I love going on vacations for many reasons, but my favorite might be the chance to track the changing behavior-patterns of vacationers over time. Â Yes, I’m a geek (and probably a nerd) – I can’t help it. The first “vacation” I ever took with my wife was our honeymoon to Williamsburg, VA. Â As we prepared…
Category: Thoughts
Just my general thoughts on things.
The “meh” experience of sermon-writing on my iPad
Today I took the plunge and wrote my sermon on my iPad. It’s a “doable” experience, but not one I’d want to repeat over and over again just yet. Let me share my two biggest reasons why I don’t think it’s quite “there” yet. There aren’t any windows. I know, on the iPad that’s a…
Spirituality 101
The most memorable spiritual lesson I learned in college was actually taught to me by my astronomy professor, Dr. Bradstreet. For years the astronomy students at Eastern practiced the art of lugging telescopes into place, manually calibrating them, and learning how to keep a stellar object in the field of view so it could be…
Saddened
May 21st is tomorrow, and at 6:00 PM tomorrow Harold Camping’s prediction of the rapture will be shown to be a wild fantasy. Over the web I see people treating this whole situation with an almost wicked sense of mirth – waiting to see a misguided individual get this comeuppance. People are holding “rapture parties,”…
An Education
A few weeks ago I was at a wonderful training session, which highlighted ways to use the iPad in special education. It was well-presented, thought-provoking, and encouraging — three things which always make my day. During the presentation, however, I was involved in a brief exchange which has continued to bother me. The trainer was…
Immersion emergence
The other day I needed to get some work done on my MacBook, and felt an odd emotion. I was annoyed. It was odd feeling. Over the last decade and a half I’ve moved from Windows, to Linux, and then to Mac. Each time the shift was met with a sense of joy at the…
