Wow.

I love when publishers come out full force and completely beat my expectations.

Such is the case with Zondervan, Shane Hipp’s publisher of Flickering Pixels: They are giving away 30 Copies of Shane’s book via ChurchCrunch!

This is largely due to our overwhelming interest, as a community, to do the Flickering Pixels Group Blogging Project, but, we want to include as many people as possible in the conversations and discussions that are going to be yummy-deliciously-good.

So, here’s your chance to get a copy!

Contest Details – Get Your Copy!

Keeping this pretty simple here:

1. Follow Me on Twitter!
2. Tweet This Message by Clicking This Link!

I’ve got a special filters established so I can tally entries and we’ll give the books away based on my favorite web-based dice!

Ready? Go!

It’s true.

North Point Ministries is launching an Online Experience coming out August 16th. Teasers, promos, and more will be coming with more details.

If you’d like to read the full announce by Jeff Henderson, Buckhead Church’s Campus Pastor who will help lead the charge, go here. Or, if you want more details about how Carlos Whitakker (RagamuffinSoul.com) is changing and also joining the Online Team, go here.

And yes, I’m leading the Technology portion with an amazing team. I can’t believe I’m a part of something like this.

Finally, if you’d like more information on how to participcate, volunteer, and more, you can head to my blog and drop a comment. We’re super excited about what’s going to be happening, and we want you to be a part of it.

There are times where I am genuinely frightened at how some bloggers find it all too easy to completely hate on another blogger, tear them down, make false accusations, and just be pretty much lame.

This is even more scary when we do it as Christians.

The blogging medium is, without question, a very effective tool at communicating.

Unfortunately, many people have decided to use it as a vehicle to tear others down instead of building each other up.

It’s just way to easy to criticize, make assumptions, and slander others on and through blogs.

It’s too bad, especially if we’re attempting to blog a message of relative positivity that will put us as being different than the rest of the decaying and dying world.

I wish more people would take a moment to pause and give thought before they hit the “Publish” button.

I wish more people sent an email attempting to “clarify” a situation before publicly pulling someone down and shooting them in the face with something unfounded and rude.

I wish more people took their finger off the blogging trigger and attempted to put more thought into creating value for others than trying to devalue others and their work.

I wish I didn’t feel compelled to write this tonight, but after today’s back and forth with one blogger who called me out as someone who “censors” commenters, I felt it necessary (after pause and thought) to write something.

Although, my gun’s not loaded, and I’m not looking for an opportunity to use it.

But, I’ll be honest: Those comments stung, and my feelings got hurt. That’s part of being human I guess. I’m just as guilty as the next.