I've been getting a lot of positive feedback on our current message series, 'Friends on Facebook.' If you don't attend True North, we've been talking about how our online interactions and behaviors are changing how we think and act in real life. The NY Times has been publishing some great stuff on this topic lately. Here's another article REALLY worth reading if you suspect your internet activity might be compulsive. How are you doing with this? Are you justifying the amount of time you spend online? Are you telling yourself (and others) things like "I can quit any time." ? Read on. And ...
I've been doing a little ruminating on the life and death of Steve Jobs and it's only just now occurring to me how much this guy's work has impacted my life. Driving to work today, I listened to a podcast - a word added to our lexicon to describe spoken word content placed on iTunes to be downloaded to and played back on iPods. My iPhone is like an appendage to me. It keeps my contacts, my calendar and innumerable other apps and digital helpers. And when I write a sermon or an email, or a blog post like this ...
I recall an instance from several years ago while Jen and I were still living in our first home. I was in my kitchen and I heard a loud 'bang' followed by what appeared to be flashes of light seen through the front window. It was daytime so I knew it had to be a significant light source. I walked out of my house and saw a full size tractor-trailor about 4 doors down from me. The roof of the container had snagged an electrical wire which had snapped and now lay beneath the truck, sparking on the ...
I was woken up this morning at around 4:15 by the sound of my daughter gently crying as she entering my bedroom. She’s basically been in the pool non-stop since school got out and her dedication has yielded a painful case of swimmer’s ear. A couple of children’s Tylenol and a quick prayer got her settled back down, but I had an unusually hard time falling back asleep. It could have been that I was thirsty, or that my back was sore, or that I was hot and feeling angry at myself for not pushing my wife harder on ...
Well gang, I’m posting here with a first for True North.
PTL, a song written by our very own Seanny McPowers and recorded on our church’s worship CD, has begun to make the rounds through other churches.
Check this clip below, complete with the adult/contemporary woodwind and brass section.
Weird beyond words. Sorta cool, but weird.
Peace.
Seriously? Nobody remembers Herb?
I am disappointed. I must be getting old.
Either that or the 100 or so people visiting this site each week are committed to their role as lurkers and don’t want to comment.
Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?
And speaking of Bueller, has anyone seen Ben Stein’s movie Expelled? I feel like this is going to be an awesome film.
Click here for the website.
Caspian’s coming too. I think soon it’ll be time to do the official The Right Thing summer movie preview.
There’s some good stuff coming down the pike. More to follow ya’ll.
And by way of a preview, tune in this Sunday at 9:30, 11, 6:30 and 8:30 to catch the preaching debut of a young man named Tom Pryor.
See you then.