I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Philippians 3:12
Spiritual growth is not an intermittent exercise—it should be all consuming. In fact, the Greek word for “press on” was used to describe a sprinter and speaks of an aggressive, energetic endeavor. Paul was running with all his might, straining every spiritual muscle to win the prize (cf. 1 Cor. 9:24–27). He also said we’re to “fight the good fight of faith” (1 Tim. 6:12)
This perspective was not limited to Paul. The author of Hebrews wrote, “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Heb. 12:1).
Our lifelong pursuit is to be like Christ. Running that race takes maximum effort using the means of grace God has provided for us.
MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 147). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.
From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, "Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!"
He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of the youths.
2 Kings 2:23-24
Beatdown
When his brother is brutally murdered, a grieving Brandon (Rudy Youngblood) goes into hiding to evade the reach of a powerful local gangster who's looking for payback. But Brandon's newfound passion -- cage fighting -- could make it tough to keep a low profile. Can a seasoned mixed martial artist (Michael Bisping) help Brandon battle his way back to a life he's proud to be living? Danny Trejo co-stars in this actioner.
Angelina Ballerina: Love to Dance
Preschool-aged viewers will sing and dance to these episodes from the animated series in which ballet-crazy mouse Angelina moves to a new school; learns some jazz, tap and hip-hop dance steps; and makes a few new friends along the way. Based on the beloved books by author Katharine Holabird and artist Helen Craig, these episodes also find Angelina learning valuable lessons, such as the power of cooperation and the importance of being prepared.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Middle school isn't all it's cracked up to be for self-described "wimpy kid" Greg Heffley, who discovers a frightening new world teeming with boys who are taller, tougher and hairier than he is -- and decides to document it all in his diary. Directed by Thor Freudenthal, this kid-friendly comedy based on Jeff Kinney's illustrated novel cast its star by asking kids to submit their auditions online.
Go Diego Go!: Diego's Ultimate Rescue League
This collection of three themed episodes puts viewers in league with Dora the Explorer's spirited cousin, Diego, and his team of animal rescuers, who spend their time getting creatures of every persuasion out of danger. Whether Diego and the gang are scaling mountaintops or braving the ocean's depths, no environment is off-limits for them: They're the ultimate when it comes to answering critters' cries for help!
iCarly: iSpace Out
The "iCarly" gang jumps at the chance to beam a webisode from outer space when a billionaire offers to pony up the cash. But before the teens can blast off, they'll have to pass a series of tests designed to prove their space-worthiness. Other episodes in this collection of bizarre adventures find Carly (Miranda Cosgrove) and her friends hunting down Bigfoot, and Sam (Jennette McCurdy) unveiling a surprising secret.
Made for Each Other
Frustrated that his new wife (Bijou Phillips) still hasn't slept with him, Danny (Christopher Masterson) has a fling with his sexy sister-in-law (Lauren German). When major regret creeps in, Danny tries to save his marriage and erase his guilt by finding a guy to bed his bride and thus even the score. This ribald comedy from director Daryl Goldberg co-stars Danny Masterson, Samm Levine and Patrick Warburton.
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
An annual Caribbean retreat turns into a week of life-altering revelations when four couples bust their relationships wide open in filmmaker Tyler Perry's take on modern love, devotion, unfaithfulness and forgiveness. Angela (Tasha Smith) can't trust sportscaster Marcus (Michael Jai White) anymore, Sheila's (Jill Scott) ex (Richard T. Jones) toys with her new marriage and more. Janet Jackson, Malik Yoba, Lamman Rucker and Sharon Leal also star.
A Quiet Little Marriage
With her dad descending into an Alzheimer's haze and a junkie for a brother-in-law, happily married Olive (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) decides that the answer to life's problems is a baby -- too bad her spouse (Cy Carter) doesn't agree. But with the missus poking holes in her diaphragm and hubby spiking her coffee with birth control pills, love may not conquer all in this Slamdance Film Festival award winner. Jimmi Simpson and Charlie Day also star.
Red Riding Trilogy: Part 1: 1974
Loosely based on the facts surrounding Britain's notorious Yorkshire Ripper case, this grim thriller, Part 1 in the television adaptation of David Peace's novels, uncovers rampant police and civil corruption in mid-1970s Northern England. Girls are disappearing, the Yorkshire community is abuzz with gossip and fear, and a young reporter (Andrew Garfield) is suspicious when a mentally handicapped immigrant is fingered for the heinous crimes.
Red Riding Trilogy: Part 2: 1980
After six years of vicious unsolved murders, Manchester policeman Peter Hunter (Paddy Considine) arrives in West Yorkshire to supervise the Yorkshire Ripper investigation, along with a copycat killer case, in this second installment of the Red Riding trilogy. Meanwhile, he must also deal with local police corruption and his struggle to remain faithful to his wife while working closely with his ex, fellow investigator Helen Marshall (Maxine Peake).
