Poll Everywhere. You know on American Idol when Seacrest says something to the effect of ‘Text your vote to 5555 to vote for Ginny Wannabe as the new Idol."? Now you can use that technology in your ministry, sermon, youth camp, whatever. Your group can send anonymous texts to ask questions, vote, or answer polls. [...]
If you’ve seen this, you know I’m a closet word freak. (Of course, by making that public, I’m pretty sure it’s no longer in the closet…). Nevertheless, there are certain words that need to be banned from usage. Blacklisted. Deleted. Put down like an old mare with a broken leg. Why? Because (1) everything has [...]
1. Because (in the words of Kyle Campos) "semi-instant messaging/micro-blogging is hip and so am I." Together we become a force to be reckoned with. And that’s a beautiful thing you don’t want to miss. 2. 170 friends follow me on Twitter. Theologians, writers, singers, Ragamuffins, Sinners, Saints, and Infidels. They can’t ALL be [...]
I ran across the following quote over the weekend while perusing the blog of a fellow Ragamuffin. It comes from Paul Tillich on Romans 5:20. In speaking of Paul’s description of grace, he says: “’Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound’, says Paul in the same letter in which he describes the unimaginable [...]
Brian ‘Head’ Wilson of KORN NASCAR’s Darrell Waltrip. NFL coaching legend Joe Gibbs. My fellow pirate-monk Nate Larkin of the Samson Society. MLB All-Star Josh Hamilton. American Idol heartthrob Jason Castro. Speaker Tony Evans. Even my weekend, Cheesecake Factory-buddy (long story) Stephen ‘Stevie-B’ Baldwin. An online video collaboration called I Am Second. Each one, along [...]
"The Spirit of Jesus is continual Forgiveness of Sin: he who waits to be righteous before he enters into the Saviour’s Kingdom, the Divine Body, will never enter there. I am perhaps the most sinful of men: I pretend not to holiness; yet I pretend to love, to see, to converse with daily, as [...]
When the Israel Defense Forces use Twitter to hold a first-ever governmental press conference, things are a-changin’. Not only was the dialogue open to anyone with a Twitter account, but common text abbreviations were used to stay under Twitter’s 140 character limit. For example: Question from peoplesworld: 40 years of military confrontation hasn’t brought security [...]