Random Nerd 8.28.09: Is Social Media a Fad

Is social media a fad or is it a fundamental shift in how we communicate? I vote for the latter.

The Prodigal God

I recently picked up and devoured Tim Keller’s little book titled The Prodigal God: Rediscovering the Heart of the Christian Faith.  What I found was one of the most concise, succinct, and engaging depictions of the gospel that I’ve ever encountered.
Working from the Parable of the Two Sons (which he uniquely twists into his title [...]

Random Nerd 8.21.09 – There’s an App for That

Need to call in an airstrike?  There’s an app for that:

Via Gizmodo:
MIT Professor Missy Cummings (a former F-18 Hornet Navy Pilot), and her team of 30 students and undergrads, have successfully demonstrated how an iPhone could be used to control an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or UAV.
As part of their [...]

Make Your Soul Dance with Joy

“Why, man, it ought to make your soul dance for joy within you to think that sin is pardoned, and righteousness is imputed to you.  This is an unchanging fact, that Christ has saved you.  If it was ever a fact, it is always a fact.  If it was ever true, it is always true, [...]

Random Nerd 8.7.09 – Twitter Stats

For the past couple of weeks, I have been doing a lot of critical and strategic thinking about the use of social media (namely blogging, Facebook, and Twitter).  In doing some research, I stumbled across these stats on Twitter from the Influential Marketing Blog. The data originated via a Sysomos report issued on the usage [...]

Seminary Intensive Week

This week I’m at Covenant Theological Seminary for a summer intensive course titled “Spiritual and Ministry Formation” taught by Dr. Phil Douglass.  This was originally a course that I had somewhat poo-poo’d, but as I’m learning, it is probably one of the most important classes of my degree program focusing in so hard on what [...]