Ordinary Means

Parenting the Ordinary Means, Part 4

ordinarymeans — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:10:17 +0000

This month Matt and Shaun consider how it is we lay a foundation for prayer in the lives of our children.

Parenting the Ordinary Means, Part 3

ordinarymeans — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:57 +0000

This month Matt and Shaun are joined again by Pastor David Milligan as they ruminate over how parenting differs for first and second generation Christians.

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Parenting the Ordinary Means, Part 2

ordinarymeans — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:00:03 +0000

This month Matt and Shaun consider how to get the Word of God into the children of God — and whether or not Youth Ministry can play a role in that.

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Parenting the Ordinary Means, Part 1

ordinarymeans — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:00:53 +0000

Welcome to October. The leaves are changing and the guys are back at the internetable. Matt and Shaun are joined this month by David Milligan, another dad and able contributor to our discussion on getting the ordinary means of grace into our kids.

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iTunes Working Now

ordinarymeans — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:25:15 +0000

For those of you listening through iTunes, you will find subscriptions updating as they should now. Woot! (Big thanks to James@Apple!)

Except for any maverick links floating around out there, this completes our transition to the new server. Lord willing, we’ll be conversing with you again in September.

Murphy’s Law and the Ordinary Means

ordinarymeans — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:00:26 +0000

Matt and Shaun were all set to record one more month on how to pastor the technologically addicted and – wouldn’t you know it – we had technical problems. Only one of us is Irish, but he still blames Murphy.

We encourage you to use this month to catch up on some of our older episodes and, until we see you in September, may the road rise to meet you and may the wind always be at your back.

UPDATE: On another technical note, Apple is now aware of our iTunes problems and we trust they will resolve them in the coming days to everyone’s satisfaction.

iTunes Page Broken

ordinarymeans — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:25:10 +0000

Please be aware that our iTunes page is currently broken. We are working with Apple to resolve this as quickly as possible. In the meantime, you can get Ordinary Means on your iPod by using the direct download link and dragging the file into the iTunes application. We apologize for the inconvenience and will let you know as soon as we are back up and running.

Technology and the Ordinary Means, Part 3

ordinarymeans — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:00:58 +0000

We are calling this month “Neil Postman Unplugged”. While many know Postman as the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death and Technopoly, he also developed a series of six questions that can help anyone who is struggling to understand the importance (or unimportance) of new media. Join us around the cyber-table as Matt and Shaun begin to consider the effects that the digital age can have on our worship.

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Technology and the Ordinary Means, Part 2

ordinarymeans — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:00:56 +0000

This month, Matt and Shaun continue to expose the Luddites and examine the effects of digital media on the ordinary means.

The links are still here.

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Technology and the Ordinary Means

ordinarymeans — Sun, 01 May 2011 05:00:10 +0000

This month, Matt and Shaun contemplate what all this new techie stuff really means to a life of godliness and sanctification.

And here are the links…

Habits of the Heart, Robert Bellah
Technopoly, Neil Postman
Education for Human Flourishing, Spears and Loomis
Habits of the High Tech Heart, Quentin Shultze
A Day Made of Glass

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Is the Trinity a Part of Your Gospel?

ordinarymeans — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:00:42 +0000

This month, Matt and Shaun ponder how our Extraordinary God reveals Himself to us through His ordinary means.

Resources we mentioned this month include…

Delighting in the Trinity, Tim Chester
Forgotten God, Francis Chan
The God Who is There, Don Carson
Helping Your People Discover the Praying Life, Paul Miller

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Is Gospel-Centered a Good Thing? Part 4

ordinarymeans — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:58:58 +0000

This month, Matt and Shaun conclude a four part series discussing the nature of “Gospel-Centered” churches. Is being Gospel-Centered a good thing? Well, yes, it is — if the Gospel we are centered on is the Biblical Gospel. Have a listen and feel free to recommend us!

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