My Worship Revolution

Read this!  Don't just notice another Twitter post and skip it!

First of all, I know I've neglected the blog this week.  I repent.  I'm sorry.  We'll try and turn that around.  And I'll get to those questions in the next week or two.  Really, y'all lobbed up some softballs.  Nothing too tough or intense there.  Now back to Twitter.

My Life Group has made fun of me repeatedly for my love for Twitter and desire to see them all get onboard.  This week, I came across some great post at my friend JVo's blog.  You've got to see what they are doing with Twitter at their church here, here, and here.

A while back I posted a Leo Laporte video on Twitter in Simple English.  But for those of you who still doubt it's usefulness, you have to check out this video of Twitters CEO shring all the ways Twitter is being used.  I liked it before, but now I'm really becoming a believer! 

Jack Dorsey Presents Twitter from biz stone on Vimeo.

You may not be willing to jump in yet, but you sure can't argue that it isn't useful!!  In fact, the way I see it, when we're willing to get creative and risky enough, I think we can leverage all sorts of new technology to work in our favor, whether it be for social reasons, a business, or using it to share our faith, connect our community, and enhance our worship and learning experiences.  And I love that Westwinds is willing to puch the envelope and try something crazy.

So, that being said, what other uses can you think of for Twitter?
Or what technology doesn't exist yet that you wish did?  Maybe you could create the next thing to revolutionize the way we do life!

HT: JVo – thanks for the video and the great info!

Alright Tim.  This one's for you.
And we'll try and keep em more consistent again, y'all.
We had a great gathering this past Sunday.
Check it out:

How bout you?
How was your weekend?

My birthday is coming up soon.
Most of you I do not expect to get me anything.
For close family and friends, however, my Amazon wish list has reappeared over to the left.
Unfortunately you can't add Jamba Juice gift cards from Amazon.

Seriously though, while I don't want people buying my stuff, birthdays make for a fun time of sharing wish lists and cool things that I've found.
The coolest being the waterproof nano box and headphones.  How cool is that?  When I save up the money these will make for a much more enjoyable swim workout!

So what fun items are on your wish list that I need to add to mine?

It’s been a while since Tri To Lose ended.
Haven’t been focused much n my weight.
That’s part of why I decided to do 2 Triathlons this summer.
I almost didn’t post this cause it’s kinda embarrassing.
But in the true spirit of authenticity and accountability, here’s the latest update:

I made it down to 155 before, but my goal is to eventually hit 150.  We’ll see how it goes as I get ready for some Triathlons.

This post is also part of the Ragamuffin Top Challenge.

To ask me whatever you want.
It's noon.
You ask, I'll answer.

You ask…I’ll answer.
I’ve seen 4 or 5 other bloggers give this one a try.
A few mega-blogs, others not.
Told myself I wasn’t gonna go there.
I changed my mind. So here’s how it works.

What better way to post what you wanna hear than having you ask me anything you want?
Whatever you want to ask, leave it in the comment section.
Whatever you want to know about me, my thoughts, or anything else you may have wondered about that I’ve never addressed.
And I will answer every question.
So bring it.
Be creative.
No holds barred.
(Well…kinda.  If it’s too personal, I’m sure I can come up with a sarcastic answer that doesn’t really answer the question.  But give it a try.  That probably won’t happen.)

Oh yeah.  Some of the other blogs gave 24 hours to ask.
I’m not that confident.  I’ll give you a little more.
It’s Thursday at 9am PST.
Comments turn off on Friday, 5pm PST.
If I get enough questions, I’ll start answering next week.
If I get one and that’s it, I’ll do a quick answer post buried among others and pretend this experiment never happened.

Ready…Go!

I wonder…
What was going through Caleb’s head between, or during these two pictures:

Your Thoughts?

That last post that several of you responded to was supposed to have a poll embedded.
Apparently it didn't work.
It's there now.
Thanks.

OK, so maybe we put the cart before the horse, but I can do that if I wanna.
Some of you told me what post you like to come by for, but now I wanna know who’s here!

Who are you?
What do you do with your time?

I figure most of the people coming are either worship pastors, other pastors, friends who know me personally from now or in the past, or family members.  But I know for a fact that there are others too.  So click the poll below and let me know.  And I wanna know what kind of jobs (or lack thereof) you have, too.
So if you click on other, or friend or family for that matter, leave a comment and share what that other is or what you do during the week.

And lurkers, this is your chance to come out from the shadows.  I want 100% participation here!
So ready…go!

So I've never really considered myself much of a stat ho.  Yeah I check my stats.  I'm curious.  And I like to see big numbers.  But I've never done major pushes to try and increase my stats.  I probably won't do that much either. 

At the same time, though, people blog for different reasons.  Some just want to have a place for a few family and friends to see some pics, and that's cool.  Others feel like they have something worthwhile to say and want to have some influence, and more readers means more influence.  Either way, to a certain degree, we blog because people read it.  Otherwise, this is just some journal in my computer and there's really no need to put it online.  It can just be like the end of a Doogie Howser episode, recording my reflections and learnings from the episode…errr…day.

So I thought this week, I'd think a little bit about who's reading, and maybe try to learn what I can do to move to the next echelon of blogdom.  Sort of like breaking through a number barrier in church growth.  And get to know you all a little bit better.

So that being the case, I have a question for you today. Some research.
Why do you read this blog?
What are your favorite posts?

Let's be honest.  Even on our favorite blogs, there are posts that we just glaze right over in our RSS feeders.  So what are the posts that you enjoy the most here?  When you see a new post from My Worship Revolution and you go to click on that feed, what are you hoping might show up.

And Mom, I already know.  More of Caleb.  ;)  So the rest of you, what do you like to see?  Just curious.  Thanks for sharing!  (hint, hint)

Your turn.
Speak.