About a month after I bought my laptop, I sat down in church for the Sunday morning worship service and opened up the bulletin. An announcement about the church’s partnership with a health agency stated: Hospice is looking for someone with writing ability and a laptop.
Why didn’t they just print my name in the bulletin?
For [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Answering the call to a new job
Posted in Ministry, tagged Abundant Life Hospice, Isaiah 30:21 on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
God texts the Ten Commandments
Posted in Ministry, tagged Exodus 20:22, Ten Commandments, texting on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Texting – I both love it and hate it. It’s great to communicate quickly and instantly. But the spartan format creates plenty of opportunity for misinterpretation.
These Ten Commandments posted on McSweeneys are a humorous look at both God’s hard and fast rules and the language of texting.
God texts the Ten Commandments
By Jamie Quatro
1. no1 b4 [...]
Margin Call: Raising a glass to dreamers
Posted in Margin Call on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re feeling down about the future of American business, may I suggest buying milk.
Trek out to the Shatto Milk Co. country store near Osborn and chug a glass of ice-cold chocolate milk. It will be refreshing on a hot day and the story behind it is pure inspiration in a bottle.
The first time I [...]
One facebook friend at a time
Posted in Margin Call, tagged Facebook, Steve Booher on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Of all the things Facebook has given our society, the greatest, I believe, is that it has transformed the word friend into a verb.
Before the social networking site pervaded interactions, you could only make friends or be friends. On Facebook, you put up a page with your photos, as much personal information as you [...]
Margin Call: Pony Express rides again!
Posted in Margin Call on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pony Express Rider
Dueling mayors attended the send-off for the Pony Express this week.
Mayor Ken Shearin, standing tall in a Stetson, administered the oath to the riders who on Tuesday morning re-enacted the historic event of the first letter to leave St. Joseph for the West Coast.
From the rooftop of the Patee House Museum, Bob [...]
