Amusing Ourselves to Death – Neil Postman in 2010

I just recently finished Neil Postman’s book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. After reading it, I can say without qualification that I believe this book is absolutely essential reading for any ministry leader, church communications professional/volunteer, or even anyone who owns a TV or computer. To put it [...]

Then and Now

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Those Chick-Fil-A fans…

I saw this on Facebook the other day. They’ve apparently started “Suggesting” other fan pages to you that other people who like the same fan pages like. (You may need to read that sentence a few times…sorry). I’m a fan of Chick-Fil-A (both in real life and on Facebook), so they’ve been suggesting pages that [...]

Television is a Drug

Saw this over on ChurchCreate and it further strengthened my already existing feelings about TV. Making a promise to myself right now that I will never buy a television. What do you think? (PS, if you’re reading this in an email or a feed-reader, click here)

Blackberry Cupcakes

I wanted to make a fruit-based cupcake to celebrate the start of summer, so I figured blackberries would work great (and they were a LOT cheaper than Raspberries ) Basically these are normal cupcakes with LOTS of blackberries mixed in to the mix and into the cream cheese frosting. Anyhow, the frosting was a bit [...]