It’s not everyday that my favorite band plays a show in my backyard. But that did happen today. And I got to enjoy the show with my wife and children!
What a treat to see Switchfoot quite literally in our backyard at the Shippensburg Fairgrounds during this year’s Uprise Festival.
We actually took in a majority of the Red set, Jeremy Camp’s set (and powerful preaching!), and ended the evening with Switchfoot.
I had my DSLR in-hand and snapped some shots:
View the entire photoset here.
If you’ve watched any of the Republican or Democratic National Conventions over the past couple of weeks you’ve probably missed out on the closing benedictions that, in my opinion, SHOULD have been aired on the national television broadcasts.
Each of these four prayers included here for your viewing/listening pleasure is fantastic in its own right and well worth the few minutes of listening in my opinion. I’d love to know what you thought in the comments here on the blog.
Roman Catholic Archibishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on September 6, 2012 | transcript here
Jena Lee Nardella addresses The Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on September 4, 2012 | transcript here –
Roman Catholic Archibishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL on August 30, 2012 –
Rev. Sammy Rodriguez addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL on August 29, 2012 –
Any surprises from what you heard/read?
Bill Nye (of former “Science Guy” fame) once taught me cool science-stuff (no where near as cool as Mr. Wizard) on PBS during my Jr/Sr High School years. He was the “safe” scientist back then.
Recently, Nye was featured in a “Big Think” video entitled, “Bill Nye: Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children” which can be viewed at this link. In his two-and-a-half-minute video, Nye declares some pretty heavy statements regarding the “danger” of teaching Creationism to children. He even makes a broad statement that in just a couple centuries “that world view will not exist”, and that “there’s just no evidence for it”.
I think the video is worth watching:
At present time, the video has been viewed more than 4-million times and it is continuing to gain momentum.
In this ‘digital age’ where strong statements often find their way onto YouTube with a MUCH larger audience than many other platforms, I’m pleased that the folks at Answers in Genesis have released at least two videos refuting Nye’s claims. I think, they too, are worth watching:
First, a video featuring two of the Creation Museum’s “Science Guys”, Dr. David Menton (PhD in Biology from Brown University) and Dr. Georgia Purdom (Phd in Molecular Genetics from Ohio State University).
Second is a response from Ken Ham – the President & CEO of the Creation Museum and Answers in Genesis:
Understatement of the year as a blog post title? Check.
I guess it should really be, “Time management isn’t easy (for me)”. There are MANY people in this world who are literal ‘kings’ of time management and productivity and I’m often overwhelmed when I receive nuggets of information from some of them on how to increase my skills in these areas.
Recently a friend of mine, Erik Fisher launched a brand new podcast entitled “Beyond the to do list”. I’ve listened to a few of his episodes now and am continuing to glean useful information from each of them.
I’d be selfish not to share this resource with the stevansheets.com readers and others who may share in needing an overhaul of their time management and productivity skills.
Head over to beyondthetodolist.com and check out an episode or two and see what I’m talking about. I’d recommend the Michael Hyatt episode if you’re not sure where to start.
You can also subscribe to the Podcast from within iTunes here.
image credit goes to David Drury who created it during a ‘Twitter rant’ we were having last evening
