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List-O-Mania! Christmas Eve Edition

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

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We’ll do things a little differently for this Christmas Eve edition of the List-O-Mania. Here’s a “list” of things that I’m hoping to get for this Christmas and for 2009. Here we go (in no particular order)!

A mug warmer: There’s nothing worse than cold coffee. I like my java juice to be borderline scalding, so a nice little mug warmer will keep this dude’s coffee bubbling ’til the last drop.

The release of my loans: When I started seminary in 2006, I took out some loans. Turns out, you have to pay those things back. My wife and I are working on paying off all our debt, 2009 could be the year we nail everything down. Once we pay in full, they give us a letter saying we can have our firstborn child back.

Copy/Paste, group text message option, pic messaging for the iPhone: For such an advanced device, the iPhone has some features that are glaringly missing. iPhone users know what I’m talking about. Maybe Steven will have a change of heart and give us what we want.

Logos for Mac: Apparently this program is like having thousands of years of biblical scholarship at your beck and call. It’s like a butler made up of Scripture. *Bell rings* “Come, Jeeves – tell me what the context was for Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. And prepare my coach, while you’re at it!”

A stage: I was in bed reading Scripture one night and I was hit with the distinct need to pray for a stage from which to communicate from. I believe the Lord has given me something of his heart to share and he wanted me to boldly ask for a stage from which to communicate it from. Preaching at Immersion, this beautiful blog, and my Juice faith blog are great starts, but I can’t help but think there’s something more. That’s my prayer.

What about you? What are you wishing for? Hoping for? What’s on your list?

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List-O-Mania V.4

Monday, November 10th, 2008

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Biggest surprise: Biggest surprise was the level of traffic BeDeviant.com is seeing! A few posts really threw us over the top (all election and Obama-related, oddly enough): “Is Obama the First Postmodern President?” and, “Can You Vote for Obama?” Great discussion on both posts. I’ll even be using some of the comments in my sermon this week at Immersion!

Favorite new song: I’ve had LCD Soundsystem’s “Someone Great” on repeat for the past week (link opens in iTunes). I feel like you should do everything in robot-like fashion when you listen to this song. It’s great.

Seminary: I’m gutting out the last few weeks of my classes. Greek is really starting to take a turn for the worse. Not grade-wise, comprehension-wise. I know it’s important for me to learn this ancient language, but sheesh! Beef jerky isn’t as dry as this class is at times. Also trying to figure out how to graduate by Fall 2009. My advisors think I’m insane.

Most excited about: Seeing where this blog goes. It’s fast becoming a favorite hobby of mine and one of my blogs even won an award! I’m excited about the future of this blog because of the awesome content you all provide. Insightful comments, joining in the election liveblogging discussion, and telling your friends about BeDeviant.com – this couldn’t happen without you. The Church is in a massive (and exciting) change right now and I think platforms like this will help usher in a new direction. Decentralization baby!

Favorite new Twitter-er: There’s two this week: @BeImmersed and @d_eickelberg. Immersion is the ministry I’m on staff with and we just hooked up the Twitter to the Immersion blog. Follow along and read some amazing posts by some amazing young adults who have something to say. Dave (@d_eickelberg) just started up a great blog “Someone Has To Say It”. And he is. Follow him on Twitter and give his blog a little love.

Are you a list person? Type A, perhaps? If you like things organized in list-like fashion, check out the List-O-Mania archives for more listed commentary on culture, theology, and life.

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List-O-Mania V.3

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

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Biggest surprise: Probably the biggest surprise of the past week has been putting our townhome up for sale and putting an offer on a new house! It’s kind of taken the Wise household by surprise, but through a series of events we found an amazing deal on a brand new house and had some interest in our townhome. It’s been a whirlwind, but exciting as well. Interested in moving to West Des Moines? Check out our home at tinyurl.com/wise-house!

Favorite new music: My favorite of the last week has been an odd mix of techno and indie ambient shoe gazer stuff. My wife brought home “Ultra 2008″ (opens in iTunes) home from work the other day (she teaches dance). I threw it in and was surprised by how much I liked it. Reminds me of my college days as a dive-bar/dance club DJ. Hammock’s new one “Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow” (again, iTunes) has been on repeat as well. Great studying music.

Seminary: I’ve been forced to move to the triage method of studying. I am taking three classes this quarter (which counts as full-time) and that translates into a ton of reading. Simply put, there aren’t enough hours in the day! The balance is good, though, and I haven’t found myself getting too overwhelmed. That’s good.

