Reflections on Theology & Life From an Ordinary Pastor

How Shall We Then Facebook?

Posted on May 1, 2012 in Christian Living, Culture, Featured Articles, Technology | 1 comment

Face it, Facebook (I use this as a moniker for all social media, i.e., Twitter) is a part of our culture and it is not likely to go away...

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Presidential Media and the Modern Church

Posted on Feb 28, 2011 in Featured Articles, Ordinary Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Presidential History, Technology | 2 comments

Regardless of what you think of our President’s policies, Barak Obama‘s team is doing an excellent job in its use of media,...

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iPad Released Today

Posted on Apr 3, 2010 in Technology | 0 comments

Do you have your iPad yet, or are you still saying it’s nothing more than a bigger iPod Touch?  Here’s a few reviews from...

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New Tech on the Way! ?

Posted on Mar 8, 2010 in Technology | 0 comments

Here’s one coming out for sure: Will you be sporting a new iPad on April 3? Here’s one for the future. Now...

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6 Reasons Ordinary Pastors May Benefit From the iPad

Posted on Jan 28, 2010 in Featured Articles, Ordinary Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Technology | 2 comments

I’ve been waiting for something like this – a handheld device that I could consume information very easily and most...

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Script to archive emails into Evernote

Posted on Nov 27, 2009 in MiniPost | 0 comments

If you are a Mac user and an Evernote user (everyone should have Evernote), here’s a script that will store  your e-mail in...

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Office 2010 Professional Beta

Posted on Nov 26, 2009 in MiniPost | 0 comments

If you are still a PC Microsoft user, or you occasionally use it on your Mac, Office 2010 is currently available for free – at least...

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OnlineOCR Converts Your Scanned Documents to Editable Text

Posted on Oct 20, 2009 in MiniPost | 0 comments

This has great potential for reducing the amount of paper in my files and making the content editable and searchable!! OnlineOCR...

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New face-tagging, iPhoto compatibility, & more Mac-friendly features in Picasa 3.5

Posted on Sep 30, 2009 in MiniPost | 0 comments

When using a PC, I used Picasa on the desktop for all of my photo organization.  iPhoto is great, but Picasa may actually bring more...

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Buy and DOWNLOAD Windows 7 for $29

Posted on Sep 27, 2009 in MiniPost | 0 comments

This is a good buy and worth it.  While I use a Mac for most things, I use Windows on my Mac for a few apps. Students “” Buy...

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Apps I Use – Part 3: Web Apps

Posted on Sep 19, 2009 in Featured Articles, Ordinary Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Technology | 0 comments

In this post I want to review a few applications every ordinary pastor (or person) can readily make excellent use of – and the...

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Apps I Use – Part 2: Finder vs Pathfinder

Posted on Sep 18, 2009 in Featured Articles, Technology | 0 comments

Finder vs Pathfinder. One of the newest apps I use all the time is Pathfinder. In Windows, the way to navigate through your...

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Applications I Use Every Week – Part 1

Posted on Sep 14, 2009 in Featured Articles, Ordinary Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Technology, Time/Life Management | 2 comments

This week I'll be taking a look at my desktop and sharing with you the apps that find their way into my workweek. ... I'm going to give a quick overview today and then throughout the week, I'll screen cast some details on those that I find most helpful.

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Uninstalling Applications on a Mac

Posted on Sep 3, 2009 in MiniPost | 0 comments

O.K., here’s where Windows does seem to outshine Mac – uninstalling a program.  Windows has a great “uninstall”...

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Theological Toolbar

Posted on Aug 31, 2009 in MiniPost | 0 comments

This may be of interest to some of you who want some quick access to some good theological stuff while surfing the web. Between Two...

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Stay on Top of Email

Posted on Aug 24, 2009 in Technology, Time/Life Management | 0 comments

I love gadgets.  I love e-mail.  As ubiquitous as e-mail and gadget to fetch (or push) my e-mail to me are, I have learned to control it....

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Worship on the iPhone?

Posted on Aug 23, 2009 in Ecclesiology, Technology | 0 comments

Really?  Can we really worship biblically with the church simply through our iPhone?  How does this not deny the very meaning of...

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Have You Made GReader Sociable?

Posted on Aug 21, 2009 in Technology | 0 comments

Why haven’t I been keeping up with this?  Add social media to Greader – perfect! Google Reader Adds Social Sharing and Mark...

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Microsoft’s new Office 2010

Posted on Aug 19, 2009 in Technology | 0 comments

Just when I left Outlook and PC, Office gets their act together.  I’m not sure I’m convinced.  It would take a lot for me to...

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Apple Wow

Posted on Aug 8, 2009 in Personal, Technology | 3 comments

Just then, I saw a store associate swiping a guy's credit card on a little hand-held machine and it dawned on me that the associates were not only there to help you learn about the product but could make the transaction right where you stood. ... I would have been more impressed if he had whipped out his iPhone to make the transaction - I bet it's coming (my guess is that his handheld was prolly some Microsoft-based product).

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