MethoBlogroll Mirror Test : books

chris brogan & trust agents : stories & philosophy of social media

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:52:33 GMT

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......(read more)

Your Jesus is too Safe : Jared C Wilson names 'em for Us

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:40:03 GMT

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......(read more)

Review: Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert

bethquick.com — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:44:00 GMT

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...(read more)

more explaination of technology & virtual community : shane hipps day

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:36:00 GMT

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....(read more)

enough review : the advice you probably already knew but forgot

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:11:00 GMT

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......(read more)

What Might Have Been

bethquick.com — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:15:00 GMT

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...(read more)

reclaiming wesley : a little creativity from the methochurch

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:04:06 GMT

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......(read more)

youth ministry 3.0 : emerging youth ministry observation

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:02:32 GMT

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......(read more)

unfettered hope : technology and commodification of parents

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:46:00 GMT

...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...(read more)

Review: Stephenie Meyer, The Twilight series, the movie, and The Host

bethquick.com — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:35:00 GMT

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....(read more)

living biblically : immersion

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:59:00 GMT

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talking high definition : being digital

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:57:57 GMT

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......(read more)

churched : a funny

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:33:00 GMT

"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.......(read more)

see what i found : politics and childrens books

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:16:27 GMT

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......(read more)

Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

bethquick.com — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:48:00 GMT

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...(read more)