It's been 3 weeks now since I've been back at work. And finally, today, I have a zero inbox. All emails dealt with in some way. This is cause for celebration!
In those few weeks I've been asked to lead a workshop on using Audio/Visual in Worship. I've also written a magazine article on being in a shed. So the sabbatical was quite useful.
I'm also running a confirmation course with our new curate, Alan, and have been surprised at how much audio/visual media I had used last time, and the time before. That was some time ago: there does seem to be something of an A/V plateau effect. Once you have your projector and computer, you have to be continually creative to do anything new with them. I still don't know what comes next!
I've been plodding along with PowerPoint sermon illustrations mostly, with videos reserved for the confirmation class. And KFC (Kids For Christ).
The main tech news of note recently has been the very sad death of Steve Jobs from Apple. I don't think I was too mean to him in blogs gone by, looking back. There aren't many tech people who have such a big impact on society. He even made the prayers in Radio 4's Daily Service.
I had planned a birthday visit to the Apple shop last Thursday, but decided against it because i wasn't quite sure what to expect. I think it was flowers, mostly. And post-it note tributes.
Many people, including myself, noted that they had heard the news of Steve's death on one of his own iDevices.
1 Corinthians 15:13-15 (NIV)
13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.
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