I'm learning how to CONNECT with others!

This weekends Lab assignment asked us to learn a new "thing" on the computer and to teach it to each other and then blog about what we learned. We lost one of our group members in the fierce competition of the blogging jungle and therefore my learned concept is based in digital connection or specifically in Cloud Computing. I was directed to the land of YouTube where I discovered that Cloud computing has nothing to do with the weather forecast. (Ignore the links to Justin Bieber videos - I really don't know how they got there... He's just so small and talented!) I also Found this thorough blog on the subject What Cloud Computing Really Means. Most people have at least heard of Google Docs.... but there are many other simple-to-use programs out there...

Luther and the Reformation

We often talk about the difficulty in progressing the reformation. The opposition new ideas faced and the opposition those with the new ideas faced. But we seldom talk about how difficult it was (for those making the reformation happen) to decide to actually DO IT. Luther, a film made in 2003 starring Joseph Fiennes, chronicles the life of Martin Luther and does an excellent job my father-in-law thinks it was too "theatrical") of displaying the internal struggle Luther went through in bringing about his act of schism and reformation. The internal struggle is where the real fight is located. Are we willing to fight that battle ourselves?