pretty cool. one of my pics has been pulled for nashvillest’s photo of the day. thanks folks
youth leader adhd : internet at its nuttiest
this afternoon geekdom took on a whole new level participating in tim’s weekly skypecast. this time i plugged into my own ustream video feed. today wasn’t the best day for a phone call as a bunch of folks randomly stopped in. i think tim put me on mute because of that. sorry man. this is a bit of a screen capture of the fun. i think when i do the next blog redesign i’ll set a page for ustream viewing. it’s pretty cool, but who wants to look at me all afternoon long. haha!
my high school girlfriends mom : what the heck?
my mom sent me this video. apparently, my old high school girlfriends mom (dianne, in the yellow) was on korean television. they are great, even though i wasn’t dating their daughter they gave me money every now and then while i was in college cause they are just cool like that. i’m still reasonably close with the family, though we haven’t talked in awhile i had no idea she was part of this. from what i can tell these are people who have developed some fan appreciation for korean dramas, not sure if its television or other medium. i don’t speak korean.
in other korean connections. jessica has a killer new tatt.
tuesday randomness : on thursday
so i’ve been a little busy these last two days with a short week i suppose. we are also in the midst of holding some town hall type meet ups with our youth and youth leaders to share and discuss restructure for our upcoming year in youth ministry… so blogging has come second.. well last really.
getting back on track, here are some significant links for the week.
- 30 websites to follow if you are into web development
- disability inclusion & the parents in youth min
- energy drinks linked to risky teen bahavior? no…
- barna on social networking, online entertainment, & church podcasts
- is gen y the dumbest generation.. we think not
- we do different things.. social media wise
- bonhoeffer vs "hyper-lutheranism" you can’t pass up a title like that
- david dark and the sacredness of questioning everything
- collaborative preaching, the art of holy conversation
- beat the system, know the spirit of the game
- so your business cards suck…
- friend feed has some work to do to catch up to twitter
- by the way, i’m on friend feed.
- 7 deadly homemade weed killers
- basic business blogging suggestions
- organizational thinking
- 12 tools & techniques for building blogger relationships
- conversation killers & viral chatter
- old media needs to get over it’s control issues
- why the media didn’t show
- 45 ways to waste your theological education
my beautiful idol : my review
via the ooze i was given a copy of ‘my beautiful idol‘ to read and give my review.
i threw out some excerpts from the book early in reading. at that point i really enjoyed reading and there was some anticipation of what was happening next. where does this journey go, etc. it is a memoir of faith trying to be lived out in actions and some of those actions would be considered nutty by some, noble by others. i really liked seeing into some of the ‘noble’ actions and their less noble feelings. especially the attempt to be like henri nouwen. but like the impact of stories of people like henri nouwen or shane claiborne doing counter cultural attempts to the standard move upward in the celebrity/corporate world. the heart of their story and motivations is not that we all follow in their footsteps to enact their exact same things. so you get failed attempts at being who you are not.. and this went over and over and over
as i closed the book i was let down. the first half of the book was riddled with some fun stories, leaps of faith, and honest self-examination. but 230-250 pages in i was pretty much over with the self-exam that moved into self-deprecation. it just got old for me. maybe i need some epiphany to feel good. maybe the self-actualizations were not that profound for me. maybe i have my idols that are not allowing me to see past my own self.. maybe..
was it a good book? if you like memoirs then sure. it is written well and moves quickly. it has some cool spots too. i know i was really intrigued reading his understanding of speaking in tongues. something i am not familiar with as spiritual practice. but memoirs haven’t traditionally been my book. i like to be challenged in thinking and this didn’t take me there in the end.
blake has a more favorable outlook on the book. search for other reviews to see if i am full of crap.