by Bret Capranica | Apr 11, 2009 | Culture, Interviews, Seeker-Sensitive
Without my comment, watch this one first: Then watch this one (it’s long and has more issues – but you will see the related material): From his own statements, what do you think? Are fundamentalists picking on small issues here? Is this the most helpful way to both speak to Scripture truth and reach out to the homosexual community? Is Rick pursuing a path on this issue that should be modeled? What should we think from one of the most visible professing Chrisitans and pastors in America? Compare to this pastor in Iowa: See the RAW video of Eric’s interview HERE. Read Eric’s recent article to Baptist Press...
by Bret Capranica | Apr 11, 2009 | Twitter
Headed to First Baptist Rialto to speak at a church breakfast: preaching on Luke 8: who is this man & how should we hear him? # Home from a great fellowship I’m Rialto. Time to see the fam-then time for sermon prep. # RT: @productivity501: Stop it now! 17 things you should STOP doing: http://www.productivity501.com/17-things-you-should-stop-doing/143/ # Sermon Prep for tomorrow night-Romans 16:1-2 # Enjoying the quiet of the morning-just caught up on some e-mail. Now to pray and prep for what will be a long, but enjoyable Lord’s Day. # Enjoyed the morning-fellowship was great in Sunday School this morning. Now for a quick lunch and maybe an even quicker nap-we’ll see. # In a meeting with a group of students from CBU. Some of them are Twitteting about us-going to try and find out what they’re saying. # Good Q&A with freshmen Cal Bapt students-now time to put a few kids to bed-then to kick back and rest-been a long but great day. # I want to sleep a little more-the girls have other plans for us. Don’t they know we went to bed late? # Oops-late getting to the office. Perhaps I can find forgiveness. The week begins. # Pastors’ Council Meeting!! # Meet the Press Netcast – oooohhhwee! # following up on e-mail-seems as if it was a fairly slow weekend for e-mail traffic. # working through the task list-wow I have given myself WAY more than is humanly possible to accomplish this week. # Home to play with the family. # I’m still tired from yesterday-I’m calling it a day and headed to bed! #...
by Bret Capranica | Apr 10, 2009 | Miscellaneous
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by Bret Capranica | Apr 7, 2009 | Ordinary Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Technology
10 Reasons why an ordinary pastor (or anyone) should consider using Gmail. 1. It’s free. Gmail is a part of the free world of Google. All that is required is an internet connection (not free). Sure several other e-mail services are free. Your workplace gives you a free account, but this one is yours and no paid hosting service is necessary. 2. It’s simple. Anyone can quickly be up to speed with Gmail. No desktop mail software necessary. No account set ups for desktop clients. Just sign up with Google and mail is yours. The learning curve is easy to get up to speed. Even using some of its more advanced features is relatively simple to grasp. The help sections of Google are simple to navigate. Learning to use labels, stars, search, etc., requires little time and effort. 3. Search. This is Google’s bread and butter ““ and in Gmail as well. If your file is large, Outlook is cumbersome and lags when trying to search. I often cannot quickly find what I’m looking for. Gmail search has been simple, accurate, and fast. 4. Spam. I seem to get a lot of spam through Gmail, but I rarely have any of it hit my inbox. Gmail does an outstanding job at catching the spam-far better than Outlook or Yahoo. 5. Accessibility. Since it is browser based, Gmail works with any operating system (PC or Mac). Gmail works on mobile platforms, so that no matter where you are, you have access to your mail and it is always in sync with the multiple platforms you may use (desktop, laptop, mobile,...
by Bret Capranica | Apr 6, 2009 | Blogging
I’m on of the 9200 people following the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge over at ProBlogger. We’ll see if I can keep up and if it has any beneficial effects here at THE CAPRANICA. 31 Days to Build a Better Blog – Join 9100 other Bloggers...
