Over the last several days there’s been some good news articles outlining how people have been using Twitter for good.

CNN did a story on Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker, explaining how he used Twitter to find out who needed help in the recent snow storms.

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A few days ago, while visiting family in Miami, we decided to visit Lincoln Rd by Miami Beach. I had never been there before. I was just told that it was a nice area to visit. It’s a closed off “walking street” with shops and restaurants spilling out over the side walks. As we walked along the road we were greeted with the expected sights of nice restaurants, shops, and well dressed people and dogs. One thing I did not expect to see was a church, though.

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Vimeo has just put out a series of videos on shooting and editing video. They walk you through how to use iMovie if you’re on a Mac, or other software on a pc. They also have a great section on taking photos with dslr cameras. I’m quite impressed with them.

Here’s a few of the videos from their series below:

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Note: Because of the popularity of this tutorial, I’ve had a tough time keeping up with all the comments and questions. If you don’t receive a response for awhile please don’t be offended. Also, I encourage you to read through all the comments as many of the questions have been answered by other commenters. Thanks!

In this video I do a walkthrough of the Boldy WordPress theme. It’s what we use for our church website and we’ve been enjoying it. To see the documentation for the theme click here.

*In the video I say that the banner size for the main page should be 970×360. They should actually be 960 x370.

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Our world is filled with pages of books devoted to addressing issues of church growth, discipleship, and conversion. And though it seems that there are more resources then ever before to promote spiritual growth and discipleship, many have wondered (myself included), if people are actually being transformed and changed on a deep level.

What The Book Is About

It’s within this context that Alan Kreider, in his book “The Change Of Conversion and the Origin of Christendom” seeks to go back in history to examine how exactly people were converted, initiated, and baptized. He does this by examining the writings of many of those that were converted and baptized.

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This video has been making its way around the inter-webs. I just saw it today and knew I had to share it with you.

If Jesus were to be born today, this is how things would probably go down…Facebook style.

I think it was quite moving. What about you?

(hat tip to John W for sharing)

I recently received this in the mail.

Looks boring enough, but it’s actually an amazing little iPhone 4 stand and tripod mount from www.theglif.com

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