3D Text in Apple Motion

Real 3d text has come to Apple Motion! I’m very excited, as it might save me from purchasing a plugin or two. I say “might” because the texturizing features only work on 3d text at the moment, as far as I can tell right now. I’m a motion novice so there is likely something I’ve…

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A trending journey

I’ve been seeing some posts recently on two related “church trends.” The most prominent is a conversation with Rachel Held Evans on Relevant Magazine’s web-site. This conversation springs out of her new book Searching for Sunday. The conversation is interesting, and makes me want to go out and get a copy of the book for…

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Fiction Tuesday – Moving On

Jeremy gulped and backed away from the others. “You’re going to throw me into a ravine?” Much to his relief, Walter barked a laugh and Ama giggled. “No lad, not at all,” Walter chuckled. “Though after you get there you might wish we had thought of that.” “Old Fox, that might be over stating a…

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Ministry “Just Because”

I’ve written about this before, but one of the things I like to do when I’m on “staycation” is to attend worship at Central. It’s fun going to worship with the same folks to serve God alongside week after week when they acknowledge you’re not there in any “official capacity.” This Sunday was extra fun…

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What’s in a name?

This week, for Spring Break, we travelled to my in-laws’ house. For the past several years I’ve watched the progress of an old super-market being converted into a new church building and remarked on it’s apparently completion to my mother-in-law, “It looks like their building is done.” She nodded to be and said, “Oh yes,…

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Moses, Texas, and Social Outrage

Yesterday, I saw a post on Facebook in the form of a blog entry which claims Texas has voted to list Moses among the Founding Fathers in their new educational standards. I have learned to be skeptical of sensational blog posts, especially if I’m moved to immediate outrage by it’s headline, so I went looking…

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