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I've been a fantasy football coach since 1992. One of my best friends on the planet - Mitch Bettis - and I have been in a league together almost every one of the past 17 years. Funny thing is I got...
Watching Hokies play Arkansas in volleyball. Each won a game. 5-3 Hokies now. http://twitpic.com/gmwqx # RT @seaarkaj: TD Arkansas! # Inside Hokie holy ground http://flic.kr/p/6VRUbw # Arkan...
I will not get melancholy. I will not get melancholy... When a friend told us, "Don't plan anything for the night of June 21," we knew something was up. We just didn't know what. Then came the ann...
Have you learned to enjoy God? Or do you endure Him? Check this post from the past at journeyguy.com: http://bit.ly/5zQFQ # We are not of those who shrink back! It's time to press forward, i...
I have yet to watch Conan on the Tonight Show. However, a friend on Facebook posted this great excerpt from a show about Conan and his Twitter Tracker. Being an avid tweeter, I had to take a look. ...
Hoping that I have the privilege of being used by Christ this morning to encourage, equip and minister to His people and all who are thirsty # Great day at Journey. Bummer that it was Jeremy and...
Most of you know I'm an early adopter. Heck, I'm not just early, but I'm there in the delivery room, cheering on the birth of new techs, eager to cut the umbilical cord. (This is figurative because...
Sundown Friday. In years long before my own ancestry can be traced, a man's body was removed from rough wooden poles before dusk. For religious reasons, the body must be buried before dark. He was ...
We've been in Alaska since last Thursday night, and it's amazing what we've been able to cram into a week, thanks to the ever-tireless efforts and prodding of a pregnant Kristy. She's got more ener...
Waking up in Alaska for the first time after waking up in Arkansas for years is a stunning experience of contrasts. Breathtaking views of mountains shrouded in snow replace forest-obscured views ...
Listening to the Tony Orlando & Dawn station I created on last.fm on way home from BBQ place. I'm rockin! http://loopt.us/IzHRbA # Headed to lunch after awesome Sunday at Journey in Monticel...
We began a 4-part series at Journey this past Sunday on biblical authority. It's called "Joyful Submission: Losing Control Without Losing Your Soul." You can read more about the different topics an...
Playing Three Men on a Couch. # Trying to jailbreak 2.2.1 but having Cydia crashing issues. # Successful jailbreak... but had to use Quickpwn instead of Pwnage Tool. #
I come from a land down under... Missing Mr. Roboto. # For 1st time since last Friday, we are mom-less. Caro's mom left Thursday and was replaced by mine. Then she lef.. http://hellotxt.com/r6U7...
I attended the Arkansas Baptist Evangelism Conference today at First Baptist Sherwood. I came with the great expectation of visiting with and listening to an old friend from OBU days. Wes Hamilto...
I don't think I've ever done this before. I'm posting the audio to a message I preached this morning at Journey. We're using the month of January to teach through our vision statement: "To lead peo...
Carolyn's birthday is December 24. That was the day we received good news about her last needle biopsy. All the initial results from those came back negative for lymphoma or Hodgkin's! That is tru...
I would prefer not to receive catcalls and ecstatic derision from this admission: I'm a geek. I love computers (well, real computers... Macs). I love the intricacies of web design. I can sit in fr...
First of all, if you're reading this and have never considered who Jesus Christ is, you may not grasp what you're going to read here. It may seem strange or otherworldly. In fact, much of what you ...
The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church by Reggie McNeal Although I’m only giving this book 3 stars out of 5, it is definitely worth a read for folks wanting to know why the “ch...
This is the final promotional and summary video from my recent trip to Poland: Come, Join us in Europe from CEE Admin on Vimeo. For more information, check out hope4cee.org.
Holding Fast: The Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy by Karen James In 2006, avid mountain climber Kelly James and two friends planned a climb of Mt. Hood outside Portland, Oregon just bef...
Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller I almost put it down. The first three chapters, while very humorous, just left me wondering what I was doing wasting my time reading this when ther...
In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars by Mark Batterson Mark Batterson is the founding pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. Car...
Just wanted to post a quick update on our health journey with Carolyn. Thank you all for emailing, asking and praying. She had an appointment today at 12:30 in which the surgeon reviewed her PET ...
Hebrews 11.35 is a rather abrupt transition from a sublime chapter in scripture that some call the "Faith Hall of Fame." After detailing the feats of faith accomplished by God through the lives of ...
The following is from Michael Kelley's blog. He gave me permission to post it in its entirety. I was wanting to do an OCC post since this is "collection week," but his entry was so good, I thought,...
