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Despite the stress of working in a church that is struggling a little financially and staffing wise (season of church life), I do work with some amazing people. John Campea and Jeb Runquist are putting together some amazing media for this weekend when I preach on the apostle Homer. I can't wait to see how it comes out.
Another church aside... I have the worst side job in the church. I have to design and print business cards for the staff. It is a painful job. It takes about 10 minutes a sheet and you can only add one sheet at a time. It takes around 2 hours a staff member provided all goes right. As soon as I start printing them out, staff start nagging me for theirs. Look, I meant what I said when I told you they will be on your desk in October 2005 and not a day before. It is kind of funny because I asked Jeb, "Isn't this your job?" and he replied, "I don't do business cards, I got jerked all around last year and I said NO MORE!" At least you have to respect his line in the sand and that he didn't go all passive aggressive or something.
Enough about me, here is some news... In the "I guess one of them is about to find out" department. An argument over who was going to heaven and who was going to hell ended with one Texas man shooting another to death with a shotgun, police said on Monday. Believe it or not, alcohol was involved.
On a more productive note, an interview with Sally Morgenthaller in one small barking dog. This quote hit home, "My own
generation of Americans (baby boomers) suffers from a particularly virile form of narcissism. In our quest for personal fulfillment, we have failed to both teach and know our children well. Truly, our deprioritization of our own offspring is one of the great tragedies of late twentieth century America. The effects are staggering, and I'm not just talking about broken homes. It goes much deeper than that. The cessation of intergenerational narrative is at the core. The exchange of story has been one of the most important roles of family life. But getting involved in that exchange means sacrificing time, listening, and value that our children are actually worth the effort."
They also have an interview with fellow blogger, Jonny Baker. Labels: Blogger, blogging
Lakeview's Discipleship Weblog is now online. It being updated by a small but growing team of people with the goal to keep the people of Lakeview up-to-date on current articles, links, and resources for their spiritual journey. Labels: discipleship
Russ Reeves's blog raises the bar for design for blogs and is one of the nicest I have seen. Not only that it is a pretty interesting read as well.
Oh look! Baseball is at it again.
Like Buddy doesn't have enough to deal with (strike, racketeering lawsuit), he is now trying to close down a Mets fan site (probably because it is way better than the official one). On the eve of a strike where there probably won't be any more fans left, he is giving us a send off by closing down fan sites. Bud, they are the only fans you have left!
From the website,
It's also curious why Major League Baseball would find such fault with MetsOnline.net when it has been indirectly supporting the site for several years. Hoch, in fact, was afforded a job opportunity with the Mets during the 2000 season as a direct result of his efforts with MetsOnline.net. He spent that summer working as an unpaid volunteer to help upgrade and maintain Mets.com (prior to MLB's takeover of all 30 Major League sites before the 2001 season) all the while openly administering the "competing" MetsOnline.net.
Additionally, he has since received numerous press credentials to represent MetsOnline.net at New York Mets home games and other events, signifying not only the Mets' acceptance of the site as a legitimate media outlet but also their support for it. Labels: baseball, sports
In addition to plethora of other small updates to the site, the listing of postmodern gatherings and churches has been greatly expanded. If you know of any that should be on the list and aren't, e-mail me.
If you or I asked Congress for permission to legally hack other people's computers, we'd be laughed off Capitol Hill. Then we'd be investigated by the FBI and every other agency concerned with criminal violations of privacy and security.
Then again, you and I aren't part of the movie and music business. We aren't as powerful as an industry that knows no bounds in its paranoia and greed, a cartel that boasts enough money and public-relations talent to turn Congress into a marionette.
That's why I don't doubt that the just-introduced bill, dubbed the ``Peer to Peer Piracy Prevention Act'' and co-sponsored by the representative from Disney, will get a respectful hearing. Howard Berman, D-Mission Hills, whose campaign coffers are loaded with money from Disney and other entertainment companies, wants to confer on the entertainment cartel the legal right to hack PCs it believes are part of file-sharing networks.
My father used to say to us that stupidity is the greatest sin. He did not mean simplicity of mind, but spiritual dullness: having a dead conscience and not listening with one's heart to God.
Very few people today have any idea of the riches of the human heart. Our hearts are created to experience great things; most of us have no idea of what could happen in our lives if we would overcome our stupidity and dullness.
Excerpted from Discipleship by J. Heinrich Arnold.
