I must follow, if I can

Pursuing it with eager feet / Until it joins some larger way

  • Political Activism

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on October 25, 2008

    Someone e-mailed me one of those viral forwards urging us to “refuse” to accept one of those new George Washington dollars because it doesn’t say IN GOD WE TRUST on it. The idea of the e-mail forward is that we can make the world a better place. Really? A better... [Read More]
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  • "Let those who vote, as if not voting…"

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on October 22, 2008

    This morning, John Piper published an excellent Taste and See article at Desiring God entitled, “Let Christians Vote As Though They Were Not Voting”. It is based on Paul’s exhortations in 1 Cor. 7:29-31 (ESV), to “deal with the world as though [we] had no dealings with it.” Each of... [Read More]

  • A piece of bluegrbutt history…

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on October 21, 2008

    An attempt by some beginner programmer to filter out offensive words and replace them with their G-rated counterparts has led to this article on the history of Bluegrbutt music: [Read More]

  • Educational technology

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on October 19, 2008

    Chico State updates its Vista online classroom service to accept Word document uploads; software engineer husbands of student wives rejoice. [Read More]

  • Calendar Synchronization

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on October 2, 2008

    Today I came across a service called NuevaSync. It allows you to sync calendars between Google Calendar, Gmail, Plaxo (which I don’t use actively, was just automatically signed up for from AIM a couple years ago), and mobile devices that support Exchange, like the iPhone and Windows Mobile-based devices. I... [Read More]
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  • Is your church a stench in God’s nostrils?

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on September 22, 2008

    Michael McKinley over at 9Marks posted about a glossy mailer he received announcing a new church in his area which intends to draw crowds not only with a secular-sounding rock band—that would be one thing, and from my background, I wouldn’t be so offended by that, but promoting it as... [Read More]
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