Brad Boydston's Regular Reads

Bankers Publicly Embracing Robots Are Privately Fearing Job Cuts - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Within the upper echelons of many financial firms, there's a lot of soul searching as executives prepar...

Vampire Killers - The Best Way To Kill A Bat Is With A Frog - Vampire Killers by Nemons The Frog Brothers don't look like much in person, and they sound like little more than overenthusiastic kids with wild imagina...

California Wildfires 2017 Latest News: Anaheim Canyon Fire Fully Contained; Tubbs, Atlas Fires to Follow - The Anaheim Hills Canyon Fire has now been fully contained.

Nintendo Switch tiptoes toward letting users back up their data - Latest system update also enables video capture for... four games. Yes, four.

Ron Popeil's ingenious crap - Once, humanity was challenged with the effort of scrambling eggs. Then came Ron Popeil. Ron Popeil is like the dad in Gremlins, except he was real. The ...

Ron Popeil's ingenious crap - Once, humanity was challenged with the effort of scrambling eggs. Then came Ron Popeil. Ron Popeil is like the dad in Gremlins, except he was real. The ...

Reading Through the Gospel of Matthew #6 (18.1-21.16) - [image: Keener Matthew]I am continuing reading through the Gospel of Matthew accompanied by Matthew, vol. 1, The IVP New Testament Commentary Series, by ...

William Barber and Liz Theoharis take the Poor People’s Campaign on the road - The campaign is confronting four interlocking issues: systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, and ecological devastation.

Dot Piano - [image: Dot Piano] Dot Piano is a web-based visual piano that works with a MIDI keyboard peripheral or with your regular computer keyboard. As you play, ...

Etsy’s still a young white man’s (and woman’s) world - Etsy’s been at the forefront of employers that offer extended paid leave benefits and other family-friendly work policies. However, that hasn’t helped th...

A focus on portrait mode: behind the scenes with Pixel 2’s camera features - This week the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Google’s newest smartphones, arrive in stores. Both devices come with features like Now Playing, the Google Assista...

Danish Football Union cancels women’s World Cup qualifier against Sweden over contract dispute - In an unprecedented step, Denmark’s football association (Dansk Boldspilunion, DBU) has cancelled a World Cup qualifier against neighbour Sweden scheduled ...

faith when we can’t see - By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. ...

BRINGING THE KINGDOM OF GOD - Nothing has changed my life like discovering the Kingdom of God. It’s sad that I didn’t really understand it until I was 33 years of age. I knew what i...

On leveling up - I got a note yesterday from a recent grad of the altMBA. He said, "I have to say that the value I have gained from this group far exceeds anything I could ...

Reformation 500: Christ Present in Faith - May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godli...

Painting scenery behind Tokyo shutters - His surroundings may well be suburban and grey, but the scenery inside his head is thankfully much more inspiring.

Time for a refresh: meet the new Google Calendar for web - Check your schedule. Starting today, a fresh look and new features are coming to Google Calendar on the web to help you manage your time more efficiently...

How to Make the Benefits of Family Life Accessible to LGBT People - [image: 9780310526025]“In the day-to-day details of navigating Christian obedience with a gay orientation,” observes Nate Collins in his new book All But...

Acumen and Martin Schoeller Launch #SeePeople Campaign to Change the Way the World Sees the Poor - October 17, 2017 – New York, NY – Acumen, the nonprofit social venture fund, has teamed up with renowned photographer Martin Schoeller to create a campai...

Leaving Sydney - After nine years in Sydney I have taught my last classes and said my prayers and am moving on. There comes a time in a man’s life when what he really wan...

Hot Apple Cider Recipe - A friend brought me a bottle of apple juice last week. So I made this apple cider and it was a hit!: 6 cups apple cider 1/4 cup real maple syrup 2 cinna...

Essay: *The Reformation at 500: An Anglican-Episcopal Perspective* by Jane Shaw for Sunday, October 22, 2017 - Weekly essay on the Revised Common Lectionary.

Giving and Receiving Money in Mission - [image: lausanne-standards-wide] Some of the greatest hurts in ministry come from the giving and receiving of money. What can we do to navigate the somet...

