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How to move your iTunes music library from a PC to a Mac without losing met
2008-04-06 07:13:00 I spent the better part of yesterday trying to load my iTunes library on my new MacBook Pro. I was bound and determined NOT to lose all of the metadata associated with my music — star ratings, play counts, playlists, album art, etc. Call me superficial, but I just didn’t want to lose all of ... More About: Software , Music , Itunes , Library , Move
Sarcastic Lutheran on the prosperity gospel
2008-04-04 08:41:00 Nadia Bolz-Weber from Sarcastic Lutheran writes about wealth and the prosperity gospel at God’s Politics. “As a Lutheran, I fully reject the gospel of prosperity, primarily on the grounds that I’m pretty sure it makes Jesus throw up in his mouth a little bit every time he thinks of it.” More About: Faith , Gospel , Prosperity
A new era
2008-04-01 22:49:00 My new computer has arrived. A new era, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr. More About: Software , Pictures
MLB 2008 predictions
2008-03-30 22:07:00 The only real reason this post exists is to say that more than ever before, I believe this is the Cubs’ year. It’s time. American League: West: Seattle Mariners Central: Detroit Tigers East: Boston Red Sox Wild Card: Cleveland Indians National League: West: Arizona Diamondbacks Central: Chicago Cubs East: New York Mets Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies MVP: Derek Lee, Chicago Cubs Cy Young: Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs Rookie ... More About: Predictions , 2008
NPR, ?A Victim Treats His Mugger Right?
2008-03-28 17:47:00 Jesus said, “If anyone would… take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well” (Matthew 5:40). Social worker Julio Diaz takes Jesus seriously. As the teen [robber] began to walk away, Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you ... More About: Treats , Victim
John Mayer speaks from the heart
2008-03-27 22:54:00 John Mayer doesn’t just write heart-wrenching music. You need to read this. “This is about us all. Every one of us. Who all seem to know deep down that it’s incredibly hard to be alive and interact with the world around us but will try and cover it up at any cost. For as badass ... More About: John Mayer , John , Heart , The Heart
Help me make a theology mixtape
2008-03-27 20:52:00 Muxtape is a new web service that brings back the old school pastime of mixtape creation, and they make it really easy to create and share mixes with one another. See thelongbrake’s mix, for example. I’ve created a Muxtape account with the sole intent of storing a stellar mix of theological-type lectures. This is where you ... More About: Theology , Faith , Make , Mixtape
Jürgen Moltmann, ?The Crucified God? mp3 lecture
2008-03-26 04:36:00 The Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry has a bunch of mp3s available from their Great Theologians Lecture Series, including a gem from Jürgen Moltmann — The Crucified God: A Modern Theology of the Cross (link is to the mp3). More About: Faith
Easter and environmentalism
2008-03-24 02:46:00 I figured that since I posted quotes for the previous two days of Holy Week, I’d post one more. Besides, this one is too juicy to pass up. “Those who do not understand the link between the Easter message and ecological problems, do not understand anything of either. Environment alism in itself is of course no utterance ... More About: Faith , Environmentalism
A Holy Saturday experience
2008-03-22 06:29:00 Something to ponder this Holy Saturday : “The believer who encounters serious doubt does not renounce his or her faith but rather uses it as an opportunity to affirm it. We may call this acknowledgment of doubt a Holy Saturday experience (a term that refers to the 24 hours nestles between the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ). ... More About: Faith , Experience
When Good Friday is just okay
2008-03-21 21:14:00 I have a problem with Good Friday . Here’s the question: Have we, as citizens of one of the most powerful empires the earth has ever seen, lost the “good”-ness of Good Friday? Would Good Friday seem more “good” to me if I wasn’t part of the 20% of the world population that consumes 80% of ... More About: Theology , Faith
Postmodernity on the (right) brain
2008-03-20 20:37:00 Jonathan Brink contemplates the correlations between modernity/postmodernity and left brain/right brain. “The right brain is about connectivity and relationships. What draws us together, not divides us. And much of the postmodernity movement/era I think is a response to the long drawn out centuries of living exclusively in the left brain world that can?t operate in ... More About: Faith , Brain
Obama wrote his own speech
2008-03-19 22:13:00 That speech Obama gave about race in America? He wrote it himself. “The last time a major speech was written without the aid of a speechwriter by a president or presidential candidate was Nixon’s ‘Great Silent Majority’ speech delivered on October 13, 1969.” Wow. More About: Wrote , Speech
Damn.
