Posts tagged Technology

YouVersion

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Just got my Private Beta invite to YouVersion.  Getting ready to check it out!  I’ll let you know what I think.  Stay tuned…

You Version

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I’m excited. I just read that the beta release of You Version is a week away.  I was hoping to get in under the alpha release, but it didn’t happen.  Anyways check out the blog to see what all you can do with youversion.  I can’t wait.

Last.fm

Music

So i’m checking out this new social app called Last.fm.  Basically it takes your iTunes listening record and shares it with the world so people know what you listen to.  Also it recommends other artists based on the style of the artists you listen to.  I’m excited to see what comes from this.  Anyways check out my user and add me as a friend.

God is in the Blog!

Church life ministry Thoughts 3 Comments

I have really enjoyed getting into reading and posting blogs.  I gotta tell ya that today God spoke to me through a few different blogs that I have read.

First that I’ll mention is one I just read a little while ago from Mark Batterson:

Had to share one thought from the leadership seminar at the Assemblies of God General Council. Dary Northrop shared an amazing story about a stripper that found Christ at their Church–Timberline church. And he talked about how when you’re really reaching the unchurched it is messy! Then he shared a thought from the parable of the prodigal son.

If the younger brother had run into his elder brother first he would have never made it inside the house! Unfortunately, our churches are filled with the elder brother spirit. And sometimes it is the religiousity of elder brothers that can actually keep prodigals from reuniting with their Heavenly Father! That thought was worth the trip to Indy!

Dary also talked about the difference between loving people before they change and after they get cleaned up. That is the challenge and the trick! He said people won’t change until they are fully loved. I think he’s right!

Man… isn’t that so true?  I was just in blockbuster the other day and the guy mentioned something about church and dissed it.  I spoke up and said, Maybe you just haven’t found the right church.  He said I just couldn’t put up with all the politicing that goes on there and how the people with all the money has the power.  When I went to Puerto Rico, almost everyone I talked to had been to church and had stopped going because of the people in the church.  When are we going to start loving one another first and start representin’ Christ’s love?

I also think that this post from Perry is awesome and I can think of quite a few people I know that need to hear it.  So check it out! Now! Seriously, I’ll wait…

Ok, done?  I know some people could get mad at this statement, but GOD IS LOVE!  I know he has wrath, righteousness, justice and all that other stuff, but everything He does, comes from His perfect love for us.

There were a couple more that spoke to me… but I’ll save them for another time.  Plus I gotta get more organized with my clippings from bloglines.  Check out this post if you have no idea what i’m talking about. I use bloglines and I can keep up with my 34 blogs I’m reading and it only takes minutes a day.

Do you live in 2007?

Funny

This is an email I got that I thought was blog-worthy!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 when…
> >
> >1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
> >
> >2. You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.
> >
> >3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
> >
> >4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
> >
> >5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that
> >they
> >don’t have e-mail addresses.
> >
> >6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if
> >anyone
> >is home to help you carry in the groceries.
> >
> >7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the
> >screen.
> >
> >8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn’t have the
> >first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you
> >turn around to go and
> >get it.
> >
> >10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
> >
> >11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )
> >
> >12 You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.
> >
> >13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this
> >message.
> >
> >14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
> >
> >15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t a #9 on this
> >list
> >
> >AND NOW YOU ARE LAUGHING at yourself.