I generally don't fall asleep at night very well. I have a really hard time turning my brain off long enough to relax. It usually takes between 45 minutes to an hour for me to fall asleep when I get into bed, a fact that Sarah very much dislikes (because I bug her while I'm still awake). Last weekend I …
Schweitzer Web 2007 – Web Empowered Church
We're very close to launching the new design for the Schweitzer web site. This update is more substantial than a design refresh, it is a complete overhaul. One of my first goals when I came on staff was to migrate away from using static pages for the web site. Last year we implemented a Joomla system that …
Anecdotes
Seth Godin had a great post last weekend about how what we do today is tomorrow's anecdote for somebody. I think this really holds true in ministry settings. Think about the last time you had either an exceptional or a very bad experience with customer service in a store or restaurant. These experiences stick with us and are oftentimes the …
G5 Update
Good news at the end of last week about the G5. The problem was indeed a dead power supply that was covered by Apple. The first replacement was DOA which prompted a frantic budget reorganization to figure out how to buy a MacPro while the problem was identified. The lack of any other brokenness showing up lead the tech to …
Sausage, Red Onion, and Sun Dried Tomato Lasagna
I'm a huge fan of lasagna, but every time I make it I like to mix things up a bit. Earlier this week I had the chance to make a quick lasagna for dinner. A quick lasagna is one that doesn't require an exceptional amount of prep work – it still takes an hour in the oven, but prior to …
MMI: Bench Warmers: How Churches are Sidelining Their Young MVPs
MMI: Bench Warmers: How Churches are Sidelining Their Young MVPs This is an interesting situation. Something I've become more interested in as I've renewed my candidacy process and filled in coordinating the young adult ministry. It's also something that I don't see very commonly at Schweitzer. We've got a lot of young adults active in a variety of areas of …
Dead G5
The G5 we use at Schweitzer for the main video editing workstation gave up the ghost last Thursday. I'd run down from the media suite to the main office Thursday afternoon and when I came back the system was unresponsive, with black screens, and refused to reboot. It's been in the shop since then, but I found out this morning …
Seminary Week 1
I've started my first course at Asbury this week and I've got to say going back to school, even online school, is more difficult than I thought it would be. I've got some gripes about course requirements – I don't really have time for a fourth small group – and I can already tell that there are going to be …
Cingular = AT&T Explained
I'm so glad that Stephen Colbert was able to explain how Cingular became AT&T (once again). I've grown to like the orange logo and personally think that the new web 2.0ified AT&T logo is horrible – it took a classic logo and made it trendy. via YouTube [yt]Bj1Mtv9cD0I[/yt]
Relevant Network
I recently subscribed to the Relevant Network as part of my expanded role at Schweitzer. Until January I had been mainly a participant in the young adult ministry, now I'm serving as the staff coordinator. Our goal is to move the ministry to be mostly led by a volunteer team. It's something I think will work very well, but the …
The Blogging Church
When I ordered The Blogging Church from Amazon I screwed something up and it shipped normal ground rather than with the two day shipping for my Amazon Prime account (which is a great thing), so it just showed up yesterday. The timing was actually really good though. My illness has made me worthless for anything but sleeping, reading, and watching …
The Power Returns, Flu, and WOW 2007
It’s great to be home again after having been gone for a week. Our power apparently came on sometime last night. We were without power for 9 days (Friday – Sunday). I’ve decided I need to get a hobby that is slightly portable and doesn’t require electricity. When our power went out I was bored within a couple of hours. …