Articles for tag: Steve Jobs

May 1, 2022

‘Continuous Partial Attention’: The Impact of Smartphones on Us, Our Kids, and Our Faith

By Tyler McKenzie In a punchy scene from Gulliver’s Travels, the Lilliputians (the little people) think Gulliver’s clock is his god because he keeps checking it. After interrogating him, the Lilliputians conclude the following: “And we conjecture it is either some unknown animal, or the god that he worships; but we are more inclined to the latter opinion, because he assured us . . . that he seldom did any thing without consulting it. He called it his oracle, and said, it pointed out the time for every action of his life.” Already, in 1727, author and Irish clergyman Jonathan

November 12, 2017

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Leadership

Imagineer

By Mel McGowanÂ Â imÂ·agÂ·iÂ·neer \iËŒmajÉËˆnir\ v: 1 : to implement creative ideas into practical form 2 : one who implements creative ideas into practical formÂ Imagine the impact we could make in the world if the body of Christ recaptured Jesus” reputation as the greatest storyteller ever known.Â Â Imagine if we became truly effective at helping people understand how God is writing them into his story and history.Â Imagine if we understood how to tell stories beyond the pulpit.Â Imagine if God”s will was done on earth as it is in Heaven, with whatever piece of God”s creation he has

April 28, 2013

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Leadership Development

Churches, Brains, and Change

By LeRoy Lawson Messy: God Likes It that Way A. J. Swoboda Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2012 Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships Daniel Goleman New York: Bantam Books, 2006 Memoirs of an Addicted Brain:Â A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs Marc Lewis New York: PublicAffairs, 2012 Gutenberg the Geek Jeff Jarvis Kindle Single, 2012 Early in my ministry I took comfort in a joke””probably already stale””that made the rounds in preacher circles. A pastor ran into a former colleague who was now making his living working in a funeral home. When he asked him why

October 7, 2011

Christian Standard

Church Leadership

Getting the Job Done

By Mark A. Taylor On the day after Steve Jobs died, his name was at the head of every newscast, the subject line on scores of e-newsletters and blogs, the stuff of conversation among his fans around the world. “I think I”m the only one who has NOT posted something about Steve Jobs today,” wrote a friend on his Facebook page. One of those posts linked to technology columnist Walter Mossberg”s memories at WSJ.com. “He was a genius, a giant influence on multiple industries and billions of lives,” Mossberg wrote. The coverage that day and since said nothing about Jobs”s

May 25, 2011

Christian Standard

Christian Living

Well Gifted

By Mark A. Taylor “What do you want for your birthday?” Believe it or not, I always have trouble answering the question. It”s not that material things don”t turn my head. But, with all my physical needs met and so many of my wants provided, nothing”s pressing for a place on my wish list. Just bake me a chocolate cake and shower me with funny cards””that”s enough to make my birthday happy. I guess I”m at that stage of life where smaller gifts””the kind usually given at birthdays””aren”t really necessary. I have more socks and shirts than I can wear