Labels: discipleship
Why Rex Murphy is Still One of My Heroes
From his editorial
The appeal of John Paul II to young people in particular proceeds from substance. It begins in what he believes, gathers strength in how he believes, and is immensely amplified by his simple example. Conviction is an attractive quality in itself, but conviction allied to service is irresistible.
Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic of Toronto referred to political correctness in his early address to the Youth Day celebrations. John Paul II is the most politically incorrect leader on the world stage. He is, according to most progressive opinion, on the wrong side of every right topic. He is the patriarch of the world's longest-standing hierarchy, the very antimatter of feminism, a man who has set his teeth against every "modernist" reform. In the views of some, to call him Neanderthal would be an insult to the cave dweller. He is gorgeously, consummately, politically incorrect.
And it doesn't matter a drat. There is something stronger than fashion, and deeper than intellectual trendiness in the man, a clarity that doesn't genuflect to the times. For the crown of John Paul's charisma is, by his lights, that it doesn't flow from himself at all. It is the property of his religious faith -- the conviction, to reverse Time's formulation -- that God is life.
I haven't found a really cool site in a while but then I found www.theory.org.uk - Social theory for fans of popular culture. Popular culture for fans of social theory. I could and will spend hours here.
THE man expected to be the new Archbishop of Canterbury will be inducted as a druid in a 200-year-old ceremony with pagan roots in Wales next month.
Although organisers insist the Gorsedd�s pagan roots are long behind it, contributors to discussion forums on the Church in Wales website have already suggested it is �nearer to Shintoism than Christianity�. Evangelical leaders in the Church of England described it as �unbelievable�. The Rev David Banting, chairman of Reform, the conservative evangelical group, said: �We are concerned that Christian leaders should concentrate on the celebration and promotion of the Christian faith in all its wonder and power rather than dabbling in other things.�
Dr Williams will not be the only church leader admitted as an honorary druid to the Gorsedd. The Right Rev Daniel Mullins, retired Roman Catholic bishop of Menevia, South Wales, is a member. He insisted: �It has no link at all with ancient druidism.� A former Archbishop of Wales, the Right Rev George Noakes, is also a member.
From Christianity Today,
The aftermath of September 11 settled it for him. He had thought perhaps it would take persecution or war to shock America into spiritual reflection. As a traumatized nation streamed into churches, the church had a moment of opportunity. "The sad outcome is that when we needed great leadership, we didn't have any guts," he says. "That moment of opportunity was squandered."
It's not really courage that Barna identifies as crucial, though. He's spent untold hours interacting with pastors and church leaders, and he's convinced that the majority of them aren't leaders. Most are admirable people whose gifts lie in Bible teaching or pastoring. Those are valuable gifts, Barna affirms, but they are not leadership. By leadership he means the ability to motivate and lead institutional change.
CT also published Barna's nine challenges for the church. Labels: leadership
From the article,
But this is the 21st century, and times are changing and changing fast. Clearly the Church in Canada is no longer in a position of societal privilege. It seems our influence is being challenged at every turn. Whether it be in school curricula, bio-medical ethics or the definition of marriage and the family, the Church's position is under attack by opponents who are resentful of past influence and seek to nullify it in the future.
And we do not like it. Not one bit. We are the guys that are used to "having all the luck" and we're not comfortable slipping into the ranks of the guys that "have all the pain." So we respond with our court challenges, our political lobbies, our letter-writing campaigns to members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies.
Live from the office of jordoncooper.com
The office cam. Refresh to see new images. I am using the spycam and visionGS PE software. Not that cool but it has been a slow hot day around here. Current webcame shots can be found here.
Making Your Bad Tunes Sound Good
Blogger for musicians. From the article,
Maybe the real revolution brought about by these programs will be for those people who just like to record songs, and have no illusions of being a star. James Barnett, an amateur musician in San Francisco, uses his home PC to write and record songs, which he then rips as MP3s and distributes online. "I'm never going to make a living playing or writing music, and that's fine. With my computer, I can record and edit a song essentially for free, and put it online for my friends to hear."Labels: Blogger, blogging
Xalt is online.
An emerging community in Calgary, Xalt.ca recently have come online. Labels: Emergent
 The Tall Skinny Van
Everyone's favorite tall skinny kiwi, Andrew Jones' van died while touring Itally and he needs to buy a new one for his team and ministry in Prague and as they buzz in and out of Europe. Rudy Carrasco of Urban Onramps has helped him set up a Pay Pal link on his website which makes it easy for all of us to help them out with our donations. Even if you can't help out financially, help spread the word. His blog, contact info and Pay Pal can all be found at http://tallskinnykiwi.blogspot.com.
