Brad Boydston's Regular Reads

Netflix film examines why NASA shunned women astronauts in early days - Since then, NASA has begun to redeem itself by taking steps toward gender parity.

Watch a waterjet slice a perfect obsidian cube and some batarangs - The guys from Waterjet Channel took a request from a Minecraft fan who wanted to see them cut an obsidian cube, even supplying the obsidian. They also m...

ZTE Exports Ban May Mean No Google Apps, a Death Sentence For Its Smartphones - New submitter krazy1 shares a report from Ars Technica: The U.S. government is going after another Chinese Android device maker. After shutting down Huawei...

Ericsson's cost cuts start to pay off as shares soar - Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson posted improved first quarter results on Friday, but the good news did not come without costs.

The placebo ratchet - A placebo that works becomes more powerful. Which makes it more likely to work next time. It's that simple, but it's magic. Placebos work for two reasons: ...

Recruiters Look At This More Than Your LinkedIn - Here’s what they are looking for when they scroll through your Instagram and Facebook accounts. When it comes to getting your online profiles ready for a...

A Question from a Friend: About Purgatory and Being “With the Lord” - Note from CM: I get emails with lots of questions, and I received one from a good friend the other day. Here is the query and how I answered it. How would ...

Pickled Basilisk Eggs with Wasabi and Avocado - You've probably been using the same deviled egg recipe your entire life; now its time to try something different! Tye Lombardi at the Necro Nom-nom-nomic...

List of articles from allegations to resignation of Bill Hybels from Willow Creek Community Church - In order to help people who missed this story, here are what I thought were the key articles that came out from the allegations against Bill Hybels on Marc...

Chart and Outline of the Book of Amos - [image: Amos Chart Structure] *Message of Amos* Impending judgment should motivate God's people to *examine themselves* for signs of complacency, lazine...

Trump Welcomes Abe in Florida, Agrees to Put 'Maximum Pressure' on North Korea - The two world leaders agreed on issues to bring up with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, as well as the way to pressure the country into following through with i...

Scientologists were all up in Neopet's business - Since its launch in 1999, Neopets has enjoyed a pretty colorful history. The game offers users the ability to create a virtual pet to take on adventures ...

The High Five: put your hands together for this week's search trends - Every Friday, we look back at five trending topics in Search from that week, and then give ourselves a High Five for making it to the weekend. Today we’r...

A lonely looking, but oddly beautiful laundrette? - [image: A lonely looking but beautiful Japanese laundrette]

Robot successfully assembles an Ikea chair - Fittingly using only off-the-shelf components, a team of researchers in Singapore built a robot capable of assembling a Stefan chair from Ikea (minus act...

the call to complete discipleship not only to those in ministry, but to us all in Jesus - In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples. Luke 14 We often think that only pastors or those in “full tim...

Did Christianity destroy classical pagan culture? - Catherine Nixey is right: the early Christians were violently destructive. So were the Romans, the Persians, and the plagues that swept across the ancient ...

5 things you can do with Chrome Browser to increase employee productivity - Whether it’s accessing business apps, collaborating on projects or just checking email, the web browser is increasingly becoming the place where employee...

Anna Chviedaruk Operations Assistant - Belarus Anna was born and raised in Belarus. After moving to Lithuania to study business at LCC International University, she met Christ. She has since m...

10. Christian Ethics - 10.1 Rule of Faith - Matthew 22:3-40 sums up the entire ethic of Scripture--Love God and love neighbor. - The love command is an absolute. There ...

Kingdom Collaboration To The Rescue - How do you survive a church-wide disaster? On August 25th, 2017, Hurricane Harvey began its devastation along the Texas Gulf Coast, leaving a trail of de...

Jesus is not a northern European - The video above made me laugh quite a lot. Though there is some exaggeration, in that Jesus is unlikely to have been black, nevertheless, it is true that J...

Thoughts on Innovation - The following is a personal story that sheds light on innovation. Way back in 1982 (I know, ancient history) a member of my church staff decided to bring a...

New Article on Leadership Setting IT POlicy - Howdy! If IT sets policies, the organization will likely get dysfunctional, so I've just released an article to a publisher about the importance of making...

The Introvert’s Ultimate Guide to Speaking Up in Meetings - Speaking up in meetings is a useful thing to do both for your career and for your personal growth. From your career’s point of view, research has shown tha...

