St. Peter’s Brewery in iBooks

Just in time for this year’s #nanowrimo, I just received an email confirming that Apple gave the initial approval for adding St Peter’s Brewery to iBooks. (I should have initiated that sooner.)

Hope to have it available within a week or so.

I’d love to update the book and correct a number of typos before publishing to iBooks, so if you’re interested in helping me proof the book, I’ll be glad to send you a PDF of the book if you can have it proofed by the end of the week. Drop me an email and let me know where to send it.

But until the book appears in iBooks then you can always read St Peter’s Brewery on your iOS or Android devices with Kindle’s FREE apps and the Kindle version of St. Peter’s Brewery – available for only $4.99!

And yes, I’ll be glad to autograph your Kindle or iPhone or iPad with a Sharpie if you’d like. 🙂

UPDATE: St. Peter’s Brewery is NOW AVAILABLE for iOS and iBooks. You can purchase the book in iTunes on your computer or in iBooks on your iOS device.

Sharing the Message via Social Media

Several years ago my good friend Josh introduced me to his dad, Lindsay Cofield. Since that time I’ve come to really appreciate his posture towards Church and his drive for getting his message out. We’ve worked together on a number of projects and I’ve been really inspired by the way he’s taken to social media to share his dreams and visions. What Lindsay does really well is to take essentially the same message, add a little twist for each audience he wants to target and then share it via websites and social media. With his insight, I thought it would be worthwhile for ministries, churches and even small businesses to pick his brain a little — so I asked him a few questions about it last week – and this is what he had to say…

What is your primary message you hope to share?

Church can and must be simple, relational, contagious, and life-engaging… as it is Holy Spirit led/empowered/controlled…in order to become viral and reach into every subgroup of every community in every nation (especially the US). Money, events, and conferences cannot accomplish this. Paul’s simple Biblical example is as effective as it gets… in Acts 16 its just him depending on God, prayer, and the working of Holy Spirit to catalyze evangelism/discipleship/church planting in groups he would never have chosen with his own reason. If I’m right about this the Spirit will speak to your heart that it is so. If not I’m willing to be over-ruled by HIM!
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A letter to my sons

Dear HDiddy and IDiddy,

Happy 1st birthday!

It’s so hard to believe that just a year ago we were anxiously waiting on a doctor’s appointment to determine if we would actually get to see you on Oct 21, 2010 or if we’d be forced to wait till a later date.

I’m so thankful the doctor said, “let’s deliver!” because I’m not sure I could have waited much longer — and yet I was still a nervous wreck. I remember pacing the pre-op room we were in, almost certain I would pass out during your delivery. Not only was I worried for both of you and your mother but I was also scared that I wouldnt have what it takes to be the best dad for both of you — I still have those fears (I hear they never go away).

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The right to assemble

As part of Open Lines on Power Talk last night, we asked the listeners, “when is it Ok for Christians to protest?”

Is there a point when Followers of Jesus should stand up, wave their picket signs and protest for a cause? And if so, where do your draw the line between simply quiet, peaceful protests and civil disobedience?

While protesting is generally protected as a right here in the US, is it the most effective use of time and energy?

We had some interesting points brought up by the callers but I’d like to get your input as well.

What do you think?

It’s getting so close…

I can’t believe this was almost a year ago!

It’s been an amazing, fun, hilarious (and yes sometimes frustrating) 11 month adventure. Less than a month to go before the boys turn 1-year-old.

Awesome!

BTW – I’m trying out some of the built in WordPress Gallery features, I’m hoping that when you click on any of these images you’ll be taken to a new page that shows all the photo’s EXIF (metadata) as well. Click em and see if I got it right…