- Pokemon
- Video Games
- Bad Preaching
I believe that one of the three items in that list is actually a tool of the devil. This guy disagrees.
Things that are of the Devil
The Links effect
It’s been a while since I last shared some significant link love. And I like doing these posts – it reminds me how much fun the blogosphere is…
I’m looking forward to working at a church that cares about the small things – like fonts – next year (not that our current one doesn’t – it’s just I don’t work for it). Simone is writing a new series of Sunday School material on 1-2 Kings.
Jeff’s sermon on evangelism prompted some interesting application of his application. He also posted on the gender pay issue that cropped up in the comments of Benny’s last (or second last) post.
Ali noticed that conversation starter cards are springing up everywhere.
Kutz designed a cool shirt and perhaps started a sub-movement.
Ben created a word game.
Tim posted some good analysis of the World Cup bid (and other Football goings on) via YouTube – Play Fair,
NIKE: TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL (high quailty), Balanced view of the world cup
Stephy at Stuff Christian Culture likes covered the wardrobe choices of “relevant” preachers in the US. But before that she took on two of my favourites – prayer requests as gossip and oversharing via prayer request. What’s worse than oversharing via prayer request is oversharing via prayer request on Facebook.
Lee who has turned into a regular comment in these parts has a couple of blogs – I guiltily enjoy Lemon Harrangue Pie more than the serious one about being a Contemporary Calvinist. But both are good stuff and I commend them to you.
Dave Miers has a great list of books people should read in their first year out of highschool – at the very least you could put them on your holiness shelf.
Andrew managed to pick a fight with some atheists on Tumblr. Having first picked one on Twitter.
Stuss reviewed Australia. She didn’t like it. I haven’t seen it. I don’t plan to. It’s a bit like the Passion. I know all the good bits so a movie is only going to cheapen the experience.
Conference blogging was all the rage – Izaac shared some thoughts on NTE talks.
Over at Christian Reflections Mikey liveblogged the Geneva Push’s In the Chute conference. There were lots of posts. Here were 24 I enjoyed.
- The future of The Geneva Push – Al Stewart
- Future of The Geneva Push – Andrew Heard
- Three dangers for evangelicals and the Bible
- Paul Dale 12 things we can do to hamper growth
- Paul Dale on humility
- Al Stewart on doing less
- Dever on normal way to grow as a Christian
- Dever on evangelistic programs
- Dever on contextualisation
- Dever on social welfare
- Dever disses vision statements
- TB on the danger of minsitering to subcultures
- WP on buying a building in working class areas
- TB on being underground church
- WP on putting ‘community’ in the church name
- Cultural style of our church gatherings
- We’ve got Mentos mints in little bowls on our tabl…
- Where do I plant?
- Geneva opportunities
- Control versus Growth
- Andrew Heard on finances
- It’s important to extract principles
- A good thing about Andrew Heard’s ministry is
- Cross the pain barrier
This is by no means an exhaustive list of the good stuff around the blogosphere but it has, for now, exhausted me.
If you’ve got something you wrote or read that is worth sharing – put it in the comments for all to see.
High steaks art
Steak Filter v0 – init from AKA MEDIA SYSTEM on Vimeo.
I am plugging composite video into a big steak, which is then cooked. The video signal going through the steak is the image of the steak cooking. Gradually, the steak loses moisture and signal can no longer pass.
London’s burning
What better way to commemorate a famous fire than to turn the skyline of the city in question into a fireplace decoration.
Now, to fetch the engines…
Via core77.
Street cred fail
Anyone who grew up playing Streetfighter 2 knows that the Shoryuken is a most potent weapon.
Here’s Big Bird unleashing the awesome power of a shoryuken (dragon punch) on the cookie monster. He knows where it’s at…
But is it worthy of a tattoo? This guy thought so. But unlike Big Bird he doesn’t have a clue how to land the killer blow.
Unfortunately he made a little mistake. see, to hit that move you’ve got to do this →↓↘ + P…
From kotaku.
Become a muppeteer
How well do you know your Muppets? Here’s a collection of 101 Muppets from the well known to the obscure, with an informative rollover.
Here’s a screenshot.
Symphony and Motorola
Vodafone put together this cool little mobile phone orchestra.
It does remind me of that scene in Black Books where Bernard takes a wooden mallet to a mobile phone.
Chess block sing
Lego stop motion videos are one of my favourite things. And I’ve got a soft spot for hip-hop. The Wu Tang Clan have never been my cup of tea – but this Lego version of their Chess Boxing video is pretty cool.
When all else fails… succeed
Failblog is for losers. Succeed Blog is where it’s at.
Chocolate fudge coated candied bacon = awesome
Bacon beer was cool. Bacon Jam sounded pretty great. But this one has to take the cake. Candied bacon by itself sounds like a taste sensation. Coat it with fudge and it’s just decadence.
Here’s how to make it.
Bear with me
Sharing gummi bears has been an almost impossible task. Until now. The average gummi bear is too small to split more than two ways.
The GummyDevil, on the other hand, has more than enough gummi goodness to go round…
You can buy one for about 30GBP.
If you need tips on how to share the big fella then this instructable on Gummi Bear surgery will come in handy.
Roasting oven
Neil from Ministry Grounds has started importing Behmor Coffee Roasters. Based on the specs, and an email from Neil, this will be a much more efficient way to roast coffee than my current breadmaker/heatgun setup.
So I ordered one yesterday. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Also, for Townsville people, Robyn and I are making (and selling) coffee at Stable on the Strand this year. If you’re in the neighbourhood you should drop by and exchange your money for our coffee.
Hottest 100: Things about Townsville
Now that I’ve officially told work I’m leaving I’m thinking about all the things I’ll be able to post here that I couldn’t before.
I’ve been mindful of the fact that as an employee of my organisation it’s a little bit dodgy for me to be promoting one business at the expense of another. That’s not the done thing around these parts. But once my official duties are over I will be able to share my expert opinion on the best things about Townsville. Thanks to my awesome job I’ve done most of the cool stuff there is to do here – from visiting tropical islands to flying in a Tiger Moth, and I’ve eaten meals and sampled coffee from just about every restaurant and cafe in town.
I’m going to try to write up a list of my 100 favourite things from the last four years. I’m not going to include people (so there’ll be no soppy references to Robyn), just places and experiences.
If you are from Townsville, or have been to Townsville, or have lived in Townsville and you have a suggestion for this list – put it in the comments.
This should be fun.