Prayer Flower Bouquet
by decarter
My poor kids. With a mom who prefers to cozy up to a the latest issue Scientific American rather than a glue stick, they don’t get many opportunities to do crafty projects that kids are inclined to like. Until this…
#ChurchTechCamp
by decarter
Got to participate in an amazing event yesterday on Fuller Theological Seminary’s campus in Pasadena.
ChurchTechCamp was an “unconference” for folks using the web in innovative ways to do God stuff. We shared practical, in the field tips with each other in…
And They're Off: Loving orphans, lepers & the lost
by decarter
Said our good-byes to Dave, last night in the Sandals Church parking lot. If you’ve ever participated in a sending off, the scene is familiar. Nervous parents hovering, watery-eyed significant others, or in our case 3 wound up kids playing…
How About A Great Quote
by decarterFor your Wednesday reading pleasure. A great quote that smacked me upside the head, from George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), an Anglo-Irish playwright and critic:
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as…
Pill Pockets & Communication
by decarter
File this one under “why didn’t I invent this?”
Just discovered how to get your dog to take his medicine… just place the nasty-tasting pill inside a chewy meat-flavored encasement called a Pill Pocket and it goes down in one gulp.…
Aslan's On the Move: #lifeshare
by decarter
With a nod to C.S. Lewis, “Aslan is on the move” is short-hand for “God is doing cool stuff around us.”
This is day 3 of joining with other believers to intentionally spur one another on to love and good deeds.…
Lifeshare, an online gathering
by decarterDon’t know how else to ’splain it. Just go check it out.
A bunch of folks who love God, who’ve been chased by God and tackled round the heels and who are now pumped about spreading His amazing love to those…
My Story (from Sandals Church "Loud" series)
by decarterSo, I’m going out on a limb. A huge, honkin tree branch.
But I think I’m supposed to do this.
Earlier this year, during Pastor Matt’s series entitled, “Loud: What My Soul Craves,” he’d asked me to share my story about coming…
Train For Humanity
by decarterWanted to pass along some info from a new friend I met in Seth Godin’s triiibe…
Their message is simple: getting fit +social media + blogging = social good
Recently launched Train For Humanity is an innovative new site by bloggers Mark…
Freshly Minted Kinderboy
by decarter
There he is. On back to school night at Riverside Christian Day School.
Mr. Big Kindergarten Boy, Thomas Carter.
I congratulated him today for surviving his first week of Kindergarten. “Survive?” he asked. “You mean like I was gonna die and go…
