9 posts tagged “culture”

I was chatting with a friend today and made a reference to Pinky and the Brain.  All I got back was a "huh?"  So I had to enlighten her of a great piece of American culture...and I now I'd like to share with the rest of you unfortunate souls that have missed out on the brilliance...enjoy!

Pop Goes the Church: Should the Church Engage Pop Culture?

I'm reading through Tim Stevens new book, Pop Goes The Church, and I came across this phrase:

"It is about building churches that focus more on preparing followers to live in culture and leverage the culture rather than criticizing and building walls of protection around our commune-like congregations."

My mind is racing with a single thought: churches around the country are doing a terrific job leveraging culture to reach people, but are we training people how to do the same? It's the know-how of taking the hottest songs, movies, television shows, or whatever, and connecting the dots from one soul to God.

How do we accomplish this? I'd like to start the conversation here...so if you have a thought, leave a comment...

I track quite a few blogs on a weekly basis.  There are so many great thoughts out there that it's fun checking out what everyone has to say.  I opened up my bloglines today (*if you don't know what bloglines is, it's a way to track blogs in one place instead of having to go to a bunch of different websites.  I highly recommend it!) and checked out the Swerve blog (brought to you by the pastors of LifeChurch.tv).  Their post from August 7 talks about a new online interactive bible community called YouVersion.  From what I can tell, it looks to be a place where you can go read the bible, do some indepth study, and, here's the kicker, be able to ask questions and discuss with other people about what you've read.  How cool is that?  It's not fully functional yet, but I can't wait until it's launched!

I never cease to be amazed by what people can do with the internet...

I ran across this list today.  I agree with Superman, Batman, and Spiderman.  But what's up with Wonder Woman and Colossus?  I mean, come on.  What about Wolverine?  So I'm curious, what would your top five be?

This past December, we got Laurie a new MacBook for Christmas. (Disclaimer: I am of the belief that the only type of computers that exist are Macs. Anything else is strictly a figment of the imagination.) The MacBook has a built in camera in the computer monitor portion of the computer. It's really cool. Apple even created a program to go with it called Photo Booth. It truly is a great invention that could bring hours of endless enjoyment and laughter. You can choose one of many effects to apply to a picture that will morph the image into quite a few different things.

Recently, the kids and I had some fun with it...and here are the results:

Here's me with some fun buck teeth...
...and then there's poor little Ella...
...Stephen's having fun!
I cannot look at this one without completely losing it!
...and lastly, Zane the alien. Kind of freaky!

So there's an example of endless entertainment in the Bradford household!

Ran across this on the Catalyst Blog...

"Robots may vote and be entitled to healthcare in 50 years. No, this is not intended as a joke. It is a serious prediction in a study commissioned by Great Britain’s Office of Science and Innovation’s Horizon Scanning Center. The predictions for developments by 2056 include an examination of the potential advances in artificial intelligence. The paper predicts a monumental shift could take place “if” robots develop the ability to reproduce or upgrade themselves, according to the BBC. If such advancement occurs, robots could be granted voting rights, be provided housing and healthcare benefits, and be required to pay taxes, and serve in the military."

All of a sudden I'm having Terminator and Matrix flashbacks!

Well, Season 6 is off to a bang. Honestly I think they should have skipped Minneapolis and Seattle. Wow, they were bad! I love this show...the beginning of the season is all about the funny stuff. I've almost convinced myself that they pay some of these people to be that bad. Can anyone be THAT bad and believe they can sing? Can we say delusional?

So next week they come southward to Memphis. Now they'll get to hear some "sanging".

For those of you who missed it, here's a link to see a recap of the first night in Minneapolis. Enjoy!

American Idol starts back up tonight. Good stuff!!! Laurie and I love the early rounds because you get to see some really funny stuff. I mean, who could ever forget about William Hung????

For those of you that don't know me very well, I'm a huge Mac-user. (Hi, I'm Kevin...and I'm a Mac-a-holic.) Apple announced today what I've been waiting on for a long time now...the new iPhone. This thing looks awesome! You can check it out here.

All I can say is SWEET!!!!