2008-03-19 06:53:00 When uploading to WordPress 2.5 RC1, I apparently erased all of my themes and plugins, which means I essentially have to start from scratch. It’s my own fault, since I didn’t back up the data beforehand, but damn this sucks. The irony of this happening a mere hours after the previous post is overwhelming. UPDATE 03/19/08, 3:17PM: For ... More About: Website , Blogging , Damn
JakeBouma.com turns 3 years old
2008-03-19 00:37:00 On May 1, 2003, I hit “publish” on my first-ever blog post using the pre-Google-owned Blogger. This is what it said: Who knows what I will post on my newly-created blog, not to mention how often. In fact, there is a fairly good chance that this is the last post I will make. I will probably ... More About: Website , Years
Midlife-Crisis Bible Stories
2008-03-16 20:19:00 Midlife-Crisis Bible Stories , from McSweeney's. My favorite is The Annunciation. Share This More About: Midlife , Midlife crisis
I?m speechless.
2008-03-13 17:51:00 This is incredible. You might even say I'm speechless. Share This More About: Software , Website , Speechless
A tale of two computers (or, I?m getting a MacBook Pro)
2008-03-13 07:39:00 Well folks, the time has finally come. In a few short weeks, I'll be the owner of a new 15-inch MacBook Pro. Long story short: The aging, hand-me-down laptop my church had supplied me died, and they won't pony up the dough for a new one. At home, my 6-year-old desktop is on life support. The ... More About: Software , Life , Computers , Macbook , Tale
N.T. Wright, Worship and the Spirit in the New Testament
2008-03-12 18:04:00 N. T. Wright delivered a lecture entitled Worship and the Spirit in the New Testament at a conference called The Spirit in Worship and Worship in the Spirit which was sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music last month. When it starts with this line: At first sight, it appears strange that those who have ... More About: Faith
Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change
2008-03-10 19:50:00 The powerhouse Southern Baptist denomination has signed a new-and-improved "Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change ". "Jonathan Merritt, a young leader who helped inspire the new declaration, expressed his motivation in language that resonates deeply with Southern Baptists: to trash this beautiful planet - which is God's handiwork and declares God's glory - is like ...
That Martin Luther? He wasn?t so bad, says Pope
2008-03-10 04:52:00 That Martin Luther ? He wasn?t so bad, says Pope . "Pope Benedict XVI is to rehabilitate Martin Luther, arguing that he did not intend to split Christianity but only to purge the Church of corrupt practices." [via] Share This More About: Faith
Twitter is The New Facebook
2008-03-08 20:42:00 Twitter is The New Facebook . Share This More About: Software , Twitter
Public library hypothetical
2008-03-07 01:05:00 If you had to sacrifice your life to ensure the survival of the modern public library system, would you do it? In other words, if you choose to live, the public library system as we know it ceases to exist and will never return. If you choose to die, the public library system continues on. Leave a ... More About: Library , Public
New quote on @jbquotes
2008-03-06 20:35:00 The latest quote from @jbquotes on twitter, taken from The Omnivore's Dilemma, p.68: The short, unhappy life of a corn-fed feedlot steer represents the ultimate triumph of industrial thinking over the logic of evolution. Share This More About: Quote
Pepsi Raw
2008-03-05 08:22:00 Pepsi Raw is made without any high fructose corn syrup, instead using coffee leaf and cane sugar. This intrigues me for two reasons: 1) I'm in the middle of reading Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, and 2) I love carbonated beverages. Share This More About: Food , Drink , Pepsi
Why We?re Not Emergent
2008-03-03 06:39:00 Why We're Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be) (@ Amazon) comes out on April 1, and it will be very interesting to see the reactions in the blogosphere. You can be young, passionate about Jesus Christ, surrounded by diversity, engaged in a postmodern world, reared in evangelicalism and not be an emergent Christian. In ...
?How to pray? - my first sermon outline ever
2008-03-03 04:04:00 Last Wednesday I had the opportunity to deliver a sermon(ette) at one of St. Mark's Lenten services. We've been talking about prayer as a congregation, so every Wednesday's sermon has related to prayer in some way or another. I was asked to speak on "How to pray" and I had a great time going through ... More About: Faith , Sermon , Pray , Outline
Welcome to the Table: The Green Evangelical Movement
2008-02-28 18:03:00 Welcome to the Table : The Green Evangelical Movement. "If these green evangelicals are beginning to embrace terms like 'sustainable,' 'green,' and even 'carbon neutral,' but still shudder at the sound of 'environmentalism,' are we really all sitting at the same table? Or are we sitting at completely different tables, looking at the same evidence, but ... More About: Environment , Faith
New spectacles
More articles from this author:2008-02-28 05:27:00 Spectacle(s), originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr. I got a new pair of glasses on Monday. I'm a no-contatcs guy, and I had been wearing the previous pair for five years… so this is quite a change. But really, this is just my attempt to look more like Rob Bell. Share This More About: Life 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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