New Heights is Online
 New Heights is back on the web at www.newheights.bc.ca. Even if you don't wander in, check out their values below.
we want..
to create community
to be raw and real
to change our world
to experience a touchable Christ
to engage culture
to make a real difference for
the lost,
the hurting,
the poor,
the rejected.
Leonard Sweet's website gets a redesign and a blog
 Len Sweet whose writings have had an influence on a lot of us has redesigned his website and it looks really good. While there are some bugs and features not online yet, it looks like he has a blog going online soon.
Sweet has written a couple of remarkable books including one of my favorite of all time, A Cup of Coffee at the Soul Cafe. That book spoke to me deeply at an important time of my spiritual journey and has been read time and time again. I can't think of how many copies I have given out of that book in addition to Soul Salsa. I am looking forward to A is Abductive for the simple reason that I have been working through much of what I hope will be covered in that book. According to Amazon is was supposed to come out in May and they bumped it back. For a book lover it is kind of like moving Christmas back.
I will post it here when I see or hear of the blog going online. Labels: church
 In case you missed it last night, the Saskatchewan Roughriders embarrassed the Edmonton Eskimos 45-11 last night at Taylor Field in front of the entire province (on TSN). I can't remember the Riders beating the Esks like that since I have moved here in 1984 and it has been a few years since the Riders blew anyone out at home. It was fun to watch and people all over the province are talking about it. All night you could here the sound of a million people jumping on the Roughrider's band wagon. Not everyone would have been happy, diehard Eskimo fans like my father must be in denial today. Actually in case you are my Dad and a big Eskimo fan, I thought I would help you find some game coverage on the net. I like to be of help when I can.
Game coverage from:
CFL.ca
Slam! Sports
Sportsnet
TSN
Labels: football, sports
From the article, In a damning condemnation of Western society's high consumption levels, it adds that the extra planets (the equivalent size of Earth) will be required by the year 2050 as existing resources are exhausted. The report, based on scientific data from across the world, reveals that more than a third of the natural world has been destroyed by humans over the past three decades. Using the image of the need for mankind to colonise space as a stark illustration of the problems facing Earth, the report warns that either consumption rates are dramatically and rapidly lowered or the planet will no longer be able to sustain its growing population.
Even if the report is wrong and overstated, there is something that we can all do. First of all read The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists. It won't make you change your lifestyle drasically but will allow you to change the way you treat the enviroment around you and make a big difference.
UPDATED
Rachel Cunliffe left a comment that got me thinking about this post. I think that the reason we don't deal with enviromental issues is because of democracy and the voters don't want it. We will vote George W. Bush out of power is the economy isn't doing well and if I or my friends lose their jobs but voters don't generally take enviromental factors into consideration when voting. We blame it on the politicians but they reflect us. It goes deeper than that. The world has watched genocide happening in Rwanda but we were too busy worrying about our own needs to look up and call anyone to stop the slaughter. It really does bother me that we haven't learned to look forward and see the impact of what we are doing, enviromentally, economically, or socially.
Hospitality Spelled Backwards
What Martha is up to is not harmless, not innocuous, not incidental to the task of being a Christian. Our cultivated desire for a comfortable sage couch, with a well-coordinated peach throw-blanket and cream velvet pillows, trains us to cushion ourselves from the suffering that may well have been occasioned by the very creation of that couch. It trains us actively to ignore the pain that should elicit our anguish, our solidarity, and the decidedly uncomfortable hospitality to which we are called. - a great article by re:generation
Homer is one of us
In Montreal for a performance of The Simpsons - In the Flesh stage show at the Just for Laughs comedy festival, Groening noted Thursday his dad was born in Canada and Homer is named for him so . . . .
"That would make Homer Simpson a Canadian," Groening said in an interview. "I hope Canadians won't hold it against the show now that they know.
"We were counting on Canadians feeling superior to the Simpsons as being doltish Americans but now the secret is out."
But the Los Angeles-based Groening is not sure exactly where the birth took place.
"Uh, if you went straight north from Kansas, where would that be? Winnipeg? Yes, Winnipeg!"
now has a new blog. Welcome to the cult. Secret handshake is in the mail.
Retirement crisis looms as many come up short
Faith Popcorn calls Baboons (boomers who don't have enough saved). This is going to be a major societal issue and will change the North American landscape politically, economically, and socially.
