Just about one month ago I stood in line with my friend Vernl, awaiting the “appointed hour” for the iPad to be released. I had a blast waiting with some other anti-social geek-types, and had some ideas in mind how I’d use this tool before I purchased it. So, I thought I’d share a bit…
Category: Geek
On the phone, and other archaic communications technology
I really dislike the phone. Â It’s annoying, intrusive, and demands my attention by an annoying clanging (or, worse, a digital rendition of clanging). Â For a while in the 1990’s I found a use for my phone-line, it got me on the Internet. Â When I got broadband, however, the phone just became annoying again. Â I don’t…
How far we’ve come
I saw this video in my Zite feed today. I showed my son the “state of the art” cellular phone at the time if this video, and then held up my iPhone. He just stared at me. Mobile technology has advanced at an insane rate over the last 30 years. What have our congregations done…
Magical Presentations(?)
Last night, Central Baptist Church had a wonderful evening of prayer which sprang from a discussion we recently had on restructuring. Â It was, truly, Â a good beginning. As I am, according to one of the members of our congregation (who happens to be a doctor), “The poster-child for ADD” I tend to avoid prayer…
“I’m not a…” Syndrome
There’s a phrase that I’ve come to hate as I’ve ministered within the Church. It’s a phrase that, more than any other, tells me, “Don’t try to teach me anything – I’m perfectly happy where I am, thanks.” The phrase is, “I’m not much of a techie.” As I’ve become known as “the computer guy”…
Unintended Benefits
We’ve probably all heard about the “law of unintended consequences.”  An action is taken, and unplanned-for results spring up in it’s wake.  Sadly, given the nature of the term, we often assume that these unplanned-for results are inherently negative.  Hence the “consequences” moniker.  I want to share, however, a recent experience Central has had with an unplanned-for…
