Category: christian
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QR Codes on Conference Bookmark Handout
I’m headed to south Texas this weekend for an annual men’s conference, and am looking forward to sharing a breakout session this year. For my handout, I opted to make a “bookmark size” flyer and primarily feature three QR codes. I used the website qrcode.kaywa.com to create the first two QR codes, and www.qrstuff.com for…
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A Touching Sign Language Performance of David Phelps: No More Night
A few weeks ago one of the guys in my Friday morning men’s group at our church shared a touching video on YouTube as part of his lesson. This seven minute video was created by an student in Oklahoma who has gone through an incredible number of surgeries since she was born. It is difficult…
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Think Differently and Support AutismOklahoma.org
Did you know 40% of children diagnosed with autism cannot speak? For reasons we don’t completely understand, the numbers of children in our society diagnosed with autism are on the rise. The following is a beautiful, powerful video scripted and created by AutismOklahoma.org. This was published at the end of last month on YouTube. It…
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MinistrySafe Online Video Training for Youth Protection from Sexual Abuse
These are my notes from the MinistrySafe online training video for churches. This is a required training program our church has paid for all adult volunteers who work with children and youth to complete. My wife saw these trainers (who are lawyers in the Dallas area) present in person and helped bring this training program…
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Underwhelmed by iBooks Author Software
This afternoon I started a new eBook project using a collection of favorite Bible verses from the Friday morning men’s group at our church. The idea is pretty simple: Include verses from the NLT and MSG translations, complying with the copyright permissions for each provided on the YouVersion.com Bible website. Along with the verses, include…
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Storychasing Follow Me Sunday with an iPad2 and iRig Mic
We need to encourage more people to become “storychasers” modeling ethical, responsible, and constructive uses of social media technologies. Storychasers can and should utilize mobile videography tools and “quick edit” journalism platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and blogging websites to document causes and events in our communities. This post features some examples of this kind of…
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Helping Parents in Prison Connect with their Children
Oklahoma has the highest incarceration rate for women in the United States. Of women in Oklahoma prisons, 85% are mothers or grandmothers. Oklahoma has the 4th highest incarceration rate for men in the United States, and many of these guys are dads also. 28,000 children in Oklahoma don’t have one of their parents at home…
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Undo a Typing Mistake on an iPhone by Shaking It
Did you know your iPhone (with iOS firmware 3.0 and later) has a hidden feature that will let you “undo” a typing mistake in most applications by simply shaking the phone? This is a great trick! Today I was typing a short note about a Bible verse which I posted to the “Eyes Right” blog…
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Putting the Passage of Amendment 10-A for Christians Worldwide in Statistical Perspective
Back in August of 2006 I created the blog “Eyes Right” as a Christian team blog where I (and others) could share posts related to Christianity and our walks of faith. Since that time, I’ve generally shared posts focused on religious, spiritual, and specifically Christian topics there rather than here on my main blog, “Moving…
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Lessons Learned from Finger Puppet Theater on Vimeo
This past weekend for the 5th grade Sunday school class I co-teach, I helped students create short (approximately 60 second) finger puppet skits which we videoed and posted online to our class blog. I’ve done this kind of project from time to time the past three years I’ve taught this class, and in this post…