Red Riding Trilogy: Part 3: 1983
When the current case of a missing 10-year-old becomes linked to the abduction and murder of Clare Kemplay in 1974, investigators torture the man who found Clare's body in an effort to learn more in this final installment of the Red Riding trilogy. Meanwhile, solicitor John Piggott's (Mark Addy) conversations with the man found guilty of the old abduction points to a wrongful conviction and a search for the real murderer.
The Lena Baker Story
On April 30, 1944, Lena Baker shot and killed the man who had served as her employer, abuser and sexual partner for the past three years. She claimed self-defense; the state cried murder, and sentenced her to death. This film tells her story. Tichina Arnold stars as Baker, the only woman to be sent to the electric chair in Georgia -- only to be pardoned decades later -- in this drama written and directed by Ralph Wilcox.
Surprise, Surprise
There's no more room in the closet for successful TV actor Den Jorgensen (Travis Michael Holder) and his young disabled boyfriend, Colin (John Brotherton), when 16-year-old homophobe David (Luke Eberl) shows up on their doorstep, announcing that he's Den's long-lost son. Holder co-wrote the script with director Jerry Turner, based on an acclaimed stage play about truth, lies and tangled family ties.
Tormented
Sweet Justine (Tuppence Middleton) starts hanging out with hunky Alexis (Dimitri Leonidas), only to learn that he and his cool pals share a dark secret that led to the suicide of unpopular classmate Darren (Calvin Dean). Now, Darren is back from the grave, and it's his turn to torment his tormentors. Hell hath no fury like an asthmatic nerd scorned in this scary British teen horror, also starring Alex Pettyfer and April Pearson.
Harry Brown
When a crew of drug-dealing gang members takes the life of his only friend, Leonard (David Bradley), retired Marine and widower Harry Brown (Michael Caine) decides to take the law into his own hands -- but his old-school training might be overmatched. Helmed by first-time feature director Daniel Barber, this gritty vigilante thriller set in England also stars Emily Mortimer, Iain Glen, Jack O'Connell, Ben Drew, Joseph Gilgun and Liam Cunningham.
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Digital Web Magazine closes its doors
As some of our regular readers have guessed, yes it is true. Digital Web Magazine has ceased publication. For the reasons cited in Time To Change, it was clear to us that what we had was no longer working.
We called upon both our staff and readers for ideas on what we could change. We received a lot of good feedback. One thing that resonated with me was that out of all of the ideas that had the most potential to solving our current problems, none of them were about insignificant changes to what we have.
It doesn’t make sense to take what we have here and try to change it into something it is not. It makes more sense to simply start something else that is new. For this reason I feel that Digital Web Magazine will always be what it is; an online publication about the web industry.
So, today, I am sad to say that Digital Web Magazine has officially ceased publication. The site will remain in place with all of its articles hopefully far longer than their value is recognized.
I will continue to curate the site, maintaining it so it remains online and fixing broken links and typos. Most of my effort and time, just like the rest of the former staff, will be put into other projects, other websites and other publications.
I want to take a moment to personally thank each and every staff member, editor, designer, photographer, illustrator, information architect, database developer, web developer, web programmer, contributing writer, columnist and last but perhaps most important, each and every reader who ever read our publication. We couldn’t have made it this far without you. I genuinely mean that.
If you want to respond with your thanks and appreciation, feel free to leave a comment here, post to twitter, post on Facebook, or you can always email me directly. If you prefer to say something in person, find me and the rest of the staff at SXSW Interactive. Thanks again everyone! Last one out turns off the lights.
Digital Web Magazine's 500th article
As 2009 comes to a close and we enter our annual winter hiatus I am proud to present our 500th article, Time To Change, written by yours truly. With every year that passes we look back at the year and all of the things we have accomplished and then we set goals for ourselves for the year to come. This article is not unlike that. Digital Web Magazine is about to undergo the most significant change in its ten-year history as a publication and we want your input. This is your chance to influence the future structure and focus of Digital Web. Please take a moment to read this week’s issue and weigh in with your thoughts. Thank you for a great year, and a magnificent past ten years.
Matthew steps down as Editor-in-Chief
After a great two years with the magazine, I’m afraid the time has come for me to step down as Editor-in-Chief here at Digital Web. It has been great fun and very rewarding, and I have met some fantastic people both online and in person, but I have decided that I want to spend more time next year on both personal projects and watching my children grow up. My thanks to Nick Finck for giving me this opportunity, and to Tiff, Walker, and the other staff for all their help — without our dedicated volunteers, the magazine would not be able to keep churning out such great content each week.
Keep an eye on this news feed for a special announcement from our founder, Nick Finck, on where Digital Web will be heading in 2009.
Thanksgiving Giveaway: Free hosting and domain for a year
We at Digital Web Magazine want to say thanks to our readers and authors for their dedicated patronage. As some of you may know, today in the U.S. is Thanksgiving day. To celebrate and say thank you to our readers and contributors we are going to be giving away a gift certificate for free hosting and domain name (you pick it if its available) for one year at Media Temple.