This site is under construction
Not really but the content is being changed over the next week or so. I am in the middle of updating a lot of the content in the postmodern section of the site. A bunch of new links, reorganizing some of the current ones, and fixing some 404's are all on the agenda. A social justice section of the site is also being worked on and I will take some time to update the reading list and some other areas on the site. Look for almost 1000 new quotes to come online this month as well. It started out as a small maintenance operation but has turned out to be a rather large overhaul. Once I am done I will start to highlight some of the renovated areas. If you have some suggestions for links and content, this would be a really cool time to e-mail them to me.
Punk Monkey's Stupid Award goes out to...
Joshua Thompson (22 years old) is one of the Pastors at Capitol City Baptist Church and Caleb Thompson is his twin brother. They receive this award for taking the King James Scripture �suffer the children unto me� as literal � not having the smarts to know that the word �suffer� has a different meaning today. Together, they beat an 11-year-old boy with a tree limb for over an hour on July 3rd for �cheating� on a bible study. The young boy spent a week in intensive care after a blood transfusion and kidney failure. From reports, Pastor Thompson did the beating while his twin brother Caleb held the boy down.
Yahoo Admits Changing E-Mail Text
I used to be a huge fan of Yahoo! services and it is sad to see this company self-destruct over stupid practices like changing their privacy policy and change e-mail text without notifying users. Since Enron and Worldcom, things are changing in terms of what we expect in terms of transparency from organizations (like churches) and companies. Being kept in the dark makes all us nervous.
Is the web creating information grazers or a whole new kind of thinker? My first reaction is that it is doing both. A new way of learning is being developed as well as some horrible new habits. As educators come to grips with this new way of learning the habits will get corrected and dealt with.
From the article,
On the good side, Net thinkers are said to generate work quickly and make connections easily. 'They are more in control of facts than we were 40 years ago,' says Bernard Cooperman, a history professor at the University of Maryland.
But they also value information-gathering over deliberation, breadth over depth, and other people's arguments over their own.
...Says Jamie McKenzie, a former school superintendent and library director who now publishes an e-zine on educational technology. '...The quality of information [on the Internet] is below what you find in print, and the Internet has fostered a thinner, less substantial thinking.'
Former Internet Darling DrKoop.com Sold for $186,000
There had to more than that in office furnishings. That could be a steal for Vitacost. Dr.Koop has traffic, some respect, and a huge market and it makes me laugh that a year ago DrKoop.com was worth a billion dollars.
I know that they are frivolous, possibly unsafe, and impractical but I want one so badly. The Rotary Air Force gyrocopters are made in Kindersley, Saskatchewan and have been the target of much day dreaming lately.
Marek is out of the hospital and back on target about the current battle in the United States over copyrighted material and especially the legal battle between the Mitchell Trust and the book, The Wind Done Gone. The more I read about Paladium, Digital Rights Managment, along with anything that has to do with RIAA, the more it becomes obvious that the church is going to get smoked up the side of the head if we don't enter this debate sometime. It could have an impact on how we preach, worship, learn, and publish. A storm is brewing on and offline and I can't help but feeling we are being swept along.
I just ordered...
The Mentored Life: From Individualism to Personhood by James M. Houston. Navpress's site says this, THE FAILURE OF INDIVIDUALISM
The role of mentor holds a distinguished position in our modern culture, and mentors have influenced countless lives throughout history. As people encounter new circumstances, the natural tendency is to seek a skilled mentor for guidance. The Mentored Life examines the traditions of mentoring that have been passively absorbed into our culture. Effective as they are, they still fall short of God�s divine plan.
If, as Christians, we interpret mentoring to mean Christian discipleship, then we must move away from the formulas the world so easily abides by. The paradox is, then, that the mentored life is one in which we constantly look to Christ for guidance, answers, and fulfillment. It is our heavenly Father who infinitely knows us, Houston says, which contrasts with worldly expressions of self-knowledge.
Rather than trying to discover our self and reach our potential, we must come alongside the mentor who will help us be all we can be through Christ. This book, essential for any Christian leader�s library, will introduce you to a framework for discipleship and help you gain a greater understanding of God�s desire to mentor us.
Labels: discipleship
From CNet.com
In the face of crackdowns on file-swapping services such as Napster and cease-and-desist letters to companies that allow employees to swap files, some free music junkies have become more determined than ever, turning to smaller and more obscure sites and services to grab their favorite tunes. Although it requires more effort, fans say, they can still get a song if they really want to.
So now, it appears, the music industry is preparing to loose its legal dogs on those wily listeners themselves. Two weeks ago, sources close to the record labels said lawsuits against individuals are being seriously considered in the fight against peer-to-peer piracy--a battle that until now has focused primarily on the companies that provide file-swapping software and services.