Ravi Zacharias and Abdu Murray bring a fresh perspective on Jesus in new book with Zondervan - *Jesus through Eastern Eyes to release February 2020* *GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Apr. 11, 2018 *— Ravi Zacharias, president of Ravi Zacharias International Min...

741. The joy of making lists - Marilyn McEntyre has a new book out about the joy of making lists, Make A List: How a Simple Practice Can Change Our Lives and Open Our Hearts. You may hav...

Statements around an elephant in the evangelical room - It’s a painful tragedy, however you look at it. A most influential evangelical pastor resigned yesterday, April 10, 2018. His name was Bill Hybels, who f...

Beyond Dialogue: Integrating and Empowering Women in Partnership with Social Enterprises - The opportunity to invest in women – as leaders, change agents, and key business stakeholders – has never been clearer. Acumen, with support from Unilev...

David: The Un-Saul - This is the third in a series on the life of David. In telling the story of David, the Bible devotes a great deal of space to the period when he was “anoin...

Delphic doodlings - Breaking News: “Hell abolishes pope” (source: John Piper). Their Lord was a loser, his ministry a failure, his death a shambles, so just what did Christi...

Why Personal Chatbots are the New Answering Machines of Modern People - There are two words that come to my mind when I hear the syntagm “modern people”. Those are smartphones and the Internet. These two have branded the beginn...

Willow Creek and Bill Hybels Controversy on Twitter - From TallSkinnyKiwi.com UPDATE (April 11, 2018) The Bill Hybels controversy was trending today on Twitter, along with Paul Ryan and Kevin Spacey. Rev. Hybe...

adoption - On July 31, 2017, we had the joy and honor of bringing our new son into our lives and becoming his forever family. Sometimes the most important things to...

Interdisciplinarity and Christian Theism ~ A Speculation - TL;DR The freedom of Christian theism, practiced by scholars open to and eager for subject-centered, communal scholarly inquiry, leverages interdisciplinar...

On losing one's hearing - It never occurred to me to write about losing my hearing until I read the column by one of my favorite columnists, Frank Bruni, called "Am I Going Blind?" ...

Ministry as Sponging - I wrote this ten years ago * Ministry as Sponging* Isaiah 53: He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like on...

Some thoughts at the death of a great evangelist and evangelical, from an, at least somewhat, reformed Fundamentalist: - I just heard the News that Billy Graham died. I am sad that a man of his stature has departed, but then, in reality he has not been the force in Christendo...

Essay: *Recovering the Good Shepherd* by Debie Thomas for Sunday, April 22, 2018 - Weekly essay on the Revised Common Lectionary.

What is Rapamycin Used For – Anti Aging Effects - What is a rapamycin used for? What are side effects and what anti aging effect rapamycin effect has? Researchers simply according promising rapamycin che...

How’s your smile? - Since I was a child I’ve been told there is healing power in a smile. As with a lot of gifts, the giver can sometimes not even notice the power of the gift...

Review of 'Life without Lack' - What made Dallas Willard different? Why do we get the sense when we read what he wrote, listen to what he taught and most of all watch video of him, that h...

YouTube's DIY competitor - I just discovered that our library has video how to collection online! According to the website: Unlimited access to an online library of high-quality inst...

Boxing Day - Our Christmas Eve is starting to have a routine. We ordered in some pizza. Since I am sensitive to food smells, we went with Pizza Hut. Since I get sick...

Your COMPLETE Worship Solution - Tired of searching all over the internet for church graphics and worship media each week? What about managing all of your worship resources and outreach ...

Best Time to Have Coffee - In ut quam sem. Fusce ut ultrices orci. Phasellus orci leo, blandit sit amet ultrices eget, ultricies ac justo. Cras iaculis tortor ac leo ornare tincidunt...

Homeless at Christmas - Remembering those who have no voice in a noisy and overly-abundant world–these words again… He was born to an unwed teenage girl Born in substandard housin...

World Social Indicators: Global Per Capita Income - We have seen that life expectancy has been improving all across the planet. It is one of the most important measures of well-being. Yet most people think o...

Pastor Sivin Kit dan Pemuda CCM Membantah Bakar al-Quran (2010) - Bakar al-Quran Mengapikan Semula Islamofobia Sumber : http://www.harakahdaily.net Pelbagai reaksi diberi rentetan pengisytiharan bakar Al-Quran yang bakal ...

Agoraphobic Traveller, globetrotting from home via Google streetview - Jacqui Kenny is searching for the perfect Google street photo (Wired), as seen on her Instagram feed, Agoraphobic Traveller/ Streetview Portraits. Kenny es...

