Author: kyle
Discipleship Was Never Meant To Be Optional
Some snippets from Appendix 2 of Dallas Willard’s ‘The Spirit of the Disciplines’: “The word ‘disciple’ occurs 269 times in the New Testament. ‘Christian’ is found only 3 times and was first introduced to refer precisely to the disciples. . . . For the last several decades our churches have not made discipleship a condition […]
Olympus Dramatic Tone Experiment – Sample 2
Olympus Dramatic Tone Experiment – Sample 1
Discovering Features
In light of my warnings about technology in yesterday’s post, I feel like I should reiterate that it’s not technology itself that tends to be the problem. The problem arises when we allow technology to become our master – whether in our use of it, or our desire for it. Viewed and used appropriately, modern […]
Technology Is Making Us More Shallow
I think I’ve hinted around the edges of this idea in some of my previous posts about technology, smartphones, and social media. But for some reason, lately, I’ve been noticing more the degree to which technology is changing the ways in which we engage the world (and people) around us. One of the key ways […]
The Creative Habit – A Lineage of Technology (and Silly Consumerism)
A post last week about trends in camera sales got me thinking about the realm of photography, and my participation in it. Looking back over the years, my involvement in the hobby has been a mix of curiosity, genuine interest in the creative elements of photography, and – if I’m honest – shallow consumeristic tendencies. […]
Photography and Camera Sales
The first half of 2019 has brought some stark data about the trend of camera sales worldwide. The overall rate of stand-alone camera sales has been plummeting for several years, driven primarily by the ever-growing use of smartphones. Most of decline has been in the area of fixed-lens cameras (for example, pocket cameras like the […]
A New Outlet
Not long after my departure from my former job, as I was participating in a variety of assessments to gauge my strengths and interests, I sat down and created an outline of…well…I wasn’t sure what it was supposed to be. A course? An educational/training program? Behind the outline was a desire to help equip lay […]