The Most Important Issues In the 2008 Election Thanks to Kelly Rogers for posting this on her Facebook page.
I think Shane Vanderhart has an excellent post describing his reasons for voting for McCain. I encourage you to read it. Most of his reasons mirror my own. You can also review my Tumblog for som...
The past two days have been a swirl of activity around the Noble household - well, actually all week. We're exhausted. Carolyn has taken dance and gymnastic pictures every day this week as well as...
A friend who apparently likes Obama as a candidate sent me the following video. It is pretty funny... except for the last plug for Obama. While it's funny, it's rather disturbing that it's on the C...
You may recall a few months back that I shared about co-authoring a unique project in which the proceeds go to childrens charity. Well, the book was released as an e-book today, and you can preorde...
Tom Elliff, one of the VPs at the International Mission Board, is preaching this a.m. He's speaking on the role of the Holy Spirit from John 3. The wind blows... persistently... providentially......
This a.m. we had a massive rummage sale at Journey - or as Jeremy says it, room-age. Whatever, we sold a bunch of just, well, junk. The whole "one man's junk is another man's treasure" should be "o...
With $300 million and counting invested in the "I'm a PC" campaign that began with hiring Jerry Seinfeld, the new Mac commercials point out a painfully obvious truth. Love em. See the others here.
Enter another life-streaming aggregate service: Popego. It's a way to view all your social websites and friends activities in a Friendfeed, Facebook kind of way. However, Popego offers more. Check ...
I'm fighting off sleep even as I write this. I feel like I've had plenty of time to catch up - and even a little mustard - since I've been back, but the backs of my eyelids beg to be seen more ofte...
It's not often that I'm really proud of a shot, but this one was stunning. I got lucky, pure and simple. I had my Sony Cybershot on night mode, and propped it against a stone pillar to capture this...
I love Mark's name. Especially when Ed Stetzer is interviewing him. He is truly "Ed"-worthy. Mark is the interim Regional Leader for Central and East Asia, and he is one of our hosts this week. Mar...
Ron Brown and his family have lived in Hungary for 14 years. He studied and learned Hungarian history and culture during the first five years. He initially began doing student work but discovered t...
It's a visual paradox to step off an electric tram onto a cobblestone street in the shadow of a 1000 year-old castle. It's even a great historic transport to speak with college students in one of...
After a 9 hour flight from Atlanta to Prague, Czech Republic and another hour from there, we arrived in Krakow, Poland at 12:30 p.m. local time. It's 7 hours ahead of CST in the States. We've bee...
My buddy Craig Jenkins at Beech Street First Baptist Church in Texarkana recently made a commercial for their upcoming "Friend Day" that's a spoof of the Mac-PC commercials. He was the pastor at Im...
If you haven't called your legislators yet to voice opposition to the bailout, do it NOW! Don't give up just because you're tired and think they won't listen. ... The Baseball Crank began a 3-par...
Call your Congressman's office asap and urge/warn them to vote against this bailout. Heard an interview of Ron Paul this a.m. that was astute and stunning in it's clarity. The bailout means bigger...
I'm in Arkadelphia listening to the religion faculty teach the book of Exodus to a large group of gathered pastors. One thought: Exodus is also story of a nation that has rejected God. Notice Ex...
Phillip left a comment recently that said, I know I don’t comment much, but I’ll make you a deal. If you post more, then I’ll comment more. Do you know how broken-hearted I am when I am ready for ...
Tonight at 6:00, a ton of dads, grandfathers, stepdads, uncles and friends of Monticello Intermediate School students filled their cafeteria to laugh, learn and commit to the second year of an in...
Jesus: An Intimate Portrait of the Man, His Land, and His Peopleby Leith AndersonLeith Anderson, pastor at Wooddale Church, wrote
Tree down. Power out. iPhone works. So blogging is unhindered. Check out journeyguy.swirl.com this week. I've got jury duty and will only be microblogging. Be sure to comment there. It's cool ho...
Another national site going local is AmericanTowns.com. You can see the Monticello page here. It's amazing to see the possibilities of how these national sites are tackling a local approach. Stats...
I've summarized David Platt's message here, but you can listen to it here.
When was the last time you saw over 1000 college students study the Bible deeply for five straight hours? I saw it last night. David Platt has led his church, Brookhills, to host an event called ...
David Platt spoke Monday night from Exodus 33.1-4, 12-18. It's a rather dramatic moment in Moses' and Israel's relationship with God. Basically, the Lord has just extinguished the lives of a few th...
Listen to David Platt and Michael Kelley's messages from Sunday here.
