do before the New Year.
John Piper on the benefits of reading scripture aloud.
The current state of the Blogosphere, according to Trevin Wax.
Want to get published? Kevin DeYoung has some advice for you. Part II. Part III.
Mike Foster has some interesting thoughts on embracing failure and building on it based on Dominos Pizza.
Josh Harris delivers a message from Jesus to Brit Hume.
Great post over at Collective Inkwell on the 10 Biggest Mistakes They’ve Made…so you don’t have to.
Tall Skinny Kiwi “quits” Emergent Village. I applaud his standing by his convictions. It’s never easy to distance yourself from friends.
Nice post from The Resurgence on the 5 areas of intercessory prayer.
December 19th, 2009 §
Some interesting reads and ideas from my Internet travels this week.
When it comes to the Church, content isn’t king. So argues Scott McClellen.
A good post on why the Piper family doesn’t celebrate Christmas with Santa Clause.
Jon McIntosh asks, “Do Missional Families Go To Public School?“
Want to see what people might be missing when they land on your website? Try Google’s Browser Size. Very Handy!
Great post at Copyblogger on how your DIY attitude is keeping you poor.
A cool little tidbit on Martin Luther and how he prayed.
ChurchCrunch highlights the Top-10 web platforms and asks if your church is leveraging them.
Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on the emerging Evangelical intellectualism.
Great post by John Saddington at ChurchCrunch on what the church can learn from the fall of MySpace.
November 23rd, 2009 §
Looking for help with you church marketing plan? The United Methodists are here for you.
In a season where I’m physically exhausted, this post on rest by Tim Challies couldn’t have come at a better time.
The latest issue of Themelios is out.
Some interesting thoughts on how the cross informs how we should respond to criticism over at The Gospel Coalition blog.
Interesting article at TechCrunch on the where the future of social media is going…location, location, location.
Great discussion on gospel definitions over at Ed Stetzer’s blog.
My friend, Brent Thomas, reflects on the implications of Ephesians 4:11-16 on the ministry. And he also has a great post about the relationship between style and church movements.
Interesting article on CNN regarding the online church debate that is forming.
The guys at Sojourn are doing some interesting things at their next elder installation service.
Great little post at The Resurgence on balancing family and ministry.
Tall Skinny Kiwi has been doing some interesting tracking of the growing house church movement.
Good insight on the gospel’s insights into defending your name.
October 4th, 2009 §
A collection of interesting and mostly unrelated content from my online explorations for the week of 9/27/09.
Justin Taylor explores the concept of God sanctioned genocide.
Starbucks introduces instant coffee…yuck.
The Resurgence is giving away free posters explaining theological terms.
“Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you” (Matthew 5:42). A convicting post from Desiring God.
Steve Knight tackles a topic that I’ve been interested in as of late – the Internet and Theology. He also references my blog series you can read here.
Prophets and psalmists would probably say of us, “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” Great quote from John Stott via Tim Challies.
Russell Moore blogs about Michael Moore and Mammon. Great read.
Greed. A great little video posted by Joe Thorn.
I don’t normally like violence…but this sounds like just plain fun.
Perry Noble on when you should apologize as a leader.
Loneliness seems to be a theme in the blogosphere lately. Eugene Cho pitches in with some great words here.
Is a Deacon just a servant? Russell Moore explore the role of a Deacon.
For my freelance friends, best books for freelancers.
Kem Meyer posts a good one on integrating social media…and making it work.
Virtual church membership. Is it legit? Church Crunch discusses here. Ties in with my series on the internet and ministry here.
Neil Cole is blogging on multi-site churches. Leadership Network highlights his series.
Twitter is finally building lists into it’s own service. Read about it here.