Tag: twitter posts

#myfavoritebiblestory

sunday school 1960 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/therenniefamily/2409907031/

Not sure who started it, or where it came from, but found out about the #myfavoritebiblestory Twitter meme last night at dinner.

The basic gist of it is “What’s your favorite Bible story” but complete with irony and sarcasm.

What’s really interesting is to see how folks have responded. While many of the tweets have come from one or two people, they’ve been retweeted and added to by a number of folks. And I would say the irony of these stories highlight some of the real issues people have with the Church and Christianity today.

So the question is, do we ignore it by calling it offensive, or do we start working to fix it?

Hope no one takes offense, but these are some of my favorites….
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Ubertwitter does Twitter video!

Check this out!


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With their latest version, Ubertwitter now posts video directly to TwitVid – straight from my BlackBerry Curve 8900!

Greatness!

This video was 26 seconds long and I posted it over AT&Ts 2G (EDGE) network. It took roughly 20 minutes to upload – not too bad! I’ll have to take some more video and see what it does on a good Wi-Fi connection as well.

I’m sure this will open up some more fun on the mobile interwebs for sure.

The latest version does have ads in it (as I mention in the video) but they weren’t distracting and wouldn’t keep me from using the software.

However, as of this morning, Ubertwitter announced they would remove the ads from the application itself:

Ads Have Been Turned Off

We have been listening and have heard you loud and clear! We will not turn advertisements on again until we can offer a a paid option with no advertisements. The paid version will be less then $5 and will likely be a year long subscription model, i.e. all upgrades for a year. If you purchase during the beta period, the year won’t start until we release version 1.0. Thank you for your patience and your feedback!
-@CodeWarden

With the small ad I saw, I’d be happy to keep using it for free, but because its such a great software app (IMHO) I’ll gladly pay a couple bucks for a full version once it’s released.

My thoughts on church buildings

church trespassing

I shared this on Twitter/Facebook Monday night:

RT @emergentvillage @jeannemstevens: Churches hold $28B in mortgage debt. That amt could provide clean H20 to 1.4 billion ppl for 20 yrs.

I received a couple questions and comments so I thought I’d share my response and comments here as well. I hope you keep in mind that these are my thoughts and I don’t expect you to relate to God in the same way I do. For some, church buildings hold deep value and worth and are literal sanctuaries where they can come and meet with God – however for me… well you can read my thoughts below :-).
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Five things I did during the Great Crash of 2009

So when I suggested earlier this week that perhaps we should all have a dark day from time to time I didn’t mean for Twitter to take it personally – especially not during the work week.

Could have done without their servers (and Facebook and Friendfeed) crashing yesterday — but looks like we survived.

  • Found out about new blog posts via old fashioned RSS — instead of everyone’s Twitter updates
  • Forwarded emails with “RT @username” in the subject line
  • Posted a status update directly on Facebook for a change
  • Pasted a picture of the Fail Whale on my computer monitor hoping to cover up the dreaded 404 error messages
  • Sent txt messages to all my friends telling them “I’m eating quesadillas for #lunch”

What did you do during the social media crash of 2009?

Here’s what the folks over at Woot.com did… (and there list is far better than mine)

Going dark

Croatia Internet - http://www.flickr.com/photos/notrealistic/3434937007/

It’s no secret that I enjoy being online and connecting with others.

But being on vacation last week — primarily in international waters — forced me to forgo my daily habits and go dark online for the extent of our trip.

I loved it! It was a nice change of pace for sure. Granted there were several time when I thought — ooh I should Twitter that — but the high price of phone service kept me in check.
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Church 2.0 forum

In case you missed my Facebook, Twitter updates yesterday, I had the great privilege of taking part in Greg Atkinson’s Church 2.0 forum in Dallas.

It was a relaxed four-hour chat about technology, innovation and social justice. I loved that while there are a number of tech forums and conferences out there – Greg is doing this for the Church – for free. He’s keeping folks informed on the tools out there and helping people see how they can put them to use. And of course – these ideas work outside the Church as well.
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