OK, I've been using Swurl for about two weeks now and LOVE it. Of course, it's competing in my microblogging heart for affection with Tumblr. I'd be curious which of the two websites you like the m...
Many of you have noticed the icon to the right at the bottom of all my posts. It's a referral tool, and there are dozens of them out there. When you click on the button, it gives you an option to r...
As I was saying in the last post, Hugh Hewitt’s book Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation was a challenge and provocation for me. The more I reflected on it after reading it, the more I ...
In some circles, this is known as the Five Cycles of Discipline. It is taken from Leviticus 26.14-29. You can refer to it in more detail here and here. Grace Notes by Warren Doud describes the cycl...
Wow. I think I'm more impressed with Swurl than MobileMe right now. Of course, they're totally unrelated, but Swurl "just works" whereas MobileMe has stumbled out of the gate and almost had me cu...
Jeremy asked me recently what study Bible I would recommend. I have used the NIV Study Bible for many years, as well as Thompson's Chain Reference Bible (NIV). However, I have been doing most of ...
But not this weekend, their blog says. In the meantime, watch this video of just how easy it is to jailbreak your iPhone with the pwnage tool that will soon be released. Many many hours have gone ...
Just hours after I downloaded the iPhone 2.0 update from Apple's site (and a day earlier than it was going to be released!), the iPhone Dev Team had already announced a jailbreak! Gizmodo was one o...
That's about the odds of my moped showing back up at this point. Ghost was stolen from our carport sometime between last Thursday night and Friday morning. I've now been the recipient of much moped...
I'll admit that I'm a "twaddict" - someone that loves to keep with my friends and acquaintances through lifestreaming services like Twitter, Pownce, Friendfeed, Spokeo, Plurk, etc. All of these ...
Revolution in World Missions by K. P. Yohannan Revolution is a dangerous book to pick up. It will change both your concept of missions and what may be the most effective way of doing missions....
When my family made the celebratory trek to Stephenville, TX last month for my brother-in-law Jeff's graduation (yes, there are two of us in the family, but I was here first), we stayed in the Texa...
Pastor Joe Thorn of Redeemer Fellowship in St. Charles, IL has an interesting blog entry about effective evangelism that cites six personal observations about evangelism that are worth reading and ...
It all started with Adelyn's second swim meet of the year. It was in Camden, so the fam loaded up with friends and Amanda (who is doing a fantastic job as our swim team coach) on Friday afternoon...
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possibleby A. J. JacobsI wanted to followup on my earlier entry about this book and let you know my general...
A blast from the past... Baptist Collegiate Ministry highlights, 2001-2002 from Jeff Noble on Vimeo.
On May 7 of this year, a group of leading evangelical scholars, leaders and theologians gathered in Washington, D.C. to redefine for our culture and society what an "evangelical" is. Because the ...
One of our church's family camp pictures from summer 2007 was recently featured in TravelMuse online magazine. You can see the article here. The picture is shown on the second page of the article. ...
Not being a baseball guru, having two kids playing the sport this summer is somewhat of an irony. I sit with a couple of families on a regular basis right up next to the chainlink backstop sniffi...
I had lunch Wednesday with a former student from my campus ministry days - Davy Nugent from Dewitt. He's been serving in the Navy for the past five years, having traveled the world while serving my...
I just submitted by chapter for the upcoming Age of Conversation - Why Don't They Get It? book to be released in August. It was due today, and as I have been sorting out what I wanted to say in my ...
I had a little problem over the weekend. Somewhere between Monticello and Stephenville, my iPhone stopped ringing. It wouldn't vibrate or make a noise when someone was calling. Unless I happened to...
Jeff, my brother-in-law, is graduating from Tarleton State University this weekend. Congrats, Jeff! It's been 9 long years... (Ok, so maybe only 6, but I'm sure it's felt like forever for him). I...
If any of you iPhone lovers are still looking for the perfect case, Shades might have released one today. To me, the perfect case does not add bulk to your iPhone and protects it from scratches. ...
One blogs. And sighs. And takes pictures with his MacBook. Thank goodness for Ben at the ABSC who is coming to pick me up, eat lunch and drive me to Pine Bluff where wifey (in early stages of me...
Wednesday at Exponential was both affirming and exhausting. I ended up leaving the conference before the final speaker simply because I was on head and heart overload. The day for me began in the ...
I don't know how many of you have discovered the delight of a coffee press. I've been through three now. Mainly because I broke one and had to reorder it. (No, it's not a Donald coffee press... B...