Pietism’s Proposals for the Renewal of the Church–#6 Preaching that Promotes Discipleship - In a day when sermons when sermons were heavily focused on doctrinal exposition with a minimal emphasis on right living, Spener wrote: Our whole Christian ...

Trump’s tough trade talk targets Mexico but his actions are hitting Canada - Mexico has been quicker to hit the U.S. where it hurts on trade while Canada has remained more diplomatic Almost every rally during Donald Trump’s campaign...

My New Blog Demystifying Prayer - I started a new blog project called Demystifying Prayer. It will run for 30 weeks. I’ll be blogging my conversational prayer with God, the one of Christi...

Madness in Las Vegas - Fifty-eight people dead, hundreds wounded. Another tragedy in America. The news media is already having a field day. You can already go to the various news...

Simran Found - I just learned that Simranjeet was found by family members. Apparently she is okay. I don’t know anything else. Advertisements

BRAND NEW! – Sharefaith Designer - Sharefaith Designer With all of our products, our focus is to come alongside your ministry in your efforts to help your surrounding community. We believe...

What is Humanity Like? - 1. In the creation story of Genesis 1, the Bible repeatedly says that God saw what he created and it was good (Gen. 1:31). This is an important point. Chri...

New Article on Types of SPAM & What To Do About Them - I just released an article to the publisher on SPAM... here's the opening: SPAM email can be dangerous and painful to the recipient and to any data they ...

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 ...

The Cancer of Criticism - A few years ago I came across a radio show that disturbed me. The show was all about the answers to living wisely according to Scripture. Super idea. To li...

Belated total eclipse links - A couple of links from the eclipse that I wanted to save: 2017 Eclipse over North America 4k Black Hole Sun (a photo by my internet friend Bryan William Jo...

7 ways admins can help secure accounts against phishing in G Suite - We work hard to help protect your company against phishing attacks—from using machine learning, to tailoring our detection algorithms, to building featur...

Trump is a corporation in human form. - Spot on. Trump is a corporation in human form, and the conflation of business and state is just as toxic as the conflation of religion and state https://ww...

How Lighting Can Change a Room Dramatically - Do you know which light tone is best used in a study? Or what effect a wall uplighter has on the perceived size of a living room? Here’s how to use differe...

Thinking Like the Unchurched - I used to fish a lot. And one of the things I had to learn was to fish where there were fish. That makes sense. But to accomplish that I had to learn how t...

Where have I been? - I will resume Ruminations eventually, but this summer I have been overwhelmed with 1) our national agony and 2) preparing a new book: *The Once and Future ...

If each of us empties our bucket, perhaps we can start a stream. - Normally, when people ask where I'm from I answer with a measure of pride. I'm from Virginia, not just Virginia in general, but a lovely little corner of t...

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...

729. Known books as travel companions - I've been reading M Train by Patti Smith. One of the things that has jumped out at me is her practice of choosing from among books she's already read those...

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...

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How to open your talk with a question - Do you sometime struggle to decide how to open your presentations? We know that the way we begin is important – it creates the first impression that the...

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...

APEST and discussion about functions in the church - I commented on a post written by Bob Robinson and introduced by Scot McKnight at Scot's blog: Evaluating the APEST Theory of Church Flourishing (Bob Robins...

Carpe Datum! Paragraphs from "Galileo's Middle Finger" - Alice Dreger's "Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science," is one of the most refreshing books I have read recen...

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...

Milk Supply Functions at Factor and Product Prices - Introduction: The prosperity of any nation is closely intertwined with the socio-economic and health status of its people. And, raising the milk producti...

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...

stuff and latelies (4) - Another little burst of picture fun from the last few months.... These girls do get along a lot of the time, but they have some moments that just bless my ...

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

Henri Barande’s Saatchi Gallery exhibition monograph - To mark the first UK show of artist Henri Barande, graphic designer Christoph Stolberg and German studio Schultzschultz have created Henri Barande. Most ti...

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...

Crowds (Brain Dump Sketch) - --- Twitter Facebook (C) Laura Springer [image: Creative Commons License] Musings of a peripatetic wannabe-sage by Laura Springer is licensed under a Crea...

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....

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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