I do not think I was quite aware of how much good, actionable insight the first chapter of 1 Timothy (CSB) contained. Passage after passage is succinct, but infinitely applicable to all types of ministry, personal or otherwise.
The two epistles to Timothy are books I spent more time with when I was actively preparing for ministry as a teacher, but perhaps they are two books I should spend more time with in order to gain some perspective on what it means to be a leader within the church as well.
Day One Goes Premium by Day One
This week we’re releasing the Day One Premium subscription service. It includes the ability to create more than ten journals and access all future premium features.
While I do not use more than 10 journals, this sounds like a warning that new features are going to be effectively hidden behind a pay wall. I have enjoyed using Day One, but only as a simple place to write personal thoughts.
I can do that same in many other applications and plan to do so. First place for me to look is Notes.app.
How To Become A Learning Machine: My Tips For Reading More by David Cancel
The one big takeaway for me is that I should probably look at being more purposeful both with my reading and with my note-taking. I have left a lot in those books, and forgotten a lot in my head, which could be useful going forward.
Giving the iPad a full-time job by Justin Searls (Medium)
Here is the money quote from the beginning:
As a result, I’ve come around to a more nuanced view of productivity: that of a tenuous balance between friction and focus. “Friction” is the necessary turning of knobs on my tools in order to do work. “Focus” is the intentional ommission of knobs from tools to foster clear thinking. Any knowledge worker must balance their own creative action with thoughtful attention, and every software interface crystallizes an attempt at striking such a balance.
Everything else builds from there. iOS 11 is a really exciting update for iOS and I am very tempted to move it onto my iPad Pro even in its incomplete state. The iPad is my preferred computer in so many ways, and it is SO CLOSE to being my full-time mobile machine.
Maybe the time is now?
I know this blog has been extremely quiet over the past two years, but I am hoping to get back into writing a little bit more going forward …
… and that is because I completed my Master of Arts in IT Leadership from The College of St. Scholastica this past week and graduated on Saturday. With that is the rear view mirror I can turn some of my attention to other things (like a new daughter, house improvements, my family, etc.). For now, I have updated my Now page.
So, hang tight!