I have been taking a slow stroll through A.J. Jacob's The Year of Living Biblically. Adelyn bought it for me for Christmas. She picked it out herself. There's a picture of Jacobs on the front cover...
Watch this 8 minute video featuring Walt Mossberg as he discusses before a panel in Finland the necessary steps for the digital revolution to take the next step in the United States. He points out ...
"Blogging" is such a huge, insurmountable concept for most people. Even if they journal or write regularly, the thought of trying to produce a blog - the technicalities, the how-to's, etc. are over...
The Fifth Discipline by Peter M. Senge It’s been a while since I chewed on this much at one time in a book. Recommended in a Catalyst podcast by Andy Stanley, pastor of North Point Community Chur...
Preaching the Cross (Together for the Gospel) by Mark Dever Four preacher-friends have come together not only to form a new ministry alliance but now have also written their first book. Mark Dev...
I am completely sold on hellotxt.com. I've been using it for the past three days, and have had no issues with it at all. It does exactly what it says. With one entry, I can update ALL of the follow...
It's going to be the big net buzzword of 2008, I predict. Lifestream. Ooooooo. Say it again. "Lifestream." Sends chills down your mouse, doesn't it? Let me describe this for you if the concept isn...
I said when the Mac Mini's were first introduced that Apple should convert the Mini to being a video gaming system. The power, portability and form factor were stunning and had wonderful potential ...
Harmony Church in Greenville, North Carolina has a clean, simple and nicely-designed church website. As a recent church start (within the last three years), it lists the following as their core v...
In the concluding remarks of Apple's SDK event/announcement today for the iPhone, venture capitalist John Doerr introduced Steve Jobs as "supreme commander of the rebels". Doerr will be providing f...
I'm getting the itch for a blog overhaul, and I wanted to get my readers' input on what they enjoy most and what they'd like to see more of. It's not just a graphic redesign, but I'm considering co...
Over at worldmaps.org, you can view a variety of gorgeous map graphics that show you the status of world evangelization. I've ordered some for our church and some extra to give away during services...
It's an expression so trite that it rarely carries any meaning to those to whom it's expressed. "Keep up the good work." However, if the phrase is delivered from a close friend who looks deeply in...
The Wrath of Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 5) by Holly Black In preparation for the upcoming movie (released February 14), I decided to read the Spiderwick Chronicles. For one thin...
If you're a Christian leader or committed to uplifting the cause of Christ among the nations of the world and have not read the Lausanne Covenant, I highly encourage you to do so. It's an excellent...
I usually post videos on my Tumblr blog, but these were just too good! Thanks to AJ Huffman for forwarding them to me.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick What a delightful surprise this book was! It’s bulky 533 page mass beckoned mysteriously the last time the kids and I were at the public library. T...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling Aaaaaaah. I sat up til late last night savoring every word and nuance of the final Potter book. I had put off reading it forever, k...
This past Saturday a small group of folks from our church met to do a "Dirty Job." We had buckets, cleaning supplies, rubber gloves and slightly apprehensive attitudes. The plan? Go clean public...
Well, I put the little ChipIn widget on my blog more than a week ago, and to date... nada. You can see the page here. Sniff. However, I thought I'd try a plug here in an entry in case some of yo...
The Eye of the World: Book one of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan A while back I read an article saying that George R.R. Martin and Robert Jordan were some of today’s fantasy epic writers. I...
(Update: 7-22-08): I'm rerunning this post both as a reminder to myself and a question to you... how are you doing this year on things that you wanted to change, adapt or achieve? How many of you ...
My daughter's dog and I don't get along. At all. For starters, she barks incessantly, even maniacally at the slightest noise. I can alter my voice while in another room, and she'll literally bar...
I don't know how I got out of it, but Carolyn wrote the Christmas letter this year and did a great job! Make sure to tell her! (That way I can get out of more letters in the future.) It's been a y...
I've been playing fantasy football since 1992. I'm still in that same league with some friends from Ouachita and a few others who have joined in the past 15 years. About nine years ago, I created a...
A flat tire... a tense argument with a loved one or friend, a financial cruch... When any of these happen singularly, they are aggravations or frustrations. However, if they begin to occur in tand...
"...He commanded our fathers to teach their children, that the next generation might know [His testimony/law] and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God a...
Church: An Insider's Look at How We Do Itby John G., Jr. StackhouseI distinctly remember being curious about this book when I saw it on the steeply-discounted book rack at Mardell’s a while back. I...
It seems that Ameri-Christianity always needs something to poopoo on. Right now it's Phillip Pullman's book and the soon-to-be-released movie by New Line Cinema (who also brought us the excellent L...
