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What goes through your mind when you die?
Published by Jeff, on August 15th, 2007 in Front Page, Stuff I Find.I was amazed to find this account online of what it feels like to be nearly fatally shot with a bullet. George Orwell, the famous writer, was a soldier during World War II, and recounts what it was like to be hit with a bullet. It’s amazingly vivid, interesting, and thought provoking.
Here are a couple quotes from the essay:
Roughly speaking it was the sensation of being at the center of an explosion. There seemed to be a loud bang and a blinding flash of light all around me, and I felt a tremendous shock – no pain, only a violent shock, such as you get from an electric terminal; with it a sense of utter weakness, a feeling of being stricken and shriveled up to nothing… The next moment my knees crumpled up and I was falling, my head hitting the ground with a violent bang which, to my relief, did not hurt. I had a numb, dazed feeling, a consciousness of being very badly hurt, but no pain in the ordinary sense.
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There must have been about two minutes during which I assumed I was killed. And that too was interesting — I mean it is interesting to know what your thoughts would be at such a time. My first thought, conventionally enough, was for my wife. My second was violent resentment at having to leave this world which, when all is said and done, s me so well.
It’s a great question. What will go through my mind when I face death? Will I think about my family, my God, my work? Will I feel resentment, regret, anger?
Here’s the link to the full article.
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10 Ways Pastors can Use Blogs
Published by Jeff, on April 13th, 2007 in Front Page, Leadership, Stuff I Find.I thought this article at Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox was interesting. For my own reference, here are the first 5 suggestions and the ones most relevant to me personally:
1. Blog your city — Talk about upcoming city-wide events, upcoming service projects of your church, share photos of the city, neighborhoods. Use your blog to love on your city and her people. Click here for an example.
2. Blog the news, pop culture, issues — Weigh in on these things with a biblical perspective (and, a loving one). Click here for an example.
3. Blog on money and personal finance — That’s what this “anonymous” guy does on his blogs. He blogs on something dear to his heart — money — and his company — Moose Tracks Ice Cream — gets great publicity.
4. Blog on marriage, family, and parenting — Give tips, offer links to relevant news and reports, and, of course, your sermon series on those topics.
5. Blog devotional comments throughout week — Invariably you will come across golden nuggets of truth in your sermon preparation time that will not make it to the pulpit on Sunday. Use these chips of gold to take your people deeper into the Word.
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Creating and Monetizing Communities
Published by Jeff, on March 3rd, 2007 in Front Page, Geekery, Leadership, Stuff I Find.The title of this post comes from a video posted on Guy Kawasaki’s blog about a Chicago company called Threadless that has users create designs for T-Shirts and then sells the finished product. I thought it was an interesting way to talk about there business, and I haven’t finished watching the video yet, so I’m posting the link here for my own future reference. You might like it too.
If you have the time to watch it, post a comment about what you think about “creating and monetizing” a community.
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I got this as an email forward from my wife, and it really was good enough to post here.
20 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity (I’m thinking this could get one arrested, actually.)
At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.
Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don’t Disguise Your Voice.
Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that.
Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It “In.”
Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.
In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write “For Smuggling Diamonds”
Finish All Your sentences with “In Accordance With The Prophecy.”
Don t use any punctuation
As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.
Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat with a serious face.
Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is “To Go.”
Sing Along At The Opera
Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don’t Rhyme
Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play tropical Sounds All Day.
Five Days In Advance , Tell Your Friends You Can’t Attend Their Party Because You’re Not In The Mood.
Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock Bottom.
When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream “I Won!, I Won!”
When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot, Yelling “Run For Your Lives, They’re Loose!!”
Tell Your Children Over Dinner. “Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.”
And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity…….Send This E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile.
It’s Called Therapy.
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