Well, I just thought about my blog today and realized that I kind of miss it, but man life is fully in changing mode right now. Tiffany and I just traveled to Dallas for our adoption interviews ( http://adoption.hollums.com ) And it went great it was supposed to last from 1pm-4pm, but we left there around 5:30pm, but I think that is a good thing because we really got to know our case worker! We now get to wait for 30 days to be “officially approved” by Edna Gladney, and then we get to take some online parenting classes that the agency offers online, and get to do some short local classes offered at most hospitals. We also get to start working on our books that will eventually get into the hands of the birth mothers and then they choose us and we go from there. So GREAT news there!
I also three weeks ago told the Florence UMC (the sponsoring church of Th3 Waters with the KY Conference) that I would no longer be the Cultural Architect of Th3 Waters as of June and will be up for another appointment. So, that most likely means that Tiffany and I will be moving in June. This is sad, but understandable, and we are working though it all transitioning Th3 Waters away from being lead by a full-time pastor. Tons of prayer needed for this.
I am also leaving tomorrow morning for Pasadena California to look into the PhD programs at Fuller Seminary ( School of Theology and School of Intercultural Studies). The more and more we pray about the PhD stuff, I think we would be best not to start a PhD program the same year that we might be getting a brand new baby in the Hollums family! But, I still think that God might be calling me to get a PhD and possibly teach at a Seminary level to encourage young clergy to remember how to dream with God, an area I think the church has forgotten how to do effectively! It would be a huge sacrifice, but if that is what God desires, then if you know me at all, I will go where He leads. period.
We had a great Christmas and New Year even though I was sick most of the time. heh heh…
And lastly, I am mildly addicted to foursquare a unique social media check-in system you can use via phone or computer. It basically brings the idea of Microsoft gamer points of PS3 trophies (a reward system) for visiting real life locations! I am finding that it is a great way to make getting out to meet with other people fun and rewarding. It is a great way to get geeks out into the world and adds a competitive fun aspect of going to places. And I think for Christians it is a great fun way to get out of our comfort zones, try new things, and meet new people….IN REAL LIFE!!! Tons of fun. Try it out.
Well, I guess I will type on here next year….if I’m lucky, heh.. in the mean time, please follow (and feel free to support) our adoption anyway you can by heading over to our adoption website.. It is updated much more often! heh. Thanks for staying with me here on this blog. Bless yall!
And as always, if you get bored, please check out my Flickr website and look at my photography. And remember if you would like a print or a few 100 prints of my photography, that I will print them for you send them to you and I will let you know the cost it will be to ship and print and anything over that amount I will put towards the adoption. So tell your friends and family! 
Bless yall!
Hey everyone:
If your not listening to The Guys’ Podcast then your missing out on a ton of fun! Tonight we recorded Episode #52 live via GeeksRadio.fm ! Please consider joining us every Thursday night 8:00pm Eastern for some good old fashioned fun, nothing religious, just fun geeky guys talking about Tech news, and reviewing movies, games, T.V. shows, and an occasional Sci-Fi book. Anyway, tonight our main topic was the top 5 “real” reasons Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence from Apple… each of the guys came up with their top 5, but here are my top five.
D.G.’s top 5 “real” reasons that Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence:
5. Steve is tired of dealing with the peons of this world and wants to take a vacation back to his home planet Krypton.
4. Steve needed to go undercover for the C.I.A. and work at the Buy More.
3. Steve needed to spend more time on the “brain washing” button in his secret laboratory that he built under the hidden lost city of Atlantis.
2. The power drive running his circuit board is almost dead and bill Gates can’t have his plan for world domination ruined!
1. Steve has a hormone deficiency and is taking sick leave for a few months.
Thanks for reading this blog, I know my blogging has been a lot slower now-a-days and you can think Twitter for that, but I promise I’m still here!
Well, I have been busy trying out living life with different and new ways to think about how to live in this amazing world we live in and lately I have been enjoying Twitter and podcasting.. so let me give yall some links and some info on them all:
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1st up is Twitter:
Twitter is like a Blog, but its purpose is for allowing everyone you know to know what you are doing right now. (just like the “status” under your name in Facebook). And so the cool thing is tha tyou can post to Twitter online but also through texting on your cell phone. And then you can follow others and get reports from them of what they are doing or thinking…and you can even get those messages on your phone too. (be sure to get unlimited texting, heh) So if you have been wondering that is the daily post that is showing up here on the blog.. it is a summary of my “Tweets” from the previous day! So, if you would like to sign up for Twitter (try it out) and follow me (and others) there go to my Twitter page and look for the signup link.
D.G.’s Twitter
BTW: I really believe that Twitter could be an amazing technology for churches and ministries!
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2nd up is The Guys’ Podcast:
The Guy’s Podcast is two of my friends (Brad (in Florida) and Court(here in NKY with me)) and myself that talk about the latest technology news, movie and video game reviews, and anything else that might be Sci-Fi or Fantasy in nature! We are very broad, but we have ton of fun and who knows you may just learn something as well. We try to keep the podcast to less that an hour each week. Please tell you Geek friends and spread the word and ask others to subscribe to our podcast via iTunes.
