After spending the last 5 months trying to get healthy…I think I miss bacon the most. I would eat bacon at every meal.
If I was not trying to prevent cardiac arrest in my 30’s…this is how I would make my eating decisions…
February 4, 2010
My Beautiful and Amazing Wife
I just wanted to take a moment this morning and Praise God for my Beautiful Wife.
She is so amazing in so many ways. It is obvious that she is amazingly beautiful. She is an amazing mom. She is an amazing friend to others. Her humor is amazingly funny. She is getting more & more amazing at Catan. But most of all…she is an amazing wife.
I am so blessed to have her in my life.
If you know Ashleigh and you agree that she is amazing, would you do me a favor and tell her something that you love about her?!
February 3, 2010
the REMIX! 2
This Friday night is the 2nd Annual REMIX.
They made a commercial and it is pretty funny. Watch till the end.
February 3, 2010
Dead People on Twitter
This was a startling and weird notification….A.W. Tozer is now following me on Twitter. The weird part is Tozer died in 1963.
Brian Crenshaw is officially behind dead people in technology. Come on Crenshaw.
February 2, 2010
Monopoly Revolution
I saw this redesigned Monopoly board today on Uncrate and I really like it.
It is hard to appreciate as a small image so click on the image above to see a larger shot of this beauty.
Here is what Uncrate had to say:
It only took 75 years or so, but someone finally got around to doing a first-rate redesign of the classic Monopoly board. Monopoly Revolution ($35; Fall 2010) eschews the game’s traditional square surface for a modern circular board, while retaining all the fun gameplay of the original. New features include updated “here and now” pricing, an electronic game pod that keeps track of players’ money — via electronic banking cards — and also provides sound effects and song clips that correspond with events in the game.
February 2, 2010
iRepear to the Rescue
Ashleigh dropped her iPhone the other day. We lost count, but that drop for her was somewhere between the 8th and 800th time. (Probably closer to the latter.)
Anyways, she took it to the Apple Store and they offered to fix the damaged screen for $199 or sell her a completely new phone for $499 since her upgrade time period wasn’t till later this year.
So I started looking into ways to get her phone fixed for less and I found iRepear. Thomas Bledsoe is a young entrepreneur who has started a mobile iPhone repair service. I called him right be for lunch and he met me at my home at 4:00pm to fix Ashleigh’s phone in less than 15 minutes for only $90. (I know $90 is not pocket change, but it is $109 less than the other option.)
I looked into replacing the screen myself, but the extra $40 it cost me to have him do it was completely worth it and I didn’t have to wait for the screen to come through the mail and hope I got it right.
So if you have something wrong with your iPhone, give Thomas a call or shoot him an email and tell him that the Carroll’s told you about him!
February 2, 2010
Win an iPod Touch
If you answer three quick questions you will have a chance to win an iPod Touch, or as the kids call it, “An iPad mini”
So simple to for a chance to a win. You should do it now.
This iPod is being given away by The Rising….to learn more about The Rising CLICK HERE
February 1, 2010
Educators Needed
I thought you might like to see this video. A friend of mine, David Montague, is working for the Memphis Teacher Residency (MTR).
The MTR believes urban education is the single greatest social justice issue in America today. The MTR is working to close the education gap in Memphis by recruiting, training and supporting outstanding teachers, all within a Christian context.
They hire future teachers for a 12-month teacher residency. During the year, these residents earn a Masters in Urban Education and spend an entire year, four days per week, working in a high-needs school under a master teacher. The MTR pays the residents a stipend and provides housing and tuition for the masters. In return, the residents commit to teaching in Memphis for three years following the training.
You do not have to be an education major, and they train both elementary and secondary teachers.
The application deadline for their next Residency Class is March 7, and the residency begins on May 25. Feel free to call David at 901-937-4680 or email him at david@memphistr.org if you have any questions. You can get more information at www.MemphisTR.org.
January 31, 2010
Matt Chandler Update
The Associated Press did a story on Matt Chandler and the past 75 days of his life. The Chandler Family is teaching us all how to suffer well…
By ERIC GORSKI, AP National Writer – Sun Jan 31, 12:01 am ET
DALLAS – Matt Chandler doesn’t feel anything when the radiation penetrates his brain. It could start to burn later in treatment. But it hasn’t been bad, this time lying on the slab. Not yet, anyway.
Chandler’s lanky 6-foot-5-inch frame rests on a table at Baylor University Medical Center. He wears the same kind of jeans he wears preaching to 6,000 people at The Village Church in suburban Flower Mound, where the 35-year-old pastor is a rising star of evangelical Christianity.
Another cancer patient Chandler has gotten to know spends his time in radiation imagining that he’s playing a round of golf at his favorite course. Chandler on this first Monday in January is reflecting on Colossians 1:15-23, about the pre-eminence of Christ and making peace through the blood of his cross.
Chandler’s hands are crossed over his chest. He wears a mask with… Keep reading →
January 31, 2010
The Missional Church
Here is a simple explanation of a Missional Church…
I found this on Tim Chester’s Blog, but he got it from the Missional Church Network Website , who found it on the twitter feed of Alan Hirsch, who got it from Jeff Maguire’s YouTube Channel, who is trying to teach his youth ministry to live this out as the Student Ministries Pastor of Mariner’s Church.
After writing all that, I got to thinking how awesome the internet is with sharing ideas. Check this out:
- Jeff Maguire posted this on YouTube 36 hours ago on Friday.
- Alan Hirsch tweeted this 15 hours ago.
- Brad Brisco posted on his site 12 hours ago.
- Tim Chester posts this on his site this morning.
- And now I am posting it as well.