"I think they're serious about it," said Siva Vaidhyanathan, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the author of "Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How it Threatens Creativity." "I think they're serious about it because they're desperate, but I would predict it's going to do more alienating than scaring."
What's happening to Canada's cities? Broadcast and site by CBC television claims that Canadian cities are on the verge of steep decline into riots and violence. You may also want to take a look at another article on urban sprawl and decay in Canada.
In America one sees a good deal of Christianity, but it does not address the spiritual needs of the people. Just as salty seawater cannot quench thirst, much of American religion cannot satisfy a spiritually thirsty person because it is saturated with materialism. Although America is a "Christian" nation and there are many sincere Christians in America, the majority of the people there have no faith. There, where it is so easy to have religion, where religion is offered on every side and no one is persecuted for their beliefs, life should be peaceful. Instead, there is a mad rush and hustle and bustle after money and comfort and pleasure. In India, many Christians suffer bitter persecution but continue to find happiness in their new faith. Because it is so easy to have faith in America, people do not appreciate what a comfort there is in faith.
Excerpted from Wisdom of the Sadhu by Sadhu Sundar Singh via the Daily Dig from PloughLabels: affluenza
 A indepth review I wrote on The Art of Innovation is now online at TheOOZE. Labels: book reviews, TheOoze
"Think about it. If another adult spent five or six hours a day with your kids, regularly exposing them to sex, violence and rampantly commercial values, you would probably forbid that person to have further contact with your children. Yet most families passively allow the media to expose kids routinely to these same behaviors - sometimes worse - and do virtually nothing about it"
AKMA does a very good job of tackling some issues in regards to teaching and learning. He has some excellent comments on e-Learning and also the idea of conveyor belt education in seminaries and ministry. I added a couple of my own thoughts here.
In most denominations and colleges, a person feels a call to ministry and in many cases is steered by the denomination, local church, or elders to a seminary or Bible college. There it is decided how many classes and or credits it takes to graduate and be qualified (in some eyes) for ministry. It is largely up to the student to meet the colleges expectations of performance. In many ways it is a fine way to produce some professions like engineers but I wonder about pastors. If you talk to some in ministry, as long as the pastor is using the right tools and methods he or she will succeed. Reading people like Eugene Peterson, Erwin McManus and others, they believe that pastoral ministry is an art.
As AKMA points out conveyor belt education has some serious limitations. Over the last few months, I have been fascinated with the metaphor that Brian McLaren used in Toronto. For him, the metaphor is one of the apprentice and the master. The master takes an apprentice so he or she can become masters and take on their own apprentices.
Instead of the conveyor belt, what would our seminaries and church communities look like with such a guiding metaphor. I am not saying their is no roll for a classroom but realizing that the classroom has incredible limitations and we need to do more. Some colleges are so proud of these one year internships. I don't know how long it takes to develop the skills to pastor but after seven years (I was called to only be their for six months -- need to talk to the Board about that) I am still learning new skills.
Since I started to go to college, I had hands on mentors. Vern Munshaw, and Dennis Camplin all acted in some capacity for involvement in my own learning the "art of pastoring". Without them, I would have failed. They taught me how to feel out certain situations, when to push forward and when to back down. Some was direct, some by watching, and some by anecdotes. All were invaluable. I could envision a process where someone mentored a student throughout their degree and pastoral ministry. In the process worked as an mentor to push them along but also to work with the school to find a way to maximize ways for learning, even in non-traditional ways.
There are several reason why I think it will be a long time until we see a significant change in the way people are taught in colleges and seminaries.
1) A new way of doing things would be an admission that the way pastors are being trained isn't getting the job done which would imply that the ones that are in ministry now are not properly trained. Who has the courage to suggest it.
2) Money. Do churches, denominations, and colleges have the money to give professors, pastors, and other leaders the time to mentor long term and build into existing leaders.
3) Lack of mentors. There are not a lot of masters out there. I remember a pastor telling me about his denominational college and internships. He said that there are only a few pastors who would want to mentor anyone. While I have some wonderful professors, some openly admitted that they are teaching because they did not like or care about the pastorate (and oddly seemed to dislike too... I see a pattern). Are we willing to accept that there are people pastoring and teaching that would actually do more damage than good. Labels: seminary
For those of you who have followed my blog from the beginning, it was Marek that first welcomed me to the world of the blogosphere with a really cool post and then added me to his blogroll. I have come to appreciate Marek and his writings over the year. I found out today that he is sick and in the hospital with some scary symtoms. My prayers go out for him.
