Delay Gratification
June 12, 2009
This Ted Talk describes a study I read about years ago regarding the potential implications of delaying gratification. It’s a nice reminder for Christians that things happen on God’s time, not our own. On a more mundane note, those of you who found Outliers’ message of deliberate practice interesting will find this study thought provoking as well.
(For some reason the video won’t embed. You can find it here.)
New Song Alert! [Video]
May 7, 2009
it has been a while but here are two videos featuring, “God of this City”, a song we’ll be introducing this coming sunday. it’s by bluetree, a band from northern ireland, and has recently been performed by Chris Tomlin on the Passion World Tour.
Passion Mexico City!
Chris Tomlin talks about the origins of the song and starts singing at 3:09.
It’s Easter Week!
April 6, 2009
Here are a couple of nice Easter videos I ran across on Vimeo, produced (very slickly, I might add) by St. Helen’s Church. Very appropriate for inquiring minds.
From Life to Death:
From Death to Life:
Did You Know?
March 25, 2009
This is a dramatic presentation on the rapid pace of technological development and it’s potential impact on society. What do these facts imply for the Great Commission?
Nerds of the World, Unite!
March 24, 2009
I got no book learnin', must...watch...video...
For those of you looking to retain your expensive undergraduate and graduate education, check out Academic Earth. This website is similar to Hulu, but for freely available course lectures. The service aggregates material from MIT, Stanford, Yale, etc. Linear algebra? Check. History of the Civil War? Check. Ancient Greek Civilization? Check. Entrepreneurship? Check. Academic Earth has it all!
The site features ratings for each course and there are plans to improve viewer interaction. I’ve used iTunes to download a few videos from courses from iTunesU (both services actually offer many of the same courses), but Academic Earth is easier to use. Syllabus and quiz materials are also offered on the site.
Now all we need is something similar for sermons and lectures! (though the Gospel Coalition website is pretty close).
YouTube Redemption
March 11, 2009
The Internet reflects humanity. It’s full of good and bad, beautiful and ugly, deep and shallow, etc. YouTube is a particularly good example of this. For every amazing piece of video, there are many times as many acts of hubris and stupidity. The video below, however, shows how one man has “redeemed” a large swath of these videos to create a real piece of music. I imagine God is doing something similar, redeeming some of the good, but mostly the bad and the ugly, to ultimately create harmony.
Credit Crisis Visualization
February 23, 2009
For those of you who are still wondering how the financial system got into this tangle, check out this informative video created by Jonathan Jarvis. This presentation shows how good design improves communication.
