http://www.seabourn.org Connecting you to ministry around the globe Thu, 21 May 2009 22:09:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've joined the Bible sponsors, or maybe even the Bible smugglers. I've distributed 4 Bibles in 2 languages in the past 4 days. Anytime my computer is turned on and connected to the internet, I'm available to help provide Bibles around the world. I recently learned of this cool way to ... http://www.seabourn.org/sponsoring-bibles/ I got the idea from Lifehacker. It's a good idea. For $8.50 and about 15 minutes, I moved from clutter to unclutter. Here's where we have been charging our cellphones and other stuff. [caption id="attachment_447" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Original clutter"][/caption] I bought a plastic box at Target for $1.00 and a surge-protected power strip ... http://www.seabourn.org/uncluttered-charging-station/ I really enjoyed reading this post of C.S. Lewis' attitude toward attending church. It's interesting to read in his own words how his attitude changed over time. He was still the same recluse by nature, but the Spirit worked in his heart to change him. http://www.seabourn.org/cs-lewis-on-church-attendance/ You can pray for the Global Technology Office. We are publishing a prayer calendar and invite anyone to become a part of helping implement digital strategies to increase fruitfulness in ministry, to connect and engage laborers in movements around the world, and to develop operational capacity to sustain the mission. ... http://www.seabourn.org/pray-for-gto/ John Piper says that we cannot know what prayer is for, until we understand that life is war. He explains further: Life is war. That’s not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of this truth. Prayer is primarily a wartime ... http://www.seabourn.org/worldwide-day-of-prayer/ Kay and I tried something last night. Along with several of our Campus Crusade teammates who live in our area of town, we threw a block party for our neighbors. We invited about 30-40 households to a movie under the stars. We set up at the end of a dead-end ... http://www.seabourn.org/block-party-with-a-purpose/ [caption id="attachment_420" align="alignleft" width="217" caption="Thai Air"][/caption] Thai Airways flight TG325 was roaring down the runway in Bangkok, Thailand. It was after 1 am and I was sleepily waiting for takeoff of our flight from Thailand to Bangalore, India. I remember thinking, “We're taking longer than usual to take-off. It seems like ... http://www.seabourn.org/aborted-take-off/ [caption id="attachment_414" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Quicken no-convert warning screen"][/caption] OK. I'm not happy. This is a not-so-happy post about my favorite money manager, Quicken. I did the buy-TurboTax+Quicken-and-get-$30-rebate thing. As I installed Quicken, I was informed that the Starter edition "can't convert a data file from a previous version of Quicken"!!! This is ... http://www.seabourn.org/beware-quicken/ I read a good article this morning: Good Followership by Janie B. Cheaney (World Magazine). I appreciated her insight, near the end, “good followership relies on trust – in the Head, not the man.” This has been an important lesson throughout my life. I know it’s important because God keeps helping ... http://www.seabourn.org/good-followership/ Got this today from a friend visiting Rwanda. She had not expected to have any kind of internet connection so she did not plan on participating in a conference call today. Life is changing, around the world! This place in Rwanda has wireless internet!!!  I have no idea how widely they ... http://www.seabourn.org/rwanda-internet/