Odds and ends

(By Erik)

• We’ve finally posted the Bolivia podcast on christianchronicle.org. (It took me a long time to finish — and our Web guy had to basically redo it to fit our site’s format. Mad props to T & S Web design! And mad props to me for keeping the phrase "mad props" alive!)

It includes audio I took with a little iPod attachment during my recent trip south of the equator. You’ll hear a Bolivian congregation singing praises to God — and the sounds of riot police firing tear gas canisters into an angry mob (not at the same time, though). I hope I’ve whet your audiological appetite enough for you to give it a listen. Here’s a direct link — http://www.christianchronicle.org/downloads/videos/bolivia.mov

• Our friend Ann (in photo, with the birthday cake the McBrides gave her during a recent Connection Group meeting) has posted a virtual tour of her new apartment. She’s gone from suburban to urban. Check it out. We love Ann!

• If you want to get hooked, check out Line Rider. (Not to be confused with Knight Rider — also addictive. It basically lets you design a bobsled course and then watch as a little man on a toboggan tries it out — jumps, loops, crashes and all.

• I got mentioned in the Dallas Morning News! Well, sort of. A story I wrote for the Chronicle on multi-site churches was excerpted on DallasNews Religion, a blog for the newspaper’s religion staff. Still, I thought it was pretty cool.