Most excited about: I’ll be heading to Chicago to hang out with Brother Deviant, my bro Ryan “Peep” Wise. We’ll be hitting up Giordano’s, catching the Hawkeyes game at a bar in Wrigleyville, checking out a Bulls game, and engaging in activities steeped in overall “dudeness”. Should be a lot of fun. Not looking forward to the solo drive, though. Look for Twitter updates, especially once I hit the 3G goodness of Chicago.

Favorite new Twitter-er: He’s under the radar now, but @MarkSchlaf is ’bout ready to blow up! I don’t know very many people who can gracefully incorporate the word “earworm” into their tweets, but @MarkSchlaf does it with ease. Follow him. You will be pleased. (On a List-O-Mania sidenote, last week’s “favorite new Twitter-er, @jameseliason, was featured in mad stories this week in the Des Moines Register’s Juice. Way to go!)

Are you a list person? Type A, perhaps? If you like things organized in list-like fashion, check out the List-O-Mania archives for more listed commentary on culture, theology, and life.

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List-O-Mania V.2

Monday, October 6th, 2008

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Biggest surprise: People actually read this blog. Sometimes you type, type, type and wonder (along with Pink Floyd), “is anybody out there?” Traffic to the site has increased nearly 200% with BeDeviant.com’s nomination for an Iowa Web Award and listing on the RSS aggregator website, Alltop.com. Huzzah!

Favorite new song: “Once In a Lifetime” (link opens in iTunes) by the Talking Heads. It’s so wonderfully bizarre and was featured in the trailer for the new George W. Bush “bio-mock-umentary”, “W”.

What I’m reading: My courses have me neck-deep in The Book of Concord and The Augsburg Confession. I’m also reading Emotionally Healthy Church, The Emotionally Healthy Manager, and Churched by Matthew Paul Turner (BeDeviant.com will be part of the “Churched: Blog Tour” later this month.)

Seminary: I’m trying to figure out how I can get done earlier. Right now, I’m slated to graduate May of 2010. This, simultaneously, seems like forever and like it’s right around the corner. It’s a good thing I’m Lutheran, otherwise the paradox might kill me. This quarter I’m taking three classes, which has been a real challenge, but something I’m finding I can manage. Of course, if anybody out there feels like sponsoring my seminary education, this is a moot point. Got an extra $30,000 laying around?

Most excited about: This week, we’ll be broadcasting the Immersion sermon live at BeDeviant.com/Webcast. We tried it out last week and it worked beautifully. I’m not quite sure how many people actually watched, but we had good feedback all around. So we’ll keep doing it. Mark your calendar: This Thursday. 8:15pm CST. Sermon series: What Does the Bible Really Say About… Topic: Sex. Holla!

Favorite new Twitter-er: Ran into @jameseliason at a wedding I was a part of over the weekend. We went to high school together, but I had no idea he was behind WhatsYourTweetWorth.com, Twittad.com, and FilmFitti.com. Ambitious, I like that.

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BeDeviant.com List-O-Mania.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

There are numerous variations of this all over the place, but I thought I’d add one more blog to the pile … It’s the BeDeviant.com List-O-Mania!

Favorite New Ministry Websites
I recently stumbled upon NeueMinistry.com. I like it because the content is interesting and it’s geared towards people in ministry. People like me. CollideMagazine.com looks really promising, as does Des Moines’ own VeritasMag.com. Content for normal Christians who find themselves in the normal, everyday world.

Favorite Twitter Follower
I find myself looking forward to @paul_stewart’s updates as of late. He’s always got something good to say. Good use of linking back to his blog, precise updates, and he doesn’t update too much. Nothing’s worse than a Twitterer who tells you when they’re getting up to go to the bathroom, how their fantasy football team is doing or how bored they are. One word for those people, ” BUH-LETED!” (Of course, if you want to follow me you can do so here.)

Favorite iPhone App
Air Sharing is an app that says what it does and does what it says. It turns your iPhone into a wireless hard drive and works as advertised. Oh yeah, it’s free! Much better than pricey (and fickle) competitor DataCase.

Worst Upgrade of the Week
The new Facebook bites. It’s counterintuitive (something we Mac users depend on), it’s ugly and it hides all the stuff that I love about Facebook (read: Flair).

Favorite New Twitter Tool
Twitthat! is a nifty tool that lets you tweet what you read. Simple, easy and useful. Now I can let people know when I’m reading the latest post from JakeBouma.com or Swerve.

Here ends the List-O-Mania. What are you diggin’ in your world?

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