John Baillie’s prayer and perspective

I stumbled across this prayer in Phillip Yancey’s book Prayer. It’s written by Scottish theologian and professor John Baillie (1886-1960) in his Diary of Private Prayer: Teach me, O God, so to use all the circumstances of my life today…

dot Mac is really not Mac

For two years, I paid the $99 subscription price to Apple’s GPL service called “.Mac” (dot Mac). It was originally a pretty nifty service. My contacts, calendar and files could be backed up to the dot Mac server and synced…

Why do we breathe?

I heard David Platt speak for the first time last night during worship at Collegiate Week Glorieta. At 29, Platt is a dynamic and powerful communicator, but it’s not because he’s “hip,” “relevant,” or “connected” – all descriptors that seem…

Blogging as a thought sorter

I’ve been considering all the reasons why I blog, and when I began blogging back in September 2005, it was not that much of a leap for me in lifestyle change. I’d been a journaler for many years. Writing has…

UAM MBSF site up

Give Rob Leonard, campus minister for the Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship at UAM some props by stopping by their new site at www.uammbsf.com and leaving a comment. I set it up for their new building campaign. Throw them some money…

Half and half…

Just a thought… from where I sit in the “chuck wagon” at Glorieta, NM for Collegiate Week, I can see about 10 students/ministers on laptops – checking email, blogging, etc. Last time I was here was in 2002. It was…

Glorieta: Day 2

Well, the day is not even half over, but I had to post during our free time this afternoon. Landon Dowden, New Orleans Baptist Seminary grad and pastor/planter of Crosspoint Church in Baton Rouge, LA is one of our speakers…

Why blog?

Sometime ago, Ben over at openswitch had a great entry about how to enjoy blogging and not burn out. Ben summarizes his “why’s” in this way: Enjoy the writing process Enjoy the designing process Fakery is not sustainable Tell your…