by Bret Capranica | Dec 14, 2007 | Blogging
I enjoyed and gleaned some great idea for personal productivity from Tim Ferriss’ book, The Four Hour Work Week. When it comes to using time more effectively, he has put his finger on some important issues. Here’s a helpful post on blogging. Any thoughts on his approach (click on the number in parenthesis to leave a comment). The Top 5 Uncommon Timesavers for...
by Bret Capranica | Dec 9, 2007 | Blogging
. . . that is in regard to my return to blogging. I am quite sure I will resume blogging before the next millennium. However, the return will not be before 2008 unless something really excites or irks me before then. My month hiatus has turned into a multi-month break from blogging, although I have been keeping up with a few blogs here and there. My feedreader is stuffed with unread material. My doctoral writing project continues and I hope to be finished with the bulk of it by the end of the year. I also find myself one week away from leading our annual Christmas Concert (after about 20 rehearsals since October) at church, the completion of our 2008 Budget process (of which I oversee) and I should finish preaching through Romans 8 by the end of the year. Since last reporting, Brie is now ten and a half months old, crawling, trying to pull up on most everything and making Kel and I laugh all the time. All is set for her adoption to be final – we anticipate around the first of the year. And, while I did not report on it, we have another little one with us: Josie. We were not sure that we would have her more than a week, but that week has now turned into four and a half months, since she came into our home at the ripe old age of five days old (I’ll post pics when I officially return to blogging). The foster/adoption process can be (really, ‘is’) a difficult road to follow. We ask for your prayers...
by Bret Capranica | Aug 15, 2007 | Blogging
Some of you know that I am currently in the midst of working on a Doctor of Ministry project with Southern Seminary. Writing has really been slow going while trying to keep up with normal ministry responsibilities and a few new (and beloved) personal responsibilities at home. So, in an effort to give some concentrated time on project writing, THE CAPRANICA will lie dormant for awhile (much more than normal). I am planning to spend a concerted writing effort over the next month on the primary chapters of the project. So, I’ll only be checking my e-mail accounts once per day, shutting my feedreader down so that it doesn’t even come on at all each day (no blog-reading – this one will be incredibly difficult). Checking voice mail at the office and on my cell phone once every other day, limiting my administrative responsibilities as well as any reading that I would normally do outside of sermon and teaching preparation. I would appreciate your prayers. I’m very excited about the project I’m working on and looking forward to how it might be used in our church and eventually in our region of the country. If I get enough of the project written, I may become a more consistent contributor to the blogosphere in the future. Blessings on the three of you who...
by Bret Capranica | Jul 11, 2007 | Blogging, Technology
You need to do this. Really. Any means of streamlining your time wasting online is well worth the investment: Video Tutorial – How To Set Multiple Homepages Using Tabs | Said At Southern...
by Bret Capranica | Jun 28, 2007 | Blogging, Education, Miscellaneous
Good tips for you and me to become better writers, and we DO need to become better writers. A Guide to Becoming a Better Writer: 15 Practical Tips –...
by Bret Capranica | Jun 21, 2007 | Blogging
A good pastor friend, and truly wise guy (in every nuance of the term), Walter Price, has just taken the plunge into the blogopshere. We have needed a sense of sanity and professionalism around here and BROTHER Walter (I say that with the heaviest of Southern accents), will do just that. Walter is the Senior Pastor/Teacher of Fellowship in the Pass Church in Beaumont, California (a mere twenty minutes from me), as well as a Trustee at Southern Seminary, a place I hope to one day call an alma mater. Welcome Walter. We’re watching you :)) Check out Walter’s new blog and let him know he’s loved and appreciated: It’s That...
