I’ve been asked a few times recently for some resources on Kids and the Internet. Here are some notes that I’ve written previously for this page.
My talk to Parents
MyKid on MySpace – Wary but Willing Parenting of Techno-Talented Tots, Tweens & Teenagers
Download – from summerfest 08
Download – from good news week 09
Generation Next embraces the A-League is an interesting article comparing the crowd at yesterdays football (soccer) match and the crowd at the cricket match next door.
Here’s a snippet:
Yesterday, generation next chose soccer over cricket. There were more aviator sunglasses at the SFS than on the set of Top Gun. Twenty-something women in tight shorts almost outnumbered the blokes with designer sideburns. They all marched through the gates to the techno beats of an outdoor DJ, who bleeped and tweaked alongside the main entrance.
I think this has implications for churches engaging with their culture. Continue Reading…
Newcastle Jets defeated Central Coast Mariners 1-0. By the looks of it, the Mariners didn’t deserve to win, but nonetheless there were some frustrating decisions from the referee. The match ended in controversy. Watch the videos below for more…
The match highlights:
The big game is tonight and I’m not going. I’m not going because I worship the Creator and not creation. I’m not going because I worship the Saviour and not soccer.
We finished at our old church in January and it was a genuine temptation to not start at our new church until March, so I could spend February watching all the big Sunday night matches. How stupid! That would have been serving a false god (soccer) instead of the True and Living God (Jesus).
If you know me at all, you’d know that I love soccer, but I hope you also know that I love Jesus more.
The Resurgence conference are doing a live internet feed for their conference. I’m about to watch the simply youth ministry podcast live (in about 5 minutes). This type of thing is becoming easier and easier to do. Look out for the dave miers dot com live video feed…
One of the new features of dave miers dot com is the web watch widget in the left side bar. These are my bookmarks through del.icio.us. You can subscribe to them via RSS or just keep an eye out on the left column.
Here are the latest 10:
The A-League Grand Final is this Sunday. The Central Coast Mariners are playing the Newcastle Jets. Which team are you tipping?? Score line? Opening scorer?
More A-League coverage tonight…
Go check out Mark Earngey’s blog Seeing in a mirror dimly. It’s a fusion of theology, philosphy, culture, politics and fun. Just found this video starring Mark.
Mark used to be an MC in a Hip Hop crew… I was talking to him today about forming a Hip Hop crew and busting some rhymes to help with learning Greek.
What are some good names for our band? Grip Grop? The adelphos brothers? Any suggestions?
SBS have just launched a fresh new look for their The World Game website (more info on the game they play in heaven). It’s got more of the web 2.0 interactive feel to it (just like triple j), but I don’t think the design is brilliant. It’s a step in the right direction, just needs a bit of tweaking.
Do you need a website designed? Maybe I can help you? Let me know…
ps – The Jets will be joining the Mariners in the big A-League GF next Sunday night…
One of the new features of dave miers dot com is the web watch widget in the left column. These are my bookmarks through del.icio.us. You can subscribe to them via RSS or just keep an eye out on the left column.
Here are the latest 10:
This is Sam’s farewell to his old church and youth group (Corey eat your heart out!). They did some really good videos on their camp in January 08. They had 3 people who came on camp to film and edit videos on the run. Creative and good quality. Check out their channel.
Triple J have just launched a new, more web 2.0 looking, website. They are innovative leaders in the incorporation of sound, video, print and web. Podcasts, Vodcasts, RSS Feeds, Freebies, Regular fresh content and much more interactive media!
Do you need a website designed? Maybe I can help you? Let me know…
Here is a page on our ‘For Parents‘ website that is for promoting safe Internet use. It has some of the material from my ‘MyKid on MySpace’ talk in the adults tent this morning on summerfest.
Check it out. Let me know if there’s any dud links… or if you have suggestions for other ones.
Chris Mayes has been churning out the blog posts this month. He’s got a new name for his blog: A Disorder of Things; a new header: above; and been writing some good stuff. He’s in the middle of a top 10 albums of 2007 and I found his latest post on Hicks and bin Laden particularly insightful. Here’s a snippet:
Well, I think like the banality of Eichmann, the loveliness of bin Laden is hard for people to take because we think evil people need to thoroughly evil with no redeeming features. They need to hold all the negative character traits including tobacco smoking (Russians, Arabs and bad guys) and poor dental hygiene.
