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Don’t Want to be a Corinthian Idiot + 4 Tips on Youth Podcasting

Scott Petty and Nicky Baker are my favourite Youth Pastors. They’re doing great work with Christ Church Youth in St Ives, Sydney. The current series they are teaching is from 1 Corinthians, Don’t Want to be a Corinthian Idiot. Check out the intro video below:

Check out the podcast. Subscribe in iTunes. Check out their archives. These are some of the best youth sermons that you will find online.

Interested in podcasting your own youth group sermons? 4 tips:

  1. Record them. Use an mp3 player or an iPhone or a laptop or a sound desk.
  2. Set up a free podcasting account at podomatic.com – it’s simple to use.
  3. Tell your youth group to check out the website and subscribe to new talks.
  4. Be consistent. Put a new talk up every week.
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Are you involved in Church design, tech, web or other media?

If you answered “yes”, you must go and check out the new 8Bit Network. I’ve been a long time fan of John Saddington and his site ChurchCrunch. ChurchCrunch has now been massively beefed up into a whole network of sites aiming to “resource the church with timely, relevant, practical, and exceptionally valuable content.” It includes ChurchCrunch, ChurchIT, ChurchCreate and ChurchDrop. See below for deets…

  • ChurchCrunch focuses its coverage on web apps/services/technology, blogging, strategy, business/entrepreneurship, and community development.
  • ChurchIT focuses its coverage on all types of geekery, like software, hardware, networking, and other assorted technologies.
  • ChurchCreate focuses its coverage on art/design, environment production and development, video/audio engineering, and assorted technologies.
  • ChurchDrop focuses its coverage on mobile devices, software, web apps, services, and technology.

Go hook up with this posse now!

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15 tips to stop procrastinating

Steve Kryger has a big long list. Worth a read. Worth putting into practise.

  1. Do one thing at a time.
  2. Do important tasks first.
  3. Do unpleasant tasks first.
  4. Set short-term time goals.
  5. Turn off your email.
  6. Turn off Facebook.
  7. Tidy your workspace.
  8. Allocate times to exercise.
  9. Plan ahead.
  10. Unsubscribe or filter unnecessary email newsletters.
  11. Keep lists and check them off.
  12. Know thyself.
  13. Automate.
  14. Set longer-term goals.
  15. Stop being a perfectionist.

Read the whole article for an explanation on each.

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Best of 2009 – Top 5 iPhone Apps

Best of 2009 round 1:  Albums. Round 2: iPhone Apps. I’ve had an iPhone for about 4 months. It really has been a handy productivity tool, and it also makes phone calls! The following are Applications that I use most days.

  1. Trip View Lite – super smart and super useful train (and bus + ferry) timetable. The paid version enables you to save your favourite trips. Triperrific.
  2. Dictionary.com – the best thing about this app is that you don’t need to be connected to the internet to use it. Also has a thesaurus. Wordelicious.
  3. Cash Trails – we enter spending into this app and then email it weekly as a spreadsheet. Good for keeping an eye on spending and budgeting. Cashtastic.
  4. Ultimate To Do – there are a billion ‘to-do’ apps. This one syncs with toodledo and follows the principles from David Allen and the GTD cult system. Just do it.
  5. ABC News + Media – good up-to-date news and other media from different ABC websites. ABC are leading the way in Oz in embracing new media. Sexy news.

Got an iPhone? What’s your #1 app??

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Listen to Church History Lectures at Double Speed

Check out this post from May. It links to some great resources available via iTunes U. In particular there is a course on Reformation Church History – MP3’s and full manuscript.

thomas cranmer

If you happen to be studying for an exam for tomorrow they could be worth a look. To maximise your time, play them back at twice the normal speed. Two ways to do this:

  1. If you have an iPhone – there is a double/half playback feature when listening to Podcasts. Double it up!!
  2. VLC player. It’s the bomb. Download it. Install it. Then once you’ve opened the file click on “playback” in the menu and you can make it go as fast as your ears can handle!! (VLC is available for MAC and PC)

Warm fuzzy for the name of the English Reformer (above) martyred in 1556.

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Moore College Exam Cram 09

It’s exam time. Last year I wrote a stack of posts as part of my prep. This year, I’m not sure if you’ll see any blog posts (other than this one) or not! However, yesterday I tried a little experiment on twitter. Here’s where it started: Yo #MTC Moore college peeps. Tweet what ur studying 2day & how ur encouraged by it. Use this hashtag thing: #MTCexamcram09 (from here). Check out the live feed below:

Here’s what I like about the experiment:

  1. I’m motivated to study because I see others studying
  2. There are gems among the quotes, reflections and bible verses being shared
  3. It’s a fun and maybe (?) useful way to use social media

Go join in if you’re using twitter and/or follow the live feed above – or here on twitter

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10 Ways For Parents To Protect Their Kids Online

The internet can be used for great good, but also great harm. Most children know more about how to use the internet than their parents. Therefore it’s incredibly important that parents work hard at understanding the potential dangers and develop strategies to protect their children online.

Protecting kids online (pic taken in Newtown)

Here are 10 ways for parents to protect their kids online:

  1. Communicate, communicate, communicate.
  2. Work hard at understanding the online world
  3. Protect your computer
  4. Computer in public (e.g. lounge room not bedroom)
  5. Agree on a rules for Internet use
  6. Shoulder Surf – discourage secret keeping
  7. Remind to be cautious
  8. Learn the features of new devices
  9. Talk to teachers and Christian leaders about the latest useful websites for children
  10. Model how the internet can be used for good.

These are from a workshop presented at Hunter Bible Church. Listen to the talk (MP3).

Check out purity.davemiers.com for a growing list of resources