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I spent some time over the last week reading all the 60 or so posts for the Synchro blog. All these bloggers came together to share their thoughts on how to bridge the gap between people of all sexual orientations and the church. You can check out the other blogs by clicking below. My Post

I’ve stopped doing links on my site and moved over to Google Reader, Delicious and Twitter as a better way to share things I’m doing, reading and watching online. It’s much less time-consuming and less in your face if you aren’t interested. I’ve shared these videos via Google Reader, but I just think they are

Authenticity, for me, is doing what you promise, not “being who you are”. Great little post by Seth. When we were in South Africa and Swaziland I was amazed at how many children and people had cell phones. One child would have no family, barely a home, but he would have a cell phone. It

A Tale of Two Realities by Zaya Kuyena. This was posted by my friend Zaya who has been a great supporter of our conference but shares some struggles with conferences like ours; struggles that I have but aren’t nearly as central to my heart. So this was a good post and needed. Suggestions from the

The price of experience. Really interesting observation. New church downtown Toronto If you are in Toronto on Feb 15, make sure you go to Love Comes Down. Click for more info. Lon is a cool guy that is really doing some great things in the Toronto area. Offset your emissions. It sucks that once again

I don’t really follow Twitter accounts. I find them annoying and usually uninformative. There are very few people in this world that I want to have minute by minute updates on their lives and none of those people use Twitter. With that being said, if people used Twitter like Leonard Sweet does, as Michelle points

This is just wild. (ht) It’s like Jesus is saying “hey, look I know it’s supposed to cost you something to go where no one else will go, but here I’ll make it easy for you, I won’t make it cost you anything out of your pocket, just give up your life and go here,

The kids at theStory put together a quick video for the Christmas Eve service, it was well received and hilarious (probably mostly because they are our kids.) Joe’s documentary was in the Observer today. A view of alternative churches celebrating faith By TYLER KULA, THE OBSERVER Joe Manafo spent 18 months travelling the country to

The Bible & Homosexuality: Enough with the Bible Already Kinnon on Keller on Fitch on Kimball on Missional Growth? I really enjoyed this issue of Geez that just came out. Phil Nellis has a bunch more artwork out. Check it out. Loved this one. Top 100 Sites of 2008 Good gift ideas (a little to

A good friend of mine makes her own Jewelery. It looks pretty sweet and if you ask me a great present for someone for Christmas and your helping out artists (she’s from Guelph). So buy some here. Her stuff is called Emma Designs. Fuck the poor (ht) Top 5 Ways for Ministries to Get Over

Buy Nothing Day – I’ll be participating. I Was Never ‘Called’ to Journey Alongside of Poor People – I’ve heard that excuse a million times. Brilliantly written, especially the intro. It’s about security. (ht) Great post on being unequally yoked, he really takes the imagery to a great place. 3 and 12 and 120

Joe found this site so we are going to Evernote a try. It collects and remembers everything for you and its best feature is probably the image to text recognition, so it will along everything else index all my pdf files full of quotes I have which is great. (ht) ———————– Primer on today’s Mission

I’ve always enjoyed Naomi Klein and what she writes. She was recently on Colbert Report here and thought this was a great article on the current financial crisis. ———————– I’m just starting to read around the Jesus Manifesto site a little bit. I thought these two satire article were pretty hilarious. Hey, I care about

Do you get way too many telemarketers calling your house? I don’t, but I know both mine and Rachel’s parents get at least a couple of a day. The Canadian government actually stepped up on this one and made an opt-out website so you can get out of all telemarketers lists (besides a few exceptions).

This is kind of an advanced version of my ATIC idea. It’s pretty cool. It’s called Swaptree and its like Ebay without money. ———————– Fundraiser idea. ———————– Rachel found this article on living small. Small seems to be the new big, and I appreciate the creativity. The annoying part is that they are still using

I just typed out all this, and then it asked me to relogin and I lost it all. So this will probably be shorter cause I’m more upset now. Now that I’m back from Africa I’m finding myself a lot busier trying to catch up on work, it’s good to know that my job is

I am an intentional non-voter. I never bought into the “duty” lectures or many other reasons why its important that I vote. David Fitch wrote a great post on not voting. ———————– Next Reformation quotes Reggie McNeal The kingdom is the destination. In its institutional existence the church abandoned its real identity and reason for

Dave is blogging now here, and his blog is called Awesome Internet Site. I usually enjoy what he has to offer to the world. ———————– Lately I’ve been into documentaries and fun films, here is a few that I have either watched or not watched but look interesting. Devil Plays Hardball, Carts of Darkness, War

This is one of the coolest sites I’ve seen in a long time. User based t-shirt designs. If you have a minute check out my friends t-shirt design here and give him a high ranking. He’s a good friend of mine that is going to school for graphic design, and I thought it was a