Google has become one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley by helping millions of Internet users search the Web smarter and faster. But how does this wildly popular search engine find the new ideas that will keep its business moving forward? By ''googling'' itself.
Lakeview took out an option on the land in the map. It is right beside a new tennis club and a Garden Centre along the Yellow Head highway going east.
Approximately 1500 resources compiled by Earl Creps to help leaders enhance their relevance in a rapidly emerging culture. Labels: Emergent
Hello, my name is Jordon Cooper and I am a nerd.
At least in comparison to Alan Creech. After I read that Alan is a negative 21.84% in the nerd world, I was in shock and denial. It can't be true I told myself. My mom always told me I was the coolest. After talking to my wife, kid, dog, and a couple people on Star Trek Roleplaying Game Message Boards it has been confirmed, Alan Creech is way cooler than I am. Personally I think it has something to do with the fact that he is an Apple user (and according to the link, smarter and richer) You will want to check out his excellent weblog, while you are coming to grips with my geekness. His wife Liz has a great blog as well. Labels: technology
In addition to destroying the British Columbia economy with an illegal tarrif on lumber, they are jerks at our party.
The G8 dispute highlights tensions between the Republican President and the Liberal Prime Minister, who had a warm relationship with Bill Clinton, Mr. Bush's predecessor.
Just before the summit began, Mr. Chr�tien dismissed the President's trade subsidy policies as "stupid" and said he would never let him push Africa from the top spot on the G8 agenda.
It has been reported Mr. Bush refers to Mr. Chr�tien as "dino" -- as in dinosaur -- and that he has not forgiven him for derogatory remarks he made about his father, George Bush Sr., the former president, when Brian Mulroney was in power.
It reminds me of the deep dislike that John G. Diefenbaker and John F. Kennedy had for each other. Some things never change. Labels: politics
 Latest purchase off of Amazon.ca. I am hoping that the book is as good as the hype. I noticed that Chapters.ca was hyping it so when I was in Chapters in Regina I was going to buy it. What was I thinking in believing that Chapters would talk to Chapters.ca and carry the books in store that the website are promoting. It kind of explains why I bought the book off of Amazon.ca as well.
Satire Web breaks the story on the botched Canadian invasion of the United States. Embarrassed Canadian generals today conceded an overzealous officer defied orders and started fires in Quebec to shroud the eastern seaboard in smoke before Canada had finished preparing its full-scale invasion of the United States.
With the botched invasion now public, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chr�tien scrambled to diffuse anger in Washington. Fortunately, his explanation to President Bush has so far succeeded in deflecting American ire. "He told me the smoke wasn't from Quebec," said Bush. "He said it was from al Quebec. Those guys are everywhere
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure
I just got back from Regina and their Science Centre and IMAX where we watched one of the most amazing IMAX films I have ever seen. It was the story of Sir. Ernst Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance. The film was full of original footage, pictures, and was based on journal and log entries of the crew. If you can see this IMAX, I would do almost anything to do it. It was the best movie I have seen in years.
Off to destabilize Regina's economy.
Am off tomorrow morning early to Saskatchewan's provincial capital and economic backwater to see the IMAX presentation of Shackleton. Will be joined by a plethora of bloggers, Wendy, John Campea, Jeb Runquist, and Darren Friesen and two others. It will be good to get out of the office. Today was a horrible day for several reasons. Wendy was really hurt today and I had some heartbreaking things to deal with at a pastoral level. A co-worker told me today that she doesn't lose sleep over other people's bad decisions. I am not at that point yet. I lose sleep. Lots of it. Labels: Blogger, blogging, economics, Wendy Cooper
Jason Evans posts this today. I like #10
Relying on the Advice of Experts
- Tempted to listen to successful people -- THEIR SITUATION IS NOT YOURS!
- It's not their vision -- keep their hands off
- Stay sober; make sure your judgment is clear!
Dear Jeff Bezos,
Amazon.ca! Listen to me. I have already ordered from you. You know I know that you exist so STOP SENDING ME SPAM! I love your company but you are spamming me every day. Labels: technology
dtour is a great community site dealing with life and ministry in a postmodern context. Malcolm Hawker has done a great job with the site and it is worth a visit. I think sites like this are important because of the people behind them. Just as Spencer Burke, John O'Keefe, and others have done a great job of networking people in the US, people like Malcolm and others do a great job all over the world.
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