10 Online Clothing Retailers With Awesome Return Policies - Buying clothes in a store—once the *only* way to shop—now seems almost antiquated. Why limit yourself to merely one designer, or even all the options ava...

Bethany Baptist Church - This coming Sunday, April 30, Ned will be preaching at Bethany Baptist Church, 164 Douglass Street, Reading PA 19601, at 10:15 am. We hope some of you c...

25 Great Articles and Essays by David Foster Wallace - David Sedaris writes personal stories, funny tales about his life growing up in a Greek family outside of Raleigh, ., about working as an elf in Santa's Fr...

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Rietumu Banka - FX jest najbardziej płynnym rynku i największy na świecie przy użyciu obroty w wysokości około $ 4 bilionów dolarów. Trades ilość z dnia na dzień przewyższ...

Back to School in India - [image: A]A* is 8 years old, and lives in Wahabpora, India. His father is a daily wage laborer and was not able to pay for his son’s education, so he disc...

Here's How Long You're Contagious When You Have a Cold - Jake Rossen Sooner or later, cold or flu germs are going to take up unsolicited residence in your system. And next to the sneezing and coughing, anxiety o...

transitions - Dear friends, Blessings during this Christmas season. I vividly remember a devotion shared by Dave Kersten at one of our staff retreats. He noted from John...

Resource: Choosing a Church - As a pastor in Utah, Jonathan Stoddard has frequent conversations with people on their way out of Mormonism who are looking for a new spiritual home. He of...

New Thoughts for a New Year - I have not written a post since 2015. The reflective words stopped finding a place here. My life has changed in some pretty big ways. I am no longer a sitt...

Simple Cell Phones for Senior Citizens - Some will ask the question of why the cell phones for seniors would need to be any different from the more typical type of cell phone The reason for this i...

October 13 (day 287 of 365) - Old Testament Jeremiah 29:24-32, Jeremiah 30, Jeremiah 31:1-14 New Testament 2 Thessalonians 2 Psalms & Proverbs Psalm 119:33-40

The Church Then and Now - ABIDING IS THE SECRET OF FRUITFULNESS–John 15:1-8 Whereas most people speak in terms of wanting to be successful, Jesus emphasizes that his servants shou...

Fall trip to Guam and Micronesia - *Speaking in chapel on the Guam campus*In spite of being sick most of the time, I consider my fall trip to Guam and Micronesia to be a major success. I me...

Muslim Dating And How It’s Done - As a single or unattached Muslim you have probably visited several Muslim matrimonial websites with the hope of finding your Muslim match or better half. M...

Shift from working IN to ON your company - Over the years I’ve worked with a number of entrepreneurs looking to grow their companies. One of the more common sticking points is that they need to tra...

Congo’s Camp Zulu is Growing! - MERCI MINGI to all the Covenant Campers and the Camp Staff for ALL they gave last summer for the Zulu Camp Project in Congo. Over $50,000 was raised to hel...

Apostolic Succession & Me - Several months ago I led a Bible study of 1 Peter 1. It starts out "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter is an encyclical. circulating through the...

For Tamir - My friend died this year His cancer, amoral Cancer comes like rain, That good and evil alike receive It chokes children, rich , smart , poor, valuable, thr...

In honor of Rosa Parks: Quiet, confident, strong, courageous, prophetic…and a follower of Christ. - Rosa Parks. This woman. Quiet but not timid. Confident but not arrogant. Fierce but not violent. Strong, Courageous, and Prophetic. …and a follower of Chri...

- This year has been different. For months before marriage God spoke to my heart of new things, prepared my soul to cling to His promise, “Behold, I am doing...

"To Rest" is a Verb, or Confessions of a List Maker - I'm a list maker. Not just a grocery list maker--a To-Do List maker. On Sunday evening I make a *To Do* list for the week ahead. It's stream-of-consciousn...

Myers-Briggs is dead long live Myers-Briggs - Some of my students at George Fox have asked me about this article that declares the Myers-Briggs test to be totally meaningless. Then I’ve seen it re-post...

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The DIY Three-Wheeler - Kevin Becker recently moved to Kenya and built this great DIY three-wheeler for his son. “My son wants to be outside all of the time. This three-wheel cart...

- I'm heading back to Jerusalem! For another volunteer experience with Bridges for Peace. During my previous times there, I blogged about everything I did an...

