We Like Easy Causes
Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing, Society | 1 Comment »At Cultivate earlier this week Clint Runge of Archrival marketing made a statement about the ease of causes. He was talking about generational marketing and the differences between Generation X and Generation Y. While general principles and trends may be ...
Conference Week: Story & Cultivate
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 5 Comments »I've been working in church communications since 2004 and this week I went to my first church communications conference. Two of them actually. Making up for lost time, I guess. I hit up Cultivate in Chicago and Story in Aurora, ...
Milo’s Day in Court
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Children, Family | 4 Comments »We got up early today and went to the Dakota County Courthouse to officially finalize Milo's adoption in the United States. This is one of the steps in the finalization process and is essentially the United States government recognizing the ...
Homeless Again: Cardboard Box City 2009 Recap
Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Society | No Comments »So last Thursday I spent the night outside. It was part of Cardboard Box City, an event designed to raise money and support for homeless shelters in the Twin Cities. We raise money for two emergency overflow shelters for families, ...
UnSummit: Private vs. Public
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Posted in Internet | 1 Comment »On Saturday I went to the UnSummit in Minneapolis, a kind of counter-conference. It was on a Saturday. It was free. It involved more conversation than declaration (kind of like Idea Camp). I wanted to summarize some of what I ...
I’m Going to be Homeless, Again
Monday, October 12th, 2009 Posted in Society | 1 Comment »Last year I particpated in Cardboard Box City, an event where nearly 500 people slept outside at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds and raised $11,000 to help the homeless. It sucked. I ended up getting sick in the middle of the ...
Homeless Advocate Mark Horvath
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in Society | 1 Comment »A couple weeks ago homeless advocate Mark Horvath came through the Twin Cities on his InvisiblePeople.tv road trip. I had the chance to hang out with Mark, see him in action and briefly join him in his work. We went to ...
Share Your Story Now
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 Posted in Writing | 1 Comment »"Don’t wait for your story to be done before you share it." I came across this quote from Jon Acuff (the guy behind Stuff Christians Like) in a discussion on blogging from the Catalyst Conference. Here's the quote in context: Writing is just ...
Turned on the Heat Today
Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Posted in Domicile | No Comments »I broke down today and turned on the heat. Milo's sniffles and an inside temperature of 63 degrees seemed like a combination for bad parenting. Currently the thermostat is set for 67 (aka the cheapskate setting) and it feels nice ...
Olympic Host Cities
Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Posted in Sporting | No Comments »The International Olympic Committee announces the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics today. It will be Madrid or Rio de Janeiro. Despite the presidential push from Obama for Chicago and the green-friendly reasoning for Tokyo, both cities are out ...
