Monthly Archives for March 2008
Passion Week Geography
From Justin Taylor’s blog: Here is something you might find fruitful while contemplating the events leading up to our Savior’s death and resurrection: an attempt in Google Earth to show the locations of the major events (to the best of … Continue reading
Anyone Have a Big Wheel I Can Borrow for Easter?
Any of you have a Big Wheel I can borrow? Depending on how our Easter evening plans shape up, whether or not I can get my hands on a Big Wheel, and whether or not I can get a buddy … Continue reading
“Bear” Culture
Reaching the S.F. Chronicle today, I learned a new term/cultural trend, that of “Bear” culture. Here’s the first paragraph from Reyhan Harmanci’s article: If you stopped a San Franciscan on the street (especially Castro Street) and asked him or her … Continue reading
Leaders Need Four Relationships
While I certainly don’t agree with everything about the Vineyard movement (ie. egalitarianism), I’ve been enjoying my free subscription to Cutting Edge, the Vineyard’s quarterly church planting magazine (click the link to set up your own free subscription). From the … Continue reading
7 Steps for Discerning Situational Guidance
Here’s an outline of the seven steps “that should be taken if we would be led to situational decisions that are wise and right” listed in the second to last chapter of J.I. Packer and Carolyn Nystrom’s exceptional book, Guard … Continue reading
Steering & Surprise
“As I review God’s steering of my life, one thing that stands out is the element of surprise at all the crucial points. I was never expecting what came; I was always projecting something else.” -J.I. Packer
Spiritual Check-up, Part 2
Here’s Spiritual Check-up, Part 2, excerpts from Don Whitney’s Ten Questions To Diagnose Your Spiritual Health. 6. Do you delight in the bride of Christ? …Jesus made an incomparable journey from Heaven and worked more than thirty years for the … Continue reading
Tim Keller Speaks at Google VIDEO
A few weeks ago I posted my account of Tim Keller’s talk at Google. Now, the video… (when the camera pans back you can see me sitting in the front row, right in front of the podium, surely providing Keller … Continue reading
GTD (Getting Things Done) Academic Paper: The Science Behind Stress-Free Productivity
I recently finished reading a helpful academic paper put out by two students at the Free University of Brussels examining the science behind the GTD system. If you’re a GTD practitioner, as I am, you’ll benefit from reading this paper, … Continue reading
Spiritual Check-up, Part 1
You might benefit from taking a sustained spiritual check-up via a prayerful reading of Don Whitney’s Ten Questions To Diagnose Your Spiritual Health. Or, you might feel prompted to take a more modest check-up via this blog, through reading and … Continue reading