New DMin course at South University on world and new religions - I am pleased to recommend a new online DMin course through South University College of Theology on world religions. I was asked to design this 11 week cou...

Intimacy - *“When Covenanters worship, we celebrate God’s story through expressions rooted in our culture. Our worship creates a sense of intimacy with both God and o...

Zero Waste in Real Life: Including Zero Waste Pioneers You Won’t Believe - The Trash Problem The EPA reports that in 2012 Americans disposed of about 251 million tons of solid waste; that’s almost 4.5 pounds per person per day. A ...

Help Needed – With Love - Sometimes it is so obvious that God is moving that it is almost frightening. It is sort of like being invited into an event that is already orchestrated, b...

There once was a blog - Last month Rebecca said "If you're going to keep listing the blog in our church newsletter, you should update it sometime." Which makes perfect sense. It ...

My Friend and Kindred Spirit - Dr. Chris Perez and Dr. Debbie Erickson Let me tell you about my friend, Dr. Debbie. I was immediately drawn to Debbie because she, like me, is a haole (Ca...

On Christmas - I was young when I understood how cruel the world was. I grew up on a sheep and cattle ranch and witnessed life and death in its rawness. A prairie chick...

Mengenal Filosofi - *Filosofi* atau *filsafat* adalah ilmu yang membahas tentang fenomena atau gejala yang terjadi di dunia secara mendasar dan kritis. Filosofi merupakan ilmu...

Thailand, last day of visit -

- Our friends from Redwood City are due to arrive this afternoon. The whole team will be with us here in Marseille for a little over a week. But two of th...

Bunk Bed Giveaway! - Epoch Design stocks their furniture in Costco stores, and the company is giving away a McKenzie Twin bunk bed set from the Redding store! We've been plann...

Merry Christmas - Christmas trees come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Guam has its share of such variety. Just imagine this particular tree as ours this year! Thanks....

Attachments in Gmail, now with the power of Google Drive - You're probably used to downloading email attachments, but each of those files takes time to download, eats up space on your device, and can get buried d...

New Academic Dean for Institute for Worship Studies - Today, the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies (where I serve on the board of trustees) announced the appointment of a new academic dean. IWS is...

How are apps making prayer social - Here in San Francisco this weekend for the hackathon event, Code for the Kingdom (presented by Leadership Network, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, Carpente...

Steps To Setting Up A Home Based Small Business - The steps we are showcasing here are not just applicable for an online business but for any small business. What’s the difference between a hobby and a bus...

Sack that QUARTERBACK! - This was the first year for tackle football in our home! It was exciting and frightening all at the same time. Luckily for me - the worrying Mother - Cale...

A New Blog - If by some miracle there's anyone who still ventures by these parts, I thought I'd let you know that I started a new blog today. It's called "Clipping In, ...

ReKnew - ReKnew has been launched! I'm excited to share with you my new website and updated blog posts HERE. You'll find a wealth of material on the new site that w...

WE ARE MOVING! - In a spirit of itineracy, the Bishop's blog is moving to a new web page. You can now find Bishop Willimon's blogs, articles, videos, and podcasts at his ow...

A Time To Blog & A Time To Stop - As I type this post I'm thinking of Ecclesiastes 3--if I'm honest, it's actually the Birds singing the song patterned after the text: To everything, turn, ...

UPDATE & NDY GIG - Hello blog peeps. Long time no talk (except I yap everyday on Twitter). I miss this!! I didn’t intent to blog again until the ReKnew site was launched (af...

No words necessary - I came across a picture the other night on Facebook that I promptly shared. It had no explanation, no tag, no link, no credit, no nothing. Just a 4-word ph...

The Emperor's Garden - The Emperor instructed the gardener to set up the new court's garden. "I want you to plant five trees growing the Crataan fruit," the Emperor said, "Becaus...

Lessons from the Journey III - This one is a very simple one. The lesson is *Servanthood*. Simply put, it's been the discovery of the joy that can be found in serving others. This has fo...

Leaving TypePad - This blog has existed on TypePad since its inception. However, as of tonight (overnight in the Western Hemisphere) it will be migrating to a WordPress inst...

Baccalaureate & Graduation 2011: PIU - Sunday, May 8, PIU held it "Graduates' Worship Service" at Onnuri Korean Church in Mangilao, Guam. Here at the left are the ladies that graduated . . . ...

Combined A/G institution would be named Evangel University - This important tidbit of info slipped past my previous reading of a news release from the Assemblies of God about the proposal to consolidate Evangel Unive...

