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Re: Vexillologists Unite

lesc1aypool — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 08:18:10 -0000

Woo! Shout out for South Bend, IN! Pretty proud of our flag!

Re: It’s your lucky day! Add emojis to your Wunderlist

lesc1aypool — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 06:58:05 -0000

Just wanted to say Wunderlist is a great product. Thanks! I think your team does a great job of letting it be simple for people who just want a to-do list, but there is a lot of power and depth under the hood. There are so many complaints in these comments...remember everybody this is FREE! Be grateful for that instead of whining about why they don't bow to your demands and make YOUR feature a priority.

Re: I’m Not Supposed to Post This, and Why I Probably Did

lesc1aypool — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 14:32:15 -0000

High Five!

Fun memory-last conversation we had was about starting a Soul Coughing cover band. Sitting at the bar at Tsunami in Tulsa. Imagine that...

Re: How Carlos Avoided Porn Last Night…Barely

lesc1aypool — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:01:46 -0000

yes, it will be different. Believe it. praying for you now.

Re: The Dangers Of Worship Leading Part 1

lesc1aypool — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:24:04 -0000

Dang.

I was thinking of something similar the other day. I teach design at a college. But I have no formal training as a teacher. All that matters is if I have an MFA and my values align with the school (christian institution). I could be a great designer, but a lousy teacher. So no matter how great I am at my trade, if I can't communicate the methods and principles, I fail. In a sense, having great teaching skills should be a prerequisite to teaching, not great ability in an area of study.

Feel the same way about music leaders. Condition of the heart should be the prerequisite. Musical talent should be considered secondarily. The fact that it's flip flopped most places seems like a symptom of the prevalence of the production first mentality present in a lot of churches.

My parting question would be this: how do you measure "success"? Do we want to put excellence as our highest value so as to not distract from the message presented, or is it more of a mix of excellence, spiritual growth, and teaching theology all together? Do we want a group of people who are non-offended, comfortable, and skimming on the surface, or do we want to offend some, make some uncomfortable for the sake of drawing most into something deeper?

The worship leader who was brought in for primarily their talent will give you excellence, but a leader whose heart condition is solid will take you deeper even if sometimes they don't hit all the notes. Just have to decide which one is "success".

Re: The Imminent Death Of The OverProduced Sunday Service

lesc1aypool — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:46:57 -0000

Wow, I don't read a single comment disagreeing or defending the over-the-top weekend services. Interesting.

I'm also in agreement with you Carlos. Trying to emulate and integrate a culture that is crushing us with marketing, connectivity, data, etc seems like the last thing the church should be doing. When people gather as a church body, I'd hope we would encounter the antidote to the nastiness of everyday life, not be covered in more. Being relevant is totally....not...

Re: The Cascading To-Do List (how to get BIG things done)

lesc1aypool — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 09:34:06 -0000

Hey great article! I think the same way and have been trying to put together a process just like this. Thanks!

Re: Stop Trying To Fill Your Hole

lesc1aypool — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:51:27 -0000

Loving your recent posts man, thanks.

Re: Glamorous Or Glorious Worship?

lesc1aypool — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:42:44 -0000

This just simultaneously made and ruined my year.

Re: Caption Please // When was the last time this happened to you?

lesc1aypool — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:49:44 -0000

Let's see...the last time I wore a skirt was Tuesday. And the last time I punched someone's head with my face was Monday.

Re: Blaine Hogan | Our Mysterious Work | Our Mysterious Work

lesc1aypool — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:26:10 -0000

This is hitting me just right. Thanks, friend!

Re: The Cost of Commoditization

lesc1aypool — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:44:02 -0000

With you on this, Rick. I feel a pretty deep sense of urgency to work towards communicating something that is different, not just "us too, but we're better." If we aren't the price leader, I think it is going to take big culture shifts at private higher ed institutions to remain relevant...and keep the doors open. Especially in northern Indiana, right? :) So to me it's a matter of who is going to be honest with themselves, step out and say "we're different."....and then follow that up with actions.

Re: http://imjustcreative.tumblr.com/post/20130410289

lesc1aypool — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:39:37 -0000

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Thank you!!!!!!!

Re: The inevitable battle over college education in America has begun.

lesc1aypool — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:48:52 -0000

So glad you're talking about this...looking forward to the solutions we uncover here at Bethel

Re: http://tonysteward.me/post/18083256395

lesc1aypool — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:05:32 -0000

I think the subjectivity of art will never allow us to make a black and white distinction on this. As an artist, I may have meant one thing with provocative art. But as an observer, I may interpret it totally different than what was intended. So naked art isn't inherently evil in my opinion. But the condition of the heart of the observer sets the context for it. Just like having a beer-you may just be celebrating with friends...or you may be looking for an escape from reality. Depends on the heart.

Re: My Week With Milton Glaser (or How I Learned that Failure is Not an Option)

lesc1aypool — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:59:48 -0000

Added it to my queue. Now. :) thank you!

Re: First Music Video Shot Entirely With An iPad 2

lesc1aypool — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:40:15 -0000

Cool idea, Awesome music!

Re: Evernote Rival SpringPad Springs Past 1 Million Users

lesc1aypool — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:23:26 -0000

What was it about the interface that you didn't like? A slick UI is generally a good thing right?

Re: http://briangetsbrawn.tumblr.com/post/949315199

lesc1aypool — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:25:20 -0000

Well played Brian. Life is for livin'!

Re: Julia Roy • Words to live by (via hello-therelove)

lesc1aypool — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:13:36 -0000

and remember to learn when you fail.

Re: Julia Roy • HELLO COOL!!! —————————- Light Touch™ is an...

lesc1aypool — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:21:16 -0000

Holy crap that's awesome. That will go great with my hoverboard.

Re: On Catalyst and Rock Stars

lesc1aypool — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:42:04 -0000

Here here to the serving thing. Catalyst isn't inherently bad, but the lack of focus on service could be detrimental. I wonder what a national super hip christian convention on service would look like? Hard to even imagine...is that sad?

Re: Get Spotify in the U.S.

lesc1aypool — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:52:31 -0000

I wonder if there's a way to access the service via proxy as well. I'd be happy to pay the fee...Spotify is pretty rad.

Re: Edit through FTP with TextMate and Cyberduck

lesc1aypool — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:51:16 -0000

If I understand this right, you can do the same thing with Filezilla too for folks not on Mac OS. Right-clicking a file on your server and selecting view/edit downloads a local copy and lets you edit it with the program of your choice (have to set which program for filezilla to use first). When you save the file in your editor and switch back to Filezilla it asks if you'd like to upload the new version. You can keep that open in your editor and keep making changes and uploading until your heart's content.

Hopefully I'm not missing the concept here...give filezilla a shot with this.