by bradhuebert | Sep 10, 2012 | Faith, geek, social media, Uncategorized, vision
Are you on Facebook? Zuckerberg’s social behemoth was founded in 2004. Eight years later (as of June 2012) Facebook now hosts 955 million users. To put that into perspective, Facebook’s “population” ranks third in the world, right behind China...
by bradhuebert | Sep 7, 2012 | Faith, geek, Intimacy with God, Jesus Christ, sci-fi, spiritual growth, Uncategorized, vision
Yesterday I summarized The Hero’s Journey, Joseph Campbell’s brilliant analysis of epic stories. You’ll want to read that post before you tackle this one. Campbell outlined twelve universal story elements that every hero story flows through (though...
by bradhuebert | Sep 6, 2012 | Faith, Star Wars, theology, vision, writing
This weekend we’ll launch a new vision series called “Hero Academy” at DCC, using the hero construct to teach people how to live on target with Jesus Christ. Since my heart and mind is already hovering over heroism, I thought I’d take some time...
by bradhuebert | Aug 27, 2012 | Faith, geek, technology, vision
I don’t need to point out that we’re living through an era of dizzying innovation and change. I just saw an article on Yahoo! called “The Sleekest Gadgets of 2012.” and there’s some pretty cool stuff there. Same with the Gadget section of...
by bradhuebert | Aug 26, 2012 | church, Faith, geek, preaching
Most of you will think I’m a whacko for even thinking this, but one of my favorite things in the world to do is preaching. Am I a geek, or what? I remember my first shot at public speaking. I was in grade 12 and I was preaching in a chapel service at my Private...
by bradhuebert | Aug 23, 2012 | Faith, geek, heroes, Uncategorized
A few months back I found this infographic and loved it. Quite the breakdown, don’t you think? That’s the cost of being Batman. Give or take a million or three. But being a real-life hero? It’s not about technology, cash, or the cool...