"I don't like my/your church."As a church planter and pastor, I honestly don't know that I've ever heard those words or even read them in reference to our church; however, I am confident that they'...
Shelley Smith is the lucky winner of the iPod Nano! She submitted my post When it's time to leave your church, and it received 22 votes over at the Squidoo lens.Thanks to all those who participated...
This is kinda techno geeky...Click on "Leave a Present" - unless you're Scrooge.
America's Game by Michael Maccambridge I began playing fantasy football in 1992, at the urging of Kevin Wieser. I remember in those days how I used to run out on Monday morning and buy a copy o...
You may recall my recent comparison of K.I.T. and Yojimbo. Verdict: K.I.T. wins hands-down. However, I just couldn't work it into my digi-lifestyle. However, thanks to Richard's recent post concer...
I got sucked into the Arkansas-LSU game in the third quarter yesterday because Sam was watching it and kept making exclamations like, "Omigosh!" and "Daddy, you've got to see this!" and "Wow!" I j...
In a recent sermon (11/11/07), John Piper of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis made eight observations about church planting: [display_podcast] I've summarized them here: There are 195,000...
It was a rather strange experience. We were sitting in the airport lobby of Love Field just outside Dallas sharing soft drinks with David James, the Collegiate Ministry Team leader for Arkansas Bap...
Review: A Call to Spiritual Reformation — 2 minutes ago WORTH CONSUMING! I don't think I've devoured and enjoyed a book as much as this one since I read John Piper's Desiring God. That'...
“God is more interested in our holiness than in our comfort. He more greatly delights in the integrity and purity of his church than in the material well-being of its m...
I was curious the other day about how in the world Google establishes its page ranking system. My pursuit was prompted by the fact that after two years of steady blogging, I had never been concern...
The ability to hack your iPhone and add other programs other than what Apple "officially" supplies (sounds very Gates-ian, doesn't it?) had been widely touted and covered. What is not covered so we...
I was on the back porch and had just hit the submit button for the DHL website to schedule a pickup. It pained me to do so, because I am having to send my Macbook back for service. At less than a...
I've been so intrigued by the effectiveness of video podcasts. Turns out, so has Taylor. Since he's extremely talented in the video department and a member of Journey, we're going to try our hands ...
Groan. I have been waylaid by a sinister snot monster. It ambushed me sometime early Wednesday a.m., because I woke up talking like Donald Duck. Normally, I would appreciate that since he's my fa...
I was trying to catch up on some podcasts today and was listening to Neat Little Mac App's review of K.I.T. (Keep It Together). One cool thing about NLMA's podcast is that while not quite a vidcast...
Talk about a definite time waster... but soooo fascinating. If you have a Twitter account (and if you don't, why not?!), check out Twitter Blocks. It graphically shows who is following your updates...
Dan Zak, a columnist for the Washington Post has a great article for all of us - both pro and beginning bloggers. He lists 10 things that we can do to "be more than a blip in the blogosphere." Swin...
I was doing a search just to see how many "Journey Churches" I could find on the net. It's a little overwhelming. Our church is unrelated officially to any of these, but I thought I'd take you on a...
Allow me to preface my ramblings with this statement: I know many people have studied this topic more than me; books probably exist about this topic. Also, I understand that these concepts did not ...
NBC seems to be coming off as the biggest media whiner around. First, they pull their shows from the iTunes music service. Most assume this is because Apple's wildly successful media content del...
A new friend + a new toy + two determined kids = Saturday morning garage sale + Ebay and Amazon.com listings Some great friends of ours have moved to Monticello from Arkadelphia, and their son w...
The Glorious Church by Watchman Nee I’ve heard about Watchman Nee off and on over the years but have never taken the time to read something of his. He was a Chinese pastor, for almost 30 years. ...
A team from our church is heading to Denver the weekend after Thanksgiving to donate their time and labor to packing boxes for Operation Christmas Child! There are two different fundraisers to help...
How did a small, church plant in Oklahoma go national in the past ten years? Such is the story of Life Church, now known as LifeChurch.tv. From its beginnings in Edmond, Oklahoma, Life Church now...
It's fast becoming one of the most popular productivity-enhancement websites out there. After reading this article at Engadget, I thought I'd open up an account and give it a try... I'll let you kn...
The Acts of the Holy Spirit: Tracing His Work in the Early Church, Discerning His Life-Giving Presence Today by Arthur T. Pierson For such a short little book, I was struck by Pierson’s writing ...
I get asked frequently how I incorporate calendars and event lists into some of the websites that I design. It's really pretty simple after you've worked through the process once. I use CalendarHu...
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