Jeffrey C. Long

This sermon was preached at Filer Mennonite Church on February 26th 2005 My Dad worked for the electric company in Grant County washington from the time of his graduation from Washington State University until his retirement 5 years ago. His first job for them was at Wanapum Dam which is near a town called Mattawa [...]

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If you happen to see me during the week, you are likely to find me wearing a new cap. My wife got it for me for Valentine’s Day, though it only arrived last week. The big exclamation point always elicits curiosity. “What’s it mean,” an older gentleman at Barnes and Nobles asked me. “It means [...]

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Last night I had the privilege of attending the concert of the Magic Valley Symphony at the College of Southern Idaho Fine Arts Center. It was a wonderful evening with guest artist Anna Gerrish, pianist, who graduated from Filer, Idaho and went on to get her Masters in Piano performance and pedagogy. One thing I [...]

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I’ve decided to start publishing some tips for how I use Devonthink for those users on the internet who use this powerful information management tool for the Mac. My most recent hack has been saving links to my Devonthink when I am doing offline reading. I spend most of my mornings at either Barnes and [...]

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From Life Hacker Photographer Matt Frondorf drove from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate bridge and took one photo at each mile marker. The result is a collection of 3,304 photos moving from east to west – an interactive Flash map of the project lets you travel across the States and see Matt’s [...]

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I found this Personal Mission Statement builder at the Life Hacker blog. I’ve been building up my “Getting Things Done” muscle by reading the book by David Allen and reading the website and google group 43folders. From there I’ve been learning the difference between strategy and tactics in accomplishing life goals. Strategy is the big [...]

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This continues to be one of my favorite quotes. Some years ago, NASA released the first deep-space photographs of the beautiful cloud-swirled blue-green agate we call Earth. A reporter showed one of them to the late Samuel Shenton, then president of International Flat Earth Research Society. Shenton studied it for a moment and said, “It’s [...]

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Another article on how cell phone usage is changing the world we live in. This time economically. Colleges’ Land Lines Nearing Silent End: The Washington Post reports that across the country, wired phones are becoming obsolete in colleges. Although not many colleges have eliminated them, “almost every major school is evaluating it,” said Jeri Semer, [...]

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Our cell phones have really made the distance between my family and I a little smaller. (more later on the experience of temporarily living solo). This article from Smartmobs demonstrates some of the lesser qualities of cell phone usage. How cellphones have changed the way we communicate: The Wall Street Journal looks into the many [...]

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In about April, I will begin a series of sermons on the end of times. I look forward to the study and preparation of these messages as it has always been a topic of great curiosity to people. And particularly, I believe that how we view the future has a profound effect on how we [...]

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