Category: christian

  • Help Ricky Wyatt’s Family on Tues Dec 30th: Eat at S&B Burger in Norman, OK

    Update 12/29/2014: Ricky passed away this weekend. This fundraiser is still going forward to support the family. If you live in or near Norman, Oklahoma, help the family of Ricky Wyatt with their overwhelming medical expenses following his diagnosis of ALS in March 2012 by eating lunch or dinner at S&B Burger at 102 Main on Tuesday,…

  • Come See “One Incredible Moment” in Edmond This Weekend

    This weekend, if you live anywhere near Oklahoma City or Edmond, Oklahoma, I strongly encourage you to come see the FREE and amazing musical, “One Incredible Moment.” This is a production and outreach ministry of our church, First Presbyterian of Edmond. The musical will be performed again tonight (Saturday) and Sunday nights. Yesterday’s article in the…

  • The Evolution of BYOD for our Church Session

    This is the second year I’ve served as an elder on our church session, which is similar to a board of directors in many ways. As you might expect, I bring my laptop, iPad and iPhone to our monthly meetings, and prefer to have all meeting documents in electronic rather than printed form. While some…

  • Managing Digital Footprints – for grandparents (March 2014)

    Update 2/13/2014: An audio podcast recording of this presentation is available on “Fuel for Educational Change Agents.” These are the slides for a presentation I’m sharing Wednesday evening titled “Managing Digital Footprints – for grandparents.” This is the description I added to the slides in SlideShare: This is a presentation shared by Dr. Wesley Fryer…

  • Podcast412: Reflections on Prisons, Schools, Poverty and Families in Oklahoma

    This Christmas Eve 2013 audio podcast is a recorded conversation with Shelly and Wesley Fryer, reflecting on their recent experiences on December 9th with the “Redeeming the Family” outreach ministry at Mable Bassett Women’s Prison in McCloud, Oklahoma. Redeeming the Family is an organization serving the innocent children of incarcerated parents in Oklahoma through the…

  • Visual Notetaking at ISTE 2013

    I have learned a great deal about visual notetaking the past year as I’ve been working on my second eBook project, “Mapping Media to the Common Core: Vol I.” Canadian educator Giulia Forsythe has been and continues to be inspirational to me. Rachel Smith’s 18 minute TEDx talk, “Drawing in Class,” has also been a…

  • Redeeming the Family: Blessing Children of Incarcerated Parents

    (cross-posted from Redeeming the Family and Eyes Right) This is a 14 minute video reflection by Wesley Fryer, who volunteered with Redeeming the Family on May 15, 2013, at the Cimarron Correctional Facility (prison) in Cushing, Oklahoma. Oklahoma currently has 17 prisons, and Cimarron is one of three which is privately operated. Corrections Corporation of…

  • Lessons on Suicide Prevention from Rich Van Pelt

    This evening the four eldest members of our family attended a presentation about suicide prevention by Rich Van Pelt, a church youth leader from Colorado who has authored several books on helping teens in crisis. I’m not sure how many people were present in the sanctuary at Crossings Community Church in north Oklahoma City, but…

  • Merry Christmas 2012

    Merry Christmas to you and your family. I hope this holiday season finds you with family and friends, counting your blessings and celebrating the holidays together. If you are separated from loved ones this holiday, I hope you will be reunited soon. As we continue to mourn the deaths of so many in Newtown, Connecticut,…

  • Leveraging YouTube to Tell The Story of Your Non-Profit

    (Cross-posted as a slightly secularized version from Eyes Right) Upendo Kids International is a mission outreach non-profit based in Edmond, Oklahoma, which sends teams each summer to Kenya to show God’s love and kindness through a variety of activities. This evening, I had an opportunity to show the nineteen members of the June 2012 Upendo…