Tech history professor David Stearns pointed out a post on Kempt magazine about a new idea for social gatherings called PhoneStack. It works like this: as you arrive, each person places their phone facedown in the center of the table. As the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Spiritual Formation
Dictation vs. Inspiration Have you ever wondered if God could use you to write Scripture? Sure, we might say, God can do anything and use anyone. It didn’t have to be Haggai or Paul or John of Patmos; that’s just who … Continue reading
The first chapter of Brad J. Kallenberg’s excellent book God and Gadgets opens with the following passage from the 1790 version of the Book of Common Prayer. He tells the reader to “watch for a surprise,” so please, watch for it. … Continue reading
Beyond Facts Take a look at these two sentences Those two people are married. And I now pronounce you man and wife. Think for a minute – what’s the difference between the two? The first is simply a statement about … Continue reading
I have not sent an email to my dad in more than 6 years. We’re not facebook friends, he doesn’t follow me on twitter, and he doesn’t get updates about our kids. This is not because I don’t love him … Continue reading
A few days ago I was doing some research on creating and parsing CSV files, and I came across something called the “1st Law of Internet Communications” which was coined by Jon Postel, an early pioneer of the technology behind … Continue reading
With the flip of a switch last week, the last factory in the United States making old style incandescent bulbs – the kind Thomas Edison spent much of the 1870s perfecting – closed down for good. Like the other factories … Continue reading
Haiti and Suffering Since the horrible earthquake in Haiti, it has been encouraging to see the incredible outpouring of support and mobilization using all available resources and technology. The devastation there is so terrible it is impossible to fathom, and … Continue reading
Last November, Christianity Today asked me to write a short piece that answered the question, “Which new technologies hold the most promise—and the most peril—for use in church ministries?” Instead of discussing a particular technology (as Brad Abare and Mark … Continue reading
A reader named Adam posted a few videos from Wheaton College of Professor Read Schuchardt’s chapel presentation in which he addresses several issues with our media and electronically saturated culture (see his notes for additional quotes from the lectures) . For … Continue reading
