In Case of Rapture, This Blog Will Be Unmanned

Have you seen that bumper sticker?  It’s actually about their car, but you get the idea.  I think Christians look weird when they use cute little phrases like that one on bumper stickers or T-shirts.  And now we’ve just become even weirder.  As proof, I give you: You’ve Been Left Behind.
For $40/year, they’ll allow you [...]

We Don’t Talk About Those Things Here

Anne Jackson had an interesting post a while back about things we (don’t) talk about at church.  She asks:
what is something you feel you can’t say in church, or around other christians?

Some of the responses are kinda silly.  Others are pretty serious.  Most are brutally honest.
When the church is silent on these issues, or not [...]

We Are Not The World

Warning: Long post ahead! We’re considering a dress code policy for youth ministry. It could become emotionally charged. It’s difficult, but it’s important. Read on for a lengthy, back and forth look at the problem.
I’m struggling with what to do with regards to a clothing policy for student ministry. The issue [...]

FAQs, NAQs and ATAQs

Seth Godin pointed me to an interesting post looking at FAQs on company websites.  Kevin Kelly, the author, argues that FAQs are often composed of NAQs — Never Asked Questions.  His point is that FAQs are frequently marketing ploys.  By using questions that are never being asked, they create a marketing buzz or spin for [...]

Ummm… No.

Strange thing happened to me this evening.  I was about to go into a Workcamp Adult Leadership Team meeting when a young man asked if he could hang some posters up for a community event.  I asked what he was advertising and he got a poster out for me to look at.  The event?  A [...]

The History of You

A few weeks back, I hosted an Internet safety course for parents.  One of the reasons we have be serious about what our kids do with technology and the Internet is that your history never goes away once its online somewhere.  Try as you might, you simply can’t stamp it out.
Darcy sent me a link [...]

A Slice of the Twitter Consciousness

Twistori is an interesting site.  The site pulls Twitter messages that contain verbs in the format “I _____ …”  They include love, hate, think, believe, feel, wish.  Twitters range from the goofy to raw emotional truths.  The language isn’t always appropriate, but it’s fascinating to see what people are thinking in these 6 areas. 

Parallel Cultures

I received a free issue of Collide Magazine with an order I placed for some books online recently.  They subtitle themselves, “Where Media and the Church Converge.”  I was drawn to their article titled “Our Parallel Universe: The Christian Subculture Goes Online.”  An excerpt:
For the purposes of this article, the Christian subculture or parallel universe [...]

Muh!

Tim is interested in hearing more about my sister’s short comment about our kitties.  It might appear again, so here’s a quick primer for everyone else as well…

It comes from the Zeitz family, at least as far as I’m concerned.  That would be my Mom’s family.  How it got started there is unclear to me.  [...]

Teens and Tech

About a month ago, I wrote about our new workshop for parents of teens (or others who are interested) titled Parenting the Internet Generation.  We’ve created the publicity piece for the event:

The event is open to anyone who wants to participate, so if you know someone who might be interested, tell them to come.  [...]