Explorations into theology, technology, leadership, and culture.
This morning during breakfast we read The Declaration of Independence in honor of Independence Day. It is a fascinating read. I don’t remember the last time I read it all the way through carefully. I highly suggest it. The very last line struck me as exactly the right place to stand together, in order to […]
The following is a quick review I’m writing for Waterbrook Multnomah on Living in Love by James and Betty Robison. I was provided a review copy to read and comment on. So, here’s my honest take. There are 17,549 search results for paperback books on “Christian Marriage” on Amazon.com. Add to that 4,714 hardback books […]
eBible is one of the coolest Bible reading apps (Web and Mobile) out there. It’s search and reading interface is uncluttered and very very fast, and it includes a few very handy study-tools without being bogged down. They just launched a cool new tool for their Android App: Voice Navigation. See it in action here: […]
I”m excited to announce the launch of the new Gospel Coalition mobile Web site that I was honored to help work on. The mobile site puts the best of their fresh content (blogs, articles, book reviews, videos, etc) at your fingertips. My role was to create the front end code, including HTML, styles, and javascript […]
I had a good question come through on my Facebook wall today, which was also the subject of Mac’s World Live yesterday. Lent? To celebrate or not to celebrate? I’ve been wondering what the theological basis for celebrating lent would be. It is not widely advertised in our churches. Any thoughts? There is freedom here. […]
One of my final projects at Desiring God was the information architecture and user experience design (interactions, interface layout, etc) of the Desiring God App for iOS. We’re quite pleased with the results.
Last week, I heard about a brand new HTML & CSS book called, appropriately “HTML & CSS“. Preview images teased a gorgeously designed book, so I bought it. I was not disappointed. GET THIS BOOK.
This last week I have run into two resources that have put helpful words to a thought I’ve been trying to communicate: the necessity of community, and especially studied and experienced teachers within that community, and wider connection to good resources outside your community in order to correctly understand the meaning of the Bible. There […]
Michael Hyatt, former CEO and current Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers (largest Christian publishing company in the world) shares why vision is more important than strategy. He shares his story about how as a manager, he took the least profitable division of the company and turned it completely around. A key excerpt: > For example, […]
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
On Thursday, I spoke at the Great Commission Churches Midwest Faithwalker’s Conference with Dave Bovenmyer on the topic of the importance and right pursuit of theological knowledge. Enjoy, and let me know if you have any questions! (Update: The audio is now posted on their audio page and can be downloaded for listening. Sorry for […]
I’m not as harsh a critic as most are being about the new Twitter app. It’s a big change, and most big changes to familiar things bring discomfort. For me the jury is still out on whether the changes are net positive or net negative. I’m trying to get over the change shock. But I […]