Explorations into theology, technology, leadership, and culture.
Yesterday I wrote a post at Challies.com, sponsored by MereChurch, on a topic that is exceedingly relevant to my life (and many others, I gather!): Three Roads to Joy in Bi-vocational Ministry. The three roads are: 1. EMBRACE ALL YOUR VOCATIONS AS FROM AND FOR GOD. Because each of the roles you find yourself right […]
I LOVE this. “We want to push the boundaries of what can be done by robots, versus humans.” More of this!
Implementing David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology has changed my life in terms of being able to accomplish tasks and especially having the creative head-space to think and dream, and execute on those dreams.  By no means have  I perfected this, and I still let a lot of things drop (something about the way I’m […]
My friend and colleague Matt Perman was interviewed by Collin Hansen for The Gospel Coalition on the doctrine of vocation. On the off chance that you read this blog and not the
Evangelical Retreats and the Local Church – Just by way of a challenge to my typical thinking… ‘…when we feel like our spiritual life needs a boost why don’t we ever head over to our own local churches instead of away from them to parachuch retreat ministries? When was the last time you heard someone […]
Watch this excellent presentation on productivity myths and truths by Tony Schwartz, a productivity and performance consultant, over at the 99percent blog (note, this is a popular creativity site, nothing to do with occupy wall street, sort of its antithesis…)
Excellent article by Tullian Tchividjian on The Resurgence today: Accountability Groups: The Tyranny of Do More, Try Harder Over the last decade I’ve watched very “open” accountability groups cause hardening and discouragement and eventually cause guys to give up. I’ve also seen very open accountability groups lead to joy and victory over sin. The difference […]
“It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.†– Dietrich Bonhoeffer My three favorite author/theologian/teachers expound this idea in this video. Piper, Carson, and Keller on Sustaining the Covenant of Marital Love from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.
Astounding video: The World Is Obsessed With Facebook from Alex Trimpe on Vimeo. Which was inspired by this infographic:
Jason Fried’s TED talk on why the office is often the least productive work place of all. Most people, when asked when or where their most productive work times and spaces are, mention a host of places EXCEPT NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AT THE OFFICE. The simple yet brilliant question that follows then is, why do […]
This is pretty much awesome. Enjoy.
The October 2009 Usability News Newsletter has a great article highlighting a recent typography study on Web font faces. Know Your Typefaces! Semantic Differential Presentation of 40 Onscreen Typefaces > This article presents results from a study investigating the personality of typefaces. Participants were asked to rate 40 typefaces (from serif, sans serif, display, and […]