This week’s Video of the Week is sure to make you chuckle. Watch as Jonnie W. performs his Joke Medley.
Have a great weekend!
As you already know I am a big fan of the book I Am A Church Member by Thom Rainer. I have reviewed the book here and have written posts on our Sunday School discussions of each chapter. Now the concept has gone digital. The book now has its own iOS application available free in the App Store.
This new application for you iOS device is designed to help you put the book into practice. The application contains notable quotes from each of the six chapters in the book. Once you click on one of these quotes, you are able to post the quote directly to your Twitter or Facebook account, email, or even text the quote to a friend. All from within the application.
But quoting the book is only one way that you can put the book into action. The app also contains the pledges from the book and allows you to electronically sign each pledge. While reading the book, you are presented with a pledge at the end of each chapter designed to make you accountable for putting the chapter into action.
These are a few interesting and geeky finds that I have discovered around the web in the past few days.
Klingon
I’m not really a trekie but there are few things any more geeky than a good old Klingon translation. And now Bing has gotten into the act by adding Klingon to their web translation tools. You can check out your favorite sites by visiting the Bing Translator. Or if you are feeling even more adventurous just watch as ChristianDroid is transformed into the 24th century when you click here.
Breakout
If you are as old as I am then I know you will remember the old Atari Breakout game. I remember going to the Sears & Roebuck store and being fascinated by Pong when it was introduced and Breakout just took things to a whole new level of entertainment. Google is celebrating the creation of this video game legend with its very own search game. Just go to Google and type in Atari Breakout, then click on the image search and sit back and play a cool little game of Breakout. Or if you can’t wait to play, just click here.
Google I/O
The Google I/O conference starts today, for those of you who are not geeks, the Google I/O conference is the annual Everything Google Event. To celebrate this years conference, Google has hidden some Easter Eggs into its I/O website. Go to the Google I/O page and type or click the I and O in the following patterns to see the different I/O font schemes.
- Cat : IIIOOIII
- Space: OOIOIOIO Continue Reading…
Each week for the past four weeks, the Sunday School Class that I lead at church has been taking a look at Thom Rainer’s book, I Am A Church Member. This week we discussed Chapter 4, I Will Pray For My Church Leaders.
At first glance, one might assume that this would be the least convicting chapter in this book, as Rainer explains what it means to be a church member. However, it doesn’t take long to realize that even though the ideas mentioned in this chapter are easy to understand they do require as much focus and effort on the part of the member as the other chapters that we have covered.
I don’t think that anyone would deny that our church leaders need our prayers. However, how many of us actually take time out of our day, each day, to pray for them. The answer should be 100% of us but sadly this is not the case. Our church leaders are usually under appreciated and most always taken for granted.
Many feel that since the pastor (or minister, preacher, or whatever you call your worship leader) is getting paid then he or she should always be there whenever, or wherever we feel they should. Many feel that the pastor works for them personally and should do things the way the member wants them done. Some even feel like the man behind the pulpit on Sunday mornings has the cushiest job in the world. After all, who else only works for a couple of hours each Sunday and then spends the rest of the week at their leisure.
This week’s Video of the Week is an older performance but one that still makes me laugh every time I see it. Watch as Chonda Pierce discusses her piano lessons. I hope you find it as funny as I do.
Happy Mother’s Day!
