Entries from June 2009

June 26, 2009

Inspiration

Do you need inspiration today? I do…everyday. Whenever I need a jumpstart of inspiration I go to this video: Orange Conference 2008 Intro
What do you use to inspire you?

June 24, 2009

Forgiveness

I’m working on forgiveness. It is extremely hard. Something that helps me is 2 Corinthians 2:10 -
What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ.
I have been talking with a lot of students lately who are dealing with the same issue: Conflict Resolution. In [...]

June 19, 2009

I once was lost

Have you ever read the book I Once Was Lost by Don Everts and Doug Schaupp? I was required to read it for my job and to my surprise I loved the book! I’ve written a one page review here (.doc) but for those of you who are like me and want a super fast [...]

June 16, 2009

Are students even learning anything?

What do you think?

June 16, 2009

Leadership – Doing well with what you have

Wow, I needed to hear this today. Do you do well with what you have? No I don’t mean possessions. I’m talking about with what, as a leader, you’ve been entrusted with. Over at Swerve Bobby talks about Leading Up. However, you can’t lead up if the person above you can’t trust you with what [...]

June 10, 2009

Unemployed college students

Working with college students helps me see trends in the world. One of which is the economy. For example, students live in this “college” bubble where they really don’t understand what is going on the world. This is good and bad. Good because they don’t fear many things and their passion is not supressed as [...]

June 6, 2009

Project Natal

Have you seen Project Natal for the XBOX 360? I don’t know about you but i am blown away right now. The fact that we can truly interact with technology with our whole body in our home fascinates me. Watch this video as Project Natal is able to detect movement, physical objects and even emotions.
Project [...]

June 3, 2009

How to start a movement

How do you start a movement? Over at Ragamuffin Soul Carlos Whittaker talks about 7 steps to creating a movement. Along with it is an incredible video of a guy dancing by himself in the most awkward way possible (think Elaine from Seinfeld) but then starting a giant dance party. Check it out here.
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June 2, 2009

Awkward Questions

Do you ever wonder what kids are thinking when you have a theological discussion? This has to be one of the funniest videos that puts my thoughts to words. I would love to ask these questions to someone like the Pope!