Tag Archives: internet

Give It a Rest

Today is a good time for us to pray. As I was out on a long ride, I was generally praying out loud the whole time. I have no quarrel with anyone, and I welcome all who can humor my … Continue reading

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God Is a Pirate

Intellectual Property guardians would call God a “pirate.” Open Source: It’s a genuine culture shift that also happens to be global. I’m not referring merely to the process of software development, though it is more pronounced there, but the concept … Continue reading

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Tech Updates Mid-February 2016

I think I got DNSMasq working as intended. All I really wanted was an internal name caching server to speed DNS queries. I could have gone the route of Bind9 but that’s just a little heavyweight for mere name-caching. So … Continue reading

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Within Reach

Spammers never learn. Every day in my blog comments here I get at least one spam comment for some facial serum sold on Amazon, sometimes two or three times. I also get at least once each week something telling me … Continue reading

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Net Future

Some of you, dear readers, grasp the heart-led awareness. If you do, then you are acutely aware that most of the world does not, will not, and perhaps cannot get it. The nature of heart-led compassion for the world that … Continue reading

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Virtual Catacombs

Step inside my madness for a moment; I’ll leave the door unlocked so you can escape when it gets too much for you. Review: The Cult is not so much a physical presence, but an avatar, a mental image of … Continue reading

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Network Upgrade

This stuff is happening too fast. The Lord has been gracious and we got our state income tax refund. So today we stopped by a Cox store and discussed the free modem upgrade. They want everyone using the new DOCSIS … Continue reading

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Blocking Advertisements

Says your Internet Pastor: God has no problem with blocking Internet advertising. Yes, it really is a moral question. No, it has nothing to do with free speech. Internet users are individuals. Each of us will tolerate what we tolerate, … Continue reading

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Vision for a Virtual Parish

(This post refers to a second blog that no longer exists; all the content from that blog has been imported into this one.) Some are just passing through. We aren’t seeking higher numbers of those who hang around just so … Continue reading

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Internet Infiltration

How we operate on the Internet follows the same fundamental moral reality that we apply to everything else: It’s all a question of boundaries and dominion. As followers of Christ, we regard our entire human existence as property of God, … Continue reading

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