Friday Favorites, and Some Speedlinking
A very long time ago, I posted an article called “What’s In My Feed Reader“. Back then, there wasn’t all that much in my feed reader … probably 5 sites or so. And even though that has changed a little (I now digest 80 feeds), all of the sites listed in that article are still there, and many of them remain on the top of my favorites list.
Including HealYourChurchWebsite.com. Recently, Dean has put a lot more time into blog posts, and what he has to say is DEFINITELY worth reading, especially if you work with your church’s website. He offers practical tips to “heal” your injured church website. Some of the tips are obvious, but since churches don’t always have the gift of the obvious, the tips are necessary. I would even recommend that pastors subscribe to his feed. His site is definitely on the “must read list”, trust me.
He also runs Blogs4God.com, a digg-like blog aggregation site built specifically for Christian blog posts. Definitely use that one to submit or find cool blog posts from good Christian writers.
Speedlinking:
- The Access Elevation Blog posted on how they handle seating dynamics. I actually witnessed this first hand last Sunday at Elevation. I explained it to Meredith later, and was telling her the theory behind blocking off seating. Who knew they’d explain the same thing on their blog later? :-)
- My friend Cory redesigned his personal biz site. Looks awesome! Dang, I really wish I could get nathanrice.com. Oh well!
- Matthew has 2 good articles up at his blog. One is a summary of the Guillermo Gonzalez controversy, and the other is a follow up to his post (and ours) on deduction to design.
- Speaking of, be sure to head over here and continue the conversation (if you care anything about science, that is)
- This story was a very gutsy, yet interestingly accurate assessment of the tabloid-esque, destructive criticisms from the shadows of the Christian blogosphere.
- Paul Peterson had a great article on an answered prayer. Conicidence? Doubt it.
- I’ll be taking Perry’s advice here and here and will be going on a diet soon. I’ve gotten chubby, and it’s not cool.
- Tony Morgan had a great post about how it would look if we treated our blogs like we wanted to treat our churchs. Quote - “I recently had a few subscribers leave my blog for smaller blogs. They were looking for a site where they could shake hands with the blogger at the end of each post.” Funny stuff :-)
- Verum Serum responded to the VCY’s ridiculous smearing of Chuck Swindoll. It is a must-read this week. It’s so interesting how different things look when you view them in context. Thanks VS!
- Is this thing not the funniest thing you’ve ever heard? My goodness, if we don’t pronounce the word “holy” with a Wisconsin accent, it must be disrespectful!!!
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Mmmm… that was some good “fanny shakin music”. It really made me want to “get up and writhe.” “Hole-eh!”
Nathan, I’m laughing out loud at work. It’s embarrassing. I blame you.
Ben,
Is that not ridiculous? Honestly, it sounds like a parody or something, doesn’t it? About half way through that song, I was actually enjoying listening to it. I guess that’s just “the flesh” taking over or something :-) I actually really like gospel music … Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and such.
Not to mention that it is borderline racist, if you asked me.
Good for you! I got pretty chubby myself, but I got dedicated and am steadily losing weight and restoring my muscle tone. I got up to a high of 205 pounds (waaaay too much for my 5′9″ frame) but I’m now back down to 180, and hopefully will be able to get back to 160 or thereabouts. I was up to a 36 waist, now I’m on the line between 33 and 34- but I’m still aiming for 32 :)
George,
You sound like you could be my twin :-)
I never got to the 200 mark or anything, but I’m right around your height and waist size/weight. I’m also aiming for 150-160. I’m doing nutrisystem, then hitting the gym. Of course, that will start mid-june after my mini-vacation :-)
Nathan, I hate the “r” word — it is perhaps the most overused word in American society.
That said, this clip is not “borderline racist” — there’s nothing “borderline” about it!! She criticizes the way a word is pronounced based on the ethic genre of the music, and somehow is divinely aware that the angels all sound like Anglo-Saxons.
The disappointing thing in this is that we won’t enjoy schaudenfreude in heaven, so I won’t be able to laugh hysterically at the look on her face when Ingrid finds out that Michael (the arch-angel) sounds like Samuel L Jackson. ;-)
Brendt,
At first I thought your comment was hostile, as if you were condemning me for using the “r-word”, but after I finished reading it, I quite literally laughed for 5 minutes straight! Even after I finished laughing, I had that tickle that made me laugh again every 10 seconds or so :-)
That had to be one of the most clever comments anyone has left on this blog in a long time. I salute you, my friend — that was HILARIOUS!!!
Yeah, your usage of the ‘r’ word was one of the few correct usages that I’ve heard in the last last, oh, 20 years or so. Which is what made it all the more important.
Glad you enjoyed the funny parts, too. Sometimes you gotta laugh at this kinda stuff.