Blog Entries Apple Live Coverage of MacWorld Not that it makes a lot of difference to the overall purpose to this site but I’ve been interested in what’s going to happen at MacWorld today. You can keep up with live updates at Schwartztech.us. And I will update once it’s over. I thought I’
Blog Entries Christian Traditions Tree – Missing Quakers Ben from Open Switch has posted a family tree which covers the majority of Christian traditions, though unfortunately it leaves out the Quakers? It’s a great visual aid that can help you understand the flow between the various groups, and important dates to know. I can see why Ben
Featured Book Review on Brian McLaren’s “The Secret Message of Jesus” This is a guest post, reprinted with permission, Review and rant by Jarrod McKenna. Whats emerging out of the emerging church movement”? Ever wonder what will emerge out of the emerging church movement? Watching from the very different context of Australia its interesting to observe some of the
Blog Entries Blogger Computer Bag? Is this for real, what more could you want than a Blogger Timbuktu Bag? This is just what every blogger needs to become extra hip, something else to help add even more opportunity to say the word “blog” in everyday conversation. I am really happy with my regular Timbuktu bag,
Blog Entries Geez Magazine’s Ten Reasons for Being an Evangelical I stumbled upon Geez Magazine this past quarter as some of the students in our class dug it up for one of their class projects. In looking around I found that I really like what they are trying to do. Think of it as a Christian version of Culture Jam,
Uncategorized Celtic Treasure: Daily Scriptures and Prayer “Celtic Treasure: Daily Scriptures and Prayer” by J. Philip Newell is a great book for family devotions. Emily and I got it a year ago and often use it when we have prayer times together. It’s really easy to follow and has beautiful prayers and pictures painted by the
Featured Blogging Goals for G.i.L. in 2007 – A Blogger’s New Year’s Resolution The new year is finally here, not that I was in a rush to get here but with a sense of anticipation we’re facing another year of exciting prospects. In keeping with a trend common among many bloggers (see Copy Blogger, Fernando and Glenn Worsely) I thought I’d
Featured Some of My Favorite 2006 Mac Weblogs I love using a mac and I love to keep up with all the new tricks, tips, shareware and freeware that that mac community continues to make. Over the past year I’ve found some great Apple bloggers who know their stuff, and who have helped me to hone my
Blog Entries Blog Contest of the Year 2006 Fighting to Stay Awake blog is hosting the blog contest of the year. There are some great prizes involved as well. I am planning on submitting something and if you’ve got a blog you should too. One question – I am not sure which to submit, was there one that
Blog Entries New Server – Time to Switch? I was notified yesterday by Paul Stamatiou that I was awarded the 1 year free hosting from Media Temple. I haven’t opened the account yet but I am excited about winning, I’ve wanted to have a media temple account for a really long time. So now I am
Blog Entries Merry Christmas I wanted to wish all of you a very merry Christmas this year. I hope that you will be with loved ones, have safe travels, and enjoy the season of reflection on the birth of our savior.
Blog Entries Free Website Hosting Contest from Pstam.com As most of you know I read Paul Stamatiou’s technology blog on a regular basis, it’s one way I am able to keep up with what’s going on in the world of tech. In fact he was probably one of the big resources for me as I
Featured Three Queries on Communal Spiritual Growth The other day on my way home I was thinking about my faith and stumbled upon three questions I thought worthy of thinking through aloud with you: 1. How do I love you God? 2. How do We love you God? 3. How do they love you God? These are
Blog Entries Airport Love – Is It Possible? Landed in Vegas about an hour ago, did you know they offer free wireless here! I paid my dues in the form of $1.50 in slot machine goodness. Wireless, is a treat especially if you’re flying home alone. Emily has to finish out the week teaching class, and
Blog Entries Quaker Gatherings Coming To A State Near You Robin’s posted a list of coming Quaker gatherings all of interest, and at least of which I will be at – possibly more. Here are some Quaker gatherings that I am very much looking forward to next year: January 20, 2007 College Park Quarterly Meeting, with a concern for living
Blog Entries The Chronicle Project A friend of mine from Pasadena, Brent Gudgel, just sent me a link to his new video-blog for a ministry he’s been working with call the Chronicle Project. The main point of the Chronicle Project is to use “film and video production” to tell stories about tough issues in
Blog Entries Is Beppe Done? Pod-fading? If So…So Long Good Friend Joe Guada, good friend, fellow blogger and wonderful podcaster is hanging up his pod (or whatever it is podcasters hang-up). He says, “And so the time has come Beppepodcast is pod-fading. In fact, I have decided to permanently retire the podcast. Why? TOO MUCH WORK! amongst other things ” You can
Blog Entries President Richard Mouw’s New Blog Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Seminary (where I attend) has launched his own blog – Mouw’s Musings. Okay, despite it having the very typical “blog” name, with the word musings in it, and having it hosted on blog client few people have ever heard of I anticipate it being worth
Blog Entries My Bookshelf is Live I’ve posted a virtual version of some of the books on my bookshelf using Delicious Library and Delicious Web. Now I will be able to see what I’ve got on the shelf at all times! (Watch load time is slow!)
Featured Jarrod McKenna and the Peace Tree Receive Quaker Peace Award Just today I got an email from Jarrod McKenna, a Christian activist who lives Down Under. He says of himself, “Im a lapsed vegetarian wholl now eat happily my daily bread from dumpsters (but secretly longs for the flesh pots of evil big corporation burgers.) I spend my
Blog Entries Macheist Bundle for Sale – Great Mac Apps I’ve been doing the “macheist” where a group of mac groupies have been doing complicated puzzles to win free macintosh applications. Well this is the last week for that game (we’ve won 13 apps so far) and today the people behind the macheist have released their special bundle
Blog Entries Sponsored Post: The Scholarship Blog I’ve been asked to review The Scholarship Blog for Reviewme.com. This isn’t the first time I’ve come across this site, it was just this past October that fellow blogger Paul Stamatiou was trying to get enough votes to win a $5000.00 “blogging scholarship” from “Scholarships
Featured Daily Scribe Jamboree December 10, 2006 Here are the postings from the Daily Scribe for this past week: * Daniel Harper Discusses what Church 2.0 might look like. * Boy in Bands points out that St. Nick is the people’s saint. * Chris from Katagrapho is beginning a long discussion on Ephesians complete with exegesis. Technorati Tags:
Blog Entries Thoughts After Fall Quarter 2006 I realized yesterday that I haven’t blogged in quite awhile and realized I needed a little break from it. There’s so much I’ve been thinking about and I’ve needed some space to do it without trying to come up with something worth reading (as if that
Blog Entries Notes on James McClendon and the Virtue of Presence I’ve been doing extra reading for my seminar trying to nail down a paper topic and have really been enjoying the exposure to James McClendon’s stuff, here’s tidbit. “James McClendon in his book Ethics describes the virtue of presence as an acquired human characteristic necessary to achieve
