Trying to decide which scriptures to use for a small group discussion about how our prayers can have power. # I need a re-group/thinking/writing day.Too many ideas cramped up in my head, that I don’t have good words for communicating to people. # Feeling oddly fulfilled today. Maybe it was the good small group we [...]
BigCat’s Blog of DOOM
My name is Ben Catlin, and this is where I rock out on topics like my life, technology and faith.
Browsing Posts published in January, 2009
http://www.internetforeveryone.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVLYRDoC8nY I believe that the internet is the single most powerful tool for learning in existence today. It blows away TV, and it contains most of if not all the books written that are currently in the public domain for free. That is why I believe our municipal duopolies of telephone/cable companies are not [...]
Since some people asked, but I haven’t put it down formally, here is a list of some DVDs I’m selling because I got them on bluray. 1) The Dark Knight, two disc version, one of which lets you download a digital copy to your iphone/ipod/media player, and it is completely new, not even out of [...]
We booked our 5th (sorta) anniversary trip this week. We are going to Galveston TX for the Vineyard National Leaders Conference. Then we have a couple days to bum around before we go on a cruise to Jamaica and Mexico. (Sorry Kyle and Ellen, we wanted to visit, but this was the only way we [...]
New small group starting at my house tonight at 7pm. It’s gonna be a blast, and anyone is welcome to come check it out. # Thank the lord for cold cranking amps. # Radio says 57 straight hours of negative temperatures. Yeah MN! Last time it was a little colder than this the governor shut [...]
Getting ready to return to work for the first time in 2 weeks. What a great vacation, so sorry to see it end. # Open source, cross-platform, MediaShout alternative. New project, so get your input in now if you have ideas. http://snipurl.com/9kxa3 # Planing an new small group, exciting and tedious all at the same [...]
http://vineyardusa.org has reworked their website. So far I really like it. I wonder what CMS is under the hood here. First guess is drupal. # Happy 2009! Currently chillin’ in Indy, getting ready to visit Cham-bana. Who is ready to party w/ Lauren and me? # Living it up w/ my friends in Chicago. Drinkin [...]
Originally I wrote this as a possible guest-submission to Dave Schmelzer’s Blog, but silly-me, I had forgotten that a similar topic had been covered in a couple previous posts around September-October time-frame. So, in the future, Lauren may submit something as a guest-blog over there that extends upon this idea and proposes some other questions [...]