Off and Running - Spring Semester 2011 is off and running and is already in it's fourth week. Pictured here are some of our girls meeting for dorm devotions on the basketbal...

Penguins (Thanks Mick) - Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica – where do they go? Wonder no more ! ! ! It is a known fact that the penguin is...

Merry Christmas - *A **Nativity Scene** was erected in a church yard. * *During the night the folks came across this scene.* [image: cid:62497D5087054ABB9D219A397FA8372E@PREF...

We're moving...in cyberworld, anyway. - It's time. Farewell Blogger...we're moving on to easier places that inspire me to blog, unlike this unfavorable service you provide. They even imported all...

Reflections on Benedict XVI's visit to Britain - Cambridge, England, September 20, 2010 I have spent the last few days watching the coverage of the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Britain. The Pope has show...

Students Lobby for Smart Phones in Class - This falls under the Changing Times category. It also falls under the "I'm feeling older" category. These suggestions may sound strange to people in my gen...

- August 2 It's Flame Tree season on Guam right now. The photo of this tree comes from one of Guam's small public parks. These trees are large and lovely, an...

New Site Design with New RSS Feed - Hey RSS Subscribers, We’ve finally redesigned the Church Marketing Sucks blog, and with the new look comes a new RSS feed. We hope you’ll check out the sit...

Apparently, Video Games Are Good For You... - By John Asante Remember all those times that mother dearest would tell you to "put down the controller, step away from the TV, go outside, and run around,"...

Take a Flying Leap - I'd like to take a moment to write about a misunderstood little rodent who makes his home in the Great White North. I'm speaking of the stout and furry "le...

LONG awaited update! - Dear Family Around the World, Greetings in the Love and Grace of Jesus! I know it has been many months since my last missal; as always, thanks for your p...

All for Now - That's all for now on the NLT Study Bible blog. We very well might renew this blogging effort in the future, but for now I'm focused on other things. I wou...

SPOTLIGHTS: Back in the Land of Blog - Greetings, I have not blogged for 1 year. But I am thinking that this is a valuable tool that I should be contributing to, so I am going to give it another...

I FIND THIS VERY INTERESTING! - Rare Brown and White Panda Could be the Result of Inbreeding http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/01/rare-brown-and-white-panda-could-be-the-result-of-inbre...

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN ZAMBIA AND UGANDA - *Volunteer OpportunityJusto Mwale Theological University CollegeLusaka, Zambia* *Overview:* JMTUC was founded almost thirty years ago to serve both the R...

Last post - This is my last post on grow-a-brain. Thanks for the nearly 20,000,000 visitors who checked in during the 7 years I blogged here. I can be found at my new,...

I'm Moving! - My blog was moved...click here! Check it out! Check out my photos, too!

BREAKING NEWS: NIV to be updated! - I (Peter Kirk) just received from Zondervan a letter announcing that the NIV Bible is to be updated in 2011. The announcement is at this website. Here are ...

CFBA Tour: Offworld - Check out my post about the current offering from the CFBA tour: Offworld, by Robin Parrish.

Orthodox Benedictine Monastery Receives Favorable Media Coverage - I'm very late in posting this, but I'm thrilled to see Christminster Monastery in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is receiving yet more positive coverage. Repor...

Buyer Beware Nationstar Mortgage, Champion Mortgage - People who know me, know that I'm not a complainer or whiner by nature, but sometimes you just gotta let it out. Watch out for Nationstar Mortgage in Lewisv...

Mark Study #14: Lord of the Sabbath - Step into the study, pour yourself a cup of coffee, get comfortable and let’s enjoy the Gospel of Mark. Our scripture this week is Mark 2:23-28 “One Sabbat...

Oh Those Pesky 'Angels and Demons' - At this point it is hard to believe all the ruckus that was caused by Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, which, when people calmed down, they realized it was...

Musing......no A at the front, though it might work... - I think teaching English has done something to my sudden fascination with letters...."a" and "e" blogs being too close together..... It's strange to think ...

The Inauguration and the Third Culture President - It’s just the beginning. We are celebrating what many consider a dream fulfilled. Of course, there are still conflicts, racism, prejudice and stereot...

ALL CLEAR: FeedMedic Alert for http://feeds.feedburner.com/FeedbulletinForLandres - Your Source Feed, http://feeds.feedburner.com/~u/landres, is now working fine. Carry on! We will let you know if anything bad happens in the future.

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