I added a kind of blogroll to my Now Page. Blogrolls are a great way to discover and help others discover useful things.
Now I have a now page.
I am determined to play the first movement of the a-minor Saint-Saëns cello concerto in tune and up to speed before the end of my vacation. Watch out! 🤨
Magnets: A Common Apple Magic Trick
As a young kid, I thought magnets were about the coolest things ever. Here in my 30s, I feel the same way.
I’m trying to learn how to use GitLab. I know it’s designed for developers, but I think it may be useful for my church as a repository for important documents, a wiki for sharing various policies and guidelines, and maybe as a project management tool too.
What do you think? Do you think it’s a good idea?
Any advice, articles, or videos you’d suggest for a total noob? The intro support videos at GitLab were a little too advanced for me.
I just added Conscience: What It Is, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ by Andrew David Naselli and J. D. Crowley to my I Recommend page. 📚
Christopher Green’s talk on project management and teamwork is really good. And it includes some surprising advice about working faster. Pulling from the Right: How an Agile Team Organizes Work
Tomorrow, we have three people joining our church. One is a new believer. Yay!
To join, each will affirm five questions, including this one related to the Trinity:
Do you believe in one living and true God, in whom eternally there are three distinct persons—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit—who are the same in being and equal in power and glory, and that Jesus Christ is God the Son, come in the flesh?
Some people doubt the value of this doctrine and may even wonder if it should be required for membership. “Isn’t this better left to the theologians?”
The answer is no. As theologian Fred Sanders explains in 5 Myths about the Trinity,“the Trinity is too important to be left to theological experts.”
If you aren’t so sure, read @fredfredsanders article and see what you think.
Also, we’d love it if you would pray for these souls and our whole church.
About ten years ago, a lot of people started to abandon their own blogs and personal websites because it was so much easier to blog and microblog on other sites like Facebook and Twitter. But in the last year or so, two things have happened that are making many people want reclaim their own space on the web.
- We’ve learned a lot about the downsides of social media silos. Here’s just the most recent problem.
- Blogging is way easier than it once was, especially if you choose an almost frictionless option like I did by hosting my blog on Micro.blog. My friend @Nathanrhale just opened up about why he’s considering it too. And there are other good options as well.
If you’re curious and would like to learn more, start by reading Manton Reece’s final post in his helpful series, 12 Days of Microblogging.
Reading the various reflections tonight on the closing of the Weekly Standard reminds me of all the nice things people say after a person has died. A little late guys, but it’s still good to hear.
Robot celebrities are going to redefine the media, according to me, based on this.