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Internet = Huge Time Sink

April 28, 2012 in Personal with 0 Comments

I set this goal of writing 5 post a week, and since the original 5 I have been unsuccessful in that adventure!

The problem is that I’m off focus. Between school, research, and social networking I spend a lot of time online. Probably too much. All that leads to is a brain full of information with no time to share it!

I’m going to take the week off from the non-essential internet. No blog. No Facebook*. No Google Reader.

I’ll use that time to brain dump the hundreds of issues running through my head. A group from leadership here at Crossroads is heading to the The Gospel Summit this week and it would be wonderful to have had some focus time before we arrive in Raleigh-Durham.

See you in a week internet.

(There will be automated post to Facebook that have already been set up. But I won’t be following up on them. And I’ll probably share the awesome things I learn at the Gospel Summit, but again, I’m not following up until after a week!)

Francis Chan – Free eBooks

April 6, 2012 in Books, Personal, Theology with 0 Comments

Francis Chan and David Cook Publishing are giving away ebook versions of 3 of Chan’s books.

The titles are :
Erasing Hell
Forgotten God
Crazy Love

Head here to get your free books!

New Directions

March 13, 2012 in Crossroads Church, Personal with 0 Comments

I have been wrestling for a while trying to determine what to do with my time online. I have a blog, Facebook, Twitter, and any other given number of social apps that are hit and miss when it comes to purpose. At times I don’t interact with them at all, and other times the content is poor.

But I’m not a throw the baby out with the bath water kind of guy. I love spending time online and interacting with others.

Here is what I’ve decided:
I can use my presence online for the glory of God and the good of people. There’s a way that I can pastor online, and that’s what I’m going to do.

My new vision for social networking and the blog is this:
To focus on discipleship in a way that leads to mission.

  • We’re going to talk a lot of theology. Above that, we’re going to grapple with the implications of what we believe. Basically, what should we believe and how should we live it out.
  • I’m going to post 5 days a week. Maybe more, but at least 5.
  • I’m going to share a lot more of my personal struggles and victories through my blog.
  • I want the blog to be a conversation, not an online journal.
  • I’m going to be more concerned with content I put into Facebook than with what I’m getting out.

That’s that.

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