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DVDevos – Video Devotionals for Visual Christians

This week I wanted to highlight the ministry of two Evangelical Friends and some of the cool things they’re doing. Matt Taflan and Shawn Belt, both from Ohio, have joined together in Florida to make short video devotionals they are calling DVDevos.  They see this as an opportunity to

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Asides in the Feed – Yes or No?

It wasn’t too long ago that I added a feature to my website now called “Wess’ Notepad.”  Basically it’s a spot where I can make some “bunny trails,” if you will.  This is because I really do try to stay on task with offering posts that concern the

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Now WordPress 2.1 Powered

[Edit – Wait to upgrade I am having some serious duplication and comment issues.] [Edit – Okay now everything should be up and running.  I had some problems with two plugins the “Subscribe to Comments” plugin and the Sideblog plugin (which I use for my notepad).  Once there are updated files I

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Become a Clean Slate Poser in 3 Easy Steps

Due to the small phenomena created by the recent battle of the Clean Slate bands, I thought it would be cool to have others join in the fun.  So if you would like to join the Clean Slate fan club, better known as the Clean Slate Posers here’s how.

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Clean Slate Rock n Roll vs. Clean Slate Holy Rollers

My dad’s band from the 70’s was based out of Canton, Ohio and called Clean Slate.  This is what they looked liked (can you guess who my dad is?): Want to see more Clean Slate photos? So that’s pretty sweet right? But there is another band who

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FAQs: What is Worship? (Pastoral Quaker Perspective)

In reading Thomas Hamm’s absolutely wonderfulQuakers in America I came across a good quote about how virtually all pastoral Friends today would agree on what the Richmond Declaration says about worship, the statement comes from the Declaration which is actually highly disputed but Hamm believes most would get behind

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One of the Coolest Prizes I’ve Ever Won

I just signed up for my media temple account, a hosting company where I will soon be moving my blog over to.  I’ve wanted an account with them for quite awhile now, all my favorite bloggers seem to use (mt), but hadn’t decided to switch over until I

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Hack Your Moleskine GTD Style

Updated: You can now see my step-by-step process for turning a Moleskine into a Student-based GTD system. I just found this amazing post on HylineSkies that shows you how to set up your moleskine to help in “Getting Things Done.”  I love using my Moleskine and have had one since

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Something to listen to

I’ve added a little music widget to the bottom of my links page so I can share some music.  All this talk about mixed tapes and all, I thought I’d give you a listen to some stuff I like right now. The widget is also below, click on

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Methods in History: Learning a Few New Tricks

I hate to apologize for not writing anything meaningful lately because then I have to admit that it’s true, but I am going to do it anyways.  Sorry for all these short posts to the notepad but that’s about all I have time for lately. I’ve got

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The New iPhone Commercial (Kind of)

Edit] Added link. Just saw this earlier today and I had to share it. [ev type=”google” data=”483898781390644117″][/ev] Seems like it’s not working for some reason…here is the link just in case. Is it working for anyone? Technorati Tags: Apple Computer, Iphone, video

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The Short Fat Kid Misses Mixed Tapes (And So Do I)

Shawn from “Fighting to Stay Awake” has announced the winner of this year’s blog post of the year contest he was hosting on his site. The winner is the “Short Fat Kid” with his post called “I Miss Mixed Tapes.”  It brings back some great memories, I wonder if

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David Bazan Interviewed By Relevant Magazine

Relevant Magazine has two great interviews with one of my favorite musical artists David Bazan, the former front man for Pedro the Lion.    I found this quote from the interview where he talks about one of his new songs “Cold Beer and Cigarettes” to be very telling of some of

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Richard Kentopp Meets George Michael

One of our housemates Richard Kentopp just meet “George Michael” from Arrested Development last night.  Here are those pictures. Congrats Richard you are finally a star.

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Left Behind Video Game Hopes to Improve Public Relations Before It’s Too Late

[Edited to Add Picture Link see the bottom of post for more details] I’ve writen a couple time on the new Left Behind Video Game called “Eternal Forces.” Post #1 — Left Behind Eternal Forces: Violence for Christians Post #2 Training Violent Behaviors: Media and the Message of Desensitization [rant]

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Cold War Kids Ep Online

My brother-in-law just sent me a link to a news release from the Cold War kids a band I recently found out about and really dig.  These tracks are free to download and check out, I don’t know how long they’ll be up so grab them as soon

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Gathering In Light 2006: A Year in Review

This past year has been a lot of fun on many fronts for me but I’ve had an especially great time blogging in 2006.  I thought it would be fun to post some of the things that standout in my memory as important events for gathering in light and

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Apple Live Coverage of MacWorld

Not that it makes a lot of difference to the overall purpose to this site but I’ve been interested in what’s going to happen at MacWorld today. You can keep up with live updates at Schwartztech.us.  And I will update once it’s over. I thought I’

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Christian Traditions Tree – Missing Quakers

Ben from Open Switch has posted a family tree which covers the majority of Christian traditions, though unfortunately it leaves out the Quakers?  It’s a great visual aid that can help you understand the flow between the various groups, and important dates to know.  I can see why Ben

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Book Review on Brian McLaren’s “The Secret Message of Jesus”

This is a guest post, reprinted with permission, Review and rant by Jarrod McKenna. What’s emerging out of the “emerging church movement”? Ever wonder what will emerge out of the ‘emerging church movement’?  Watching from the very different context of Australia it’s interesting to observe some of the

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Blogger Computer Bag?

Is this for real, what more could you want than a Blogger Timbuktu Bag?  This is just what every blogger needs to become extra hip, something else to help add even more opportunity to say the word “blog” in everyday conversation. I am really happy with my regular Timbuktu bag,

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Geez Magazine’s Ten Reasons for Being an Evangelical

I stumbled upon Geez Magazine this past quarter as some of the students in our class dug it up for one of their class projects.  In looking around I found that I really like what they are trying to do. Think of it as a Christian version of Culture Jam,

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Celtic Treasure: Daily Scriptures and Prayer

“Celtic Treasure: Daily Scriptures and Prayer” by J. Philip Newell is a great book for family devotions.  Emily and I got it a year ago and often use it when we have prayer times together.  It’s really easy to follow and has beautiful prayers and pictures painted by the

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Blogging Goals for G.i.L. in 2007 – A Blogger’s New Year’s Resolution

The new year is finally here, not that I was in a rush to get here but with a sense of anticipation we’re facing another year of exciting prospects. In keeping with a trend common among many bloggers (see Copy Blogger, Fernando and Glenn Worsely) I thought I’d

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Some of My Favorite 2006 Mac Weblogs

I love using a mac and I love to keep up with all the new tricks, tips, shareware and freeware that that mac community continues to make.  Over the past year I’ve found some great Apple bloggers who know their stuff, and who have helped me to hone my