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Mac OS X Mountain Lion Review: by Geek Faith Tribe
As many of you know, I'm pretty much an Apple Fanboy. Okay, not pretty much. I am one. I'm not getting paid for this review, which is a shame. I've got an iPhone 4s, an iPad, a Macbook Pro, and an iMac for home. Shauna has an iBook. All my kids have iPod touches. We...
Can video games prepare Christians for heaven?
My bud Steve Sukkau continues his great series, "A Geek's Guide to Heaven." Enjoy! Have you ever played Sid Meier's Civilization games? How about the block-building world of Minecraft? If so, Heaven may be more familiar than you think. So far, in the Geek’s Guide to...
Dude, Heaven Rules: A Geek’s Guide to Heaven, pt. 2
*THANKS AGAIN to my bud Steven Sukkau, who's posting this series on heaven while I rest up. In my last post, I challenged our notion that Heaven will be an unfamiliar, otherworldly realm inhabited by disembodied spirits. Instead, the Biblical depiction suggests quite...
Mac Vs. PC: Still a Better Love Story Than Twilight
Just sayin.' Thought of this a few minutes ago and thought I'd make it to share with the world.
The Dark Knight Rises: The Depths of Deception
* This post contains movie spoilers. I'll mark them as they come up. Spilling out of the theatre after a recent showing of The Dark Knight Rises, my first response to the film was inarticulate. Whoah. But then my brain kicked in. Christopher Nolan's trilogy-capping...
A Geek’s guide to Heaven
This week we're privileged to have my bud and fellow geek Steven Sukkau blog about heaven. If you think heaven's gonna be one giant church service, you've got another thing coming. Literally. 😉 Are you looking forward to heaven? I mean deep down, are you anticipating...
How to Soundtrack Your Life: Identify a God Song
This week we've been learning how to soundtrack our lives. First, we reminded ourselves that soundtracks wield enormous power to shape our experience of a given story. Next, we watched how God changed King David's soundtrack and what a difference it made in his life....
How To Soundtrack Your Life: Let God Change Your Playlist
Yesterday we learned that every life is accompanied by a soundtrack, just like in the movies. Near the end of my post, I hinted that a soundtrack wasn't merely a metaphor. The songs we listen to have power to direct our lives. Our iTunes playlists possess more...
How to Soundtrack Your Life Like a Pro, Part One
A soundtrack wields enormous power. Think Indiana Jones. Star Wars. Chariots of Fire. Titanic. Jurassic Park. Mission: Impossible. Lord of the Rings. Iron Man. The X-Files. Phantom of the Opera. Each of these projects were successful because they accomplished the same...
How Being a Movie Geek Can Help You Live a 3D Life
Last night I watched The Grey with some good friends. I'll use that viewing experience to show you how you can use movies to live an epic life. Warning: I'm not going to spell out clear spoilers, but there are some references that will definitely shape how you see...
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