Fortuitous Bouncing
2009
April
04
You know your bracket is absolute garbage when the pastor makes fun of you on stage as he starts his message…
I’ll be rooting for Villanova the rest of the way, which likely means they will lose. That has been my luck this year.
Who you cheering for?
Blogs
- I go to seminary with Jeff and he recently posted a letter he wrote to a high school student’s parents. Totally loved what he said.
- Women should remain silent?
- My dad pointed me to a great post by a pastor in Salem. It is titled, “the difference 90 minutes can make.” Very well said. One of the best posts in a while. A must read.
- The Facebook generation and what it means.
- A new blog I’ve been reading is by C. Wess Daniels. My favorite post is about how blogging can be a ministry. Word.
- iStopover is a great new website that helps you find rooms you can rent for a cheap alternative to hotels.
News
- Is this socialism?
- How to have a blast in Portland on a budget.
- Print media will die. Here is an interesting article on the reasons why print media will die.
- A good follow on Twitter during Easter week: @Passionweek.
- For those of you who enjoyed the prank engagement video at Yankee Stadium, here is the follow up prank:
70 degrees in Portland is the forecast for Sunday. Praise the Lord.
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Tyler Braun.
yeah the high schoolers sunday morning class has always been a strange idea to me even though i know that there are churches that do it. i think it’s more effective for high schoolers to have a separate night (it was wednesdays when i was in h.s.)…a night where there weren’t parents, you could hang out w/ kids your own age, feel a sense of freedom to worship God w/o the pressure of mom and dad being near by. but that’s just my opinion. hope those parents work out their needs.
good book on women in the church: lauren cunningham’s “why not women?”- cunningham was founder of ywam. it’s one of my favorite books on the role of women in the church and addresses the “literal” verses the scripture-culture specific of various verses in the bible. i personally believe that women can have just as much authority as men…even the same kind of authority.
i also don’t know that print media will die in our generation. it’s on a downslope for sure. but our parents have a ways to go and their generation, while catching up to our still likes their newspapers in the morning. not only that but magazines are still a pretty big sale (feeling the effects of course, but)…esp. in the fashion industry and so forth. it’s more profitable for them to offer less on their websites or different things on their websites so that people will buy. and many in our generation still like picking up mags every now and then for a plethora of reasons…
I am right there with you Tyler and VILLANOVA! I have a tendaticy to go for the Underdog. I was one for many years until God choose some 30 years ago and I am proud to say I am a Born-Again Christian. And today I am Alive, Clean & Sober by The Grace of God, PTL!!!
Yours in Christ,
Doug B.