by bradhuebert | Sep 18, 2012 | Faith, geek, heroes, theology, vision
Yesterday I introduced you to the epic calling of the consummate Old Testament super hero: Samson. Next, I showed you that Samson’s calling, as awesome as it may be, bears an uncanny resemblance to my calling from God. Oh, and your’s, too. Right. Almost...
by bradhuebert | Sep 17, 2012 | Faith, geek, Intimacy with God, Leadership, Ministry, Uncategorized, vision
Two weeks ago I blogged a pair of posts about the Hero’s Journey—an introduction to the Hero’s Journey, and How to Plug Your Story Into The Hero’s Journey. This week we’re going to explore Samson’s “Hero School,” found in...
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...