The iTunes site to subscribe to The Guys’ Podcast
http://theguyspodcast.com
The Guys’ Podcast Facebook Group
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3rd up is the Praxis Podcast:
The Praxis Podcast is me and my friend Kevin Rains interviewing fellow ministers who are doing and being the church in old and new ways. We interview them so that other pastors or people in ministry can be encouraged and challenged to live out their faith individually and in their faith communities. For them to talk about Praxising in the kingdom and helping others to do them same. If you know of people that like the Emergent/Emerging/Organic/Simple Church then this is the podcast for you… and even if you do not know what those thigs are… you might find a new world of living out the Kingdom by listening to these interviews. As always please tell others and have them subscribe via iTunes.
The iTunes site to subscribe to the Praxis Podcast
http://praxispodcast.com
The Praxis Podcast Facebook group.
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4th up is About The Church:
About the church is just me and a new friend Chris just sitting in a room talking about faith and Christianity. It really is a podcast for anyone that might not be a Christian or looking into Christanit, or Christians for that matter, but we are going to get real about our faith, questions, and challenges we have with the bible, the church, Chrtistianity, and Christians. We are both Christains, but goming from different backgroudns and will be encouraging others to send us topics for discussion or questions. Chris has started his own network of podcasts (something like 17 different podcasts!!!) And several of his podcasts are live online shows discussing TV shows like Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, etc… anyway the two podcasts I have done so far (starting with Episode 31) were good, and it looks to be a fun and opinionated show, heh. tune in and point others to check this one out as well. Oh and this is the only podcast I am not doing myself. this is Chris’ show, but he asked me to be a co-host!
About The Church’s Podcast website
iTunes subscription page for About The Church
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Well if yall are bored, and looking for some stuff to listen to on commute drives or just want to listen to my sexy voice, please subscribe via iTunes and thanks for supporting me and these endeavors! Blessings to you all!
Well, I have yet to tell anyone here on my blog, but I have been recording a podcast called, “The Guys’ Podcast”… It is made up of myself(a guy), Brad (a guy in Florida), and Court (a Guy here in northern KY).
Each week we talk about Geek things like Sci-Fi or Fantasy movies, books, video games, and just all around general tech news, and gadgets… (and we have started reviewing different kinds of rootbeer too, heh… anyway…
If you like geeky things, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, movies, video games, books, etc.. then please do me a favor and subscribe to our podcast!
(”What is a podcast?” you say. Well, it is basically a free radio show that you can download to your computer or iPod/MP3 device and listen to them anytime you like. You can also just visit our website and listen to the podcast there, as well.
OK, so do us a huge favor and subscibe to us on iTunes with this link:
iTunes site for The Guys’ Podcast
or go to our website and subscribe to our RSS feed (if you know that that is)
The Guys Podcast
or you can just go to Podcast Alley.com and vote for us there..so we can get higher up on the rating and maybe some day help us to get a sponsor.
PodcastAlley.com vote
And lastly, please listen of tell your geeky computer loving friends about us, and share the love… please!
Oh and the podcast is rated PG-13… on a few episodes.. so as always please listen to the podcast before you share it with young people to make sure you are OK with suggesting it. Thanks!
Oh and if you like it, then please let us know by emailing us: theguys@theguyspodcast.com or even calling us at The Guys’ Podcast phone line: (859) 648-0847: let us know suggestions for topics, news, etc…and to just say hi.
Thanks and God bless yall!
while in Orlando, Florida last week I found out about a conference that I going going to try to help at and attend. If you are UM and or Presbyterian and interested or got questions about the Emergent Church then this is the conference for you……
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Emerging Church for the Existing Church
To see the brochure for the conference click here.
This conference will provide opportunity for dialogue between younger leaders of the Emerging Church movement and leaders of the established church. It will be held on April 8-10, 2008 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. Speakers include:
Doug Pagitt … Dan Kimball … Tony Jones
Bob Whitesel…Janet Forbes…Katherine Turpin
not pictured: Lilly Lewin, Karen Sloan and Don Payne.
This conference is being cosponsored by the Emergent Village, Clergy Uniting for Growth and Ministry, Iliff School of Theology, and the United Methodist Publishing House in cooperation with Denver Seminary. For more information send an email to info@leadershipnexus.net
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Also here are a few other cool things i found as of late:
That is a visual look at the bible and all of the cross references shown with different colors! How freaking cool is that, there are several more was of showing the bible visually, and I would encourage yall to go check them all out…very cool creative stuff (just go click on the pic and it will take you to the site)!!
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Well, I am trying to show in a new and different way all of my online life…and there is a new one out there called Mahalo…so here is a link to it, and it is just a better looking way to keep track of my online presence/life with tabs to several online things I am apart of. Go check it out here:
Well, if you know me then you know that I will jump on internet application band wagons faster than you can spit…and it has happened again. lets run down the history of web apps I am a part of:
Blogger
Flickr
Myspace
Facebook
Virb
Frappr
del.icio.us
Youtube
Digg
and now…..
Jaiku!
Jaiku is basically the sum of a lot of my web stuff. It will show you every time this blog is updated, my Flickr is updated, Th3 Harbor (Th3 Waters blog) is updated, my del.icio.us tags are updated…..so….
I beg of you all to stop coming only to my blog….yeah I know sounds weird..but on Jaiku you will see when I update my blog, as well as my links, photos, videos, etc… so please change the main link for your connection to D.G. Hollums…to now be this web address:
book mark it now:
http://argon52.jaiku.com/
