Reading and Writing

One of the things about blogging that seems to be true is that the more you read, the more you write. I suppose it’s true for other forms of writing too. I’m certainly finding it to be true myself.
One of the reasons I haven’t blogged much in the past two months is that I haven’t [...]

Threaded Comments Are Here

WordPress recently upgraded their comment system so that we can have threaded comments.  You can see an example of it in their announcement.  I’ve turned it on for this blog, which should help for replying to comments.  Enjoy!

Freelancing Redux: Writing

I got an offer to write about incorporating new “tools’” in youth ministry.  The working title they sent along to me is: Are you Afraid of the iPod?: Learning to Use New Tools.  I’m not sure how many items I’ll be focusing on, but one of them will surely be blogs.  Any ideas what else [...]

New Bloggers

Thought you might like to know about some new blogs from people associated with First Trinity:

Cathy Mongielo, our Kingdom Quest Director, started a personal blog.
Leo Figini, Ministry Council member at-large, started a blog to help people stay connected to the MC.

What I’m Reading

One of the fun things about Google Reader is that it tracks what you’re actually reading and what you’re just marking as read with the click of the button.  Here are some of the blogs that I’ve been reading over the last 30 days, in the format (Blog, Read #, Read % – description):

Lifehacker, 226, [...]

Favorite Recent Posts

Just finished catching up on (that means scanning titles and reading a few) on over 600 blog posts while I was away at Workcamp.  Here are some of my favorite:

Top Reasons for Church Attendance at Church Relevance
The Bait and Switch by Seth Godin
Fun Parenting Idea by Mark Batterson
Fun Wallpapers (Includes 50 Each: Nature, Fish, Rocks, [...]

Open Content

Information wants to be free.  I know people want to make money on their information, but the Internet has really changed the old model.  “Pay” information is still useful.  For example, I’m more likely to trust Britannica over Wikipedia if my life depends on it, but the gap is narrowing between the two.  For most [...]

What I’ve Been Reading

I read lots of different blogs on a regular basis.  Here are a few posts I found interesting in the last week or so:

Modern music has some questionable lyrics.  Of course, kids don’t listen to the lyrics [purple text is internet denotation for sarcasm] so it’s not a big deal…
Online books from PDF documents.  Could [...]

Tips For Setting Goals

The sermon this weekend looks at making a lasting change in our lives.  Part of that is setting good goals.  Mark Batterson gives 10 tips for goal setting that serve as a good preface to the topic this weekend.

Did You Hear About Jason? He…

It was good to get back to Cornerstone after the break for the holidays.  We return to the 10 Commandments, this time covering the 8th Commandment: You Shall Not Bear False Witness.  We got to talk about lying, gossiping, slander and libel for things forbidden in this Commandment.  We also talked about keeping the Commandment [...]