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chris brogan & trust agents : stories & philosophy of social media
today i spent my morning (and greater part of the rest of the day) with chris brogan. if you do not know who chris is, my quick description would be that he is the mayor of twitter & one of...

Posted 09-24-2009 10:52 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

Your Jesus is too Safe : Jared C Wilson names 'em for Us
i've known jared c wilson for around 3 or so years now via the blogosphere and the nashville faith communities. corresponding over the blog postings & lately over twitter. so when he asked about reviewing his upcoming book "your Jesus...

Posted 08-10-2009 12:40 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

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Review: Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
Ever since I saw a short review of Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love on Sarah Walker Cleaveland's blog, I have wanted to read it. I finally got around to it recently, and I'm so glad I finally did - an excellent, moving, thought-provoking...

Posted 03-31-2009 6:44 PM by bethquick.com

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more explaination of technology & virtual community : shane hipps day
zach lind did this little video interview for his podcast expanding a little more on what shane was getting at with technology & the virtual community. Shane Hipps and Zach Lind Discuss Virtual Community. from Zach Lind on Vimeo.

Posted 03-12-2009 3:36 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

enough review : the advice you probably already knew but forgot
a few weeks back i was sent a few copies of 'enough, discovering joy through simplicity and generosity' which is the latest book by adam hamilton. as with many of my reviews, its more about my emotions reading through the...

Posted 02-22-2009 12:11 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

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What Might Have Been
So try not to think about what might have been Cause that was then And we have taken different roads We can't go back again There's no use giving in And there's no way to know What might have been (Little Texas) As another new year begins...

Posted 01-06-2009 7:15 PM by bethquick.com

reclaiming wesley : a little creativity from the methochurch
saw this today over on kevin watson's deeply committed blog. its a promo for reclaiming the wesleyan tradtion from out of discipleship resources (a division of the general board of discipleship). i recognize one of the voices as my friend...

Posted 01-04-2009 11:04 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

youth ministry 3.0 : emerging youth ministry observation
i was given youth ministry 3.0 by the folks at youthworker movement and asked to give a recommendation on whether it is a must read, okay read, and on down the line. knowing mark oestriecher through some mild interactions and...

Posted 12-29-2008 2:02 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

unfettered hope : technology and commodification of parents
...the development of the technological milieu has caused parents to lose the natural authority they held when their children needed them to learn skills to survive. The device paradigm of our culture has also eroded parent-child relationships, for young...

Posted 12-29-2008 12:46 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

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Review: Stephenie Meyer, The Twilight series, the movie, and The Host
I'm not ashamed to admit that I recently read (and, ok, reread right away) the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, a set of four books about Bella, a young girl who moves into a new town and falls in love with Edward, who happens to be a vampire....

Posted 12-17-2008 7:35 PM by bethquick.com

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living biblically : immersion

Posted 10-17-2008 3:59 AM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

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talking high definition : being digital
one of the troubles of reading old technology books is seeing how things were projected and knowing how they turned out.The reason is that computers are becoming more and more video enabled, equipped to process and display video as a...

Posted 10-14-2008 2:57 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

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churched : a funny
"I had only been a Baptist for a few weeks, but it was already clear that God who came to the Baptist church was a lot more particular than the one I heard Methodists talk about- or he was schizophrenic....

Posted 10-13-2008 10:33 AM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

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see what i found : politics and childrens books
last night the wifey and made a stop to the barnes and noble children's book department. i miss children's books, they are so much more prophetic than so many of these theology books. these two books caught my attention. two...

Posted 09-20-2008 4:16 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

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Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
This week I finished reading Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle . I've read all of Kingsolver's books, and I love her writing style. She's definitely a favorite. However, it took me a long time to get through this one. I'm...

Posted 09-15-2008 12:48 PM by bethquick.com

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