All you have to do is comment on this blog post, tell us how you first found out about our publication and why you feel its different than the other sites out there. We’ll hand select the best answer. This doesn’t need to be a book in length, a simple paragraph or two will do. Make sure you include your name, email address, and URL otherwise we won’t know how to contact you to send you the gift card.
New Issue: Digital Web Seeks a New Tune
Digital Web is headed into our winter break?we take December off to gather our resources and review the year past. But before we hibernate, we have a holiday season present for our readers. It’s a bit of a departure, but we’re thrilled to have Chris Wright join us to ask a light-hearted question, Is The Web Really Helping Us Find New Music?.
Naturally, we have our own motives?this article represents an op-ed piece. It’s not a how-to, or new trick, and it’s definitely not an adventurous CSS idea?we’re thick-skinned around here, but the flamewars around our recent CSS pieces have been a new hurdle in the history of the magazine. So let’s all take a new outlook for the holidays and enjoy what we have.
We’d like to hear your reaction to op-ed-style pieces, too?please leave a comment in response to the article, and in response to its style. Have a happy winter holiday!
The folks over at Sitepoint are giving away a free PDF of their book, The Art & Science Of CSS (co-written by one-time Digital Web columnist and all-round nice guy, Jonathan Snook). All you have to do to bag a copy is follow them on Twitter — full details can be found on Twitaway.com.
We have a very interesting article this week from new contributor Steve Heffernan, who brings us RESTful CSS. Our last few CSS articles sparked quite a row in the comments, so I hope the same audience takes a long look at Steve’s proposals, even if web app languages like Ruby on Rails isn’t your day-to-day forte. CSS management is a growing issue as we make even greater advances in CSS techiques, JavaScript support and enhancement and rich interactions like web apps.
New Issue: Review of 'Website Optimization' and Are Accessibility Statements...
Digital Web is happy to bring you another quality “twofer“?a two-article issue to get you through November. First up is returning contributor Andrew Stevens who reviews the new book Website Optimization by Andrew King on O’Reilly?the nighthawk book as it were. King looks beyond code optimization and examines optimizing a website’s full web presense, from search results to SEO to website responsiveness.
Leona Tomlinson returns from her recent article on accessibilty to ask a new question: Are Accessibility Statements Useful? Leona examines recent thinking on accessibility statements and where they can still be a benefit to users.
New Issue: Extract from Paul Boag's "Website Owner's Manual"
Digital Web is happy to feature a chapter from Paul Boag’s new book Website Owners Manual, entitled Know Your Site. Paul Boag is a well-known podcaster and web guru, with a lengthy resume throughout Headscape and Boagworld. His new book is a primer for website owners, and poses excellent questions for both web geeks and owners alike.
In addition to Boagworld’s book, last week Digital Web asked a timely question of our readers, “Does politics matter to web professionals?“? Our readers weighed in over the week leading up to this evening’s historic election in the U.S. And we’re happy to publish the results here in our news blog?Your views on politics and web design.
Your views on politics and web design
Last week we asked you how politics affects the jobbing web designer, and many of you responded with your thoughts. It was gratifying to see that, in the main, our readers are politically aware and realize the effect that national politics can have on their day-to-day lives — but what specifically do web pros need to consider? Adam Conrad says:
Politics has yet to affect my day-to-day life finding a job, doing my work and making the web a better place. However, at the end of the day, who is in office will directly affect many aspects of my work, which many in the industry fail to account for. If my taxes go up or inflation increases, then my per-hour wage may have to jump more than my clients can comfortably afford, and I could either lose business or money by taking on cheaper/less jobs. If our country goes to war, gas prices go up and it costs me significantly more to drive to a client?s home/business for a consultation, often a price I do not include in the contract. It?s simple things like these that, as I said, do not add up in the moment, but trickle down from big events that eventually affect everyone.
Brian Warren sees a more direct effect:
As someone who owns his own business the current political climate is extremely important to me. Health insurance alone is a huge pain for us. We pay way too much for way too little coverage. If you have a pre-existing condition then you may as well forget it. We constantly feel as the odds are stacked against the independent professional. The health insurance industry is completely built upon the framework that giving healthcare coverage to people who need it is not profitable. Knowing that Obama, and Democrats in general, are going to do something about that gives me hope for my family?s future.
And Brandy Reppy notes that: “trying to justify the expense of a well thought-out and maintained web presence to an organization or business that is struggling financially because of poor political decision-making is an uphill battle at best.”
There are also factors closer to home about which readers are concerned. Tristan Louis:
In this election cycle, things like open access, a high speed internet network architecture, and first amendment rights on the internet will be affected by who ends up in the White House as a result of this election.
Nathan Steiner took a closer look at the candidates’ technology positions, and writes:
Just for fun, compare the first google results for ?Obama on technology? vs. ?McCain on technology.? Obama?s result leads to his own page on the subject, which includes three clear and important priorities: net neutrality, broadband for everyone, and grants for research. McCain?s result leads to a third party site listing his positions on technology, most of which reveal a generic focus on financial and taxing issues. I don?t believe that either candidate would be considerably better or worse on issues directly related to web developers, but Obama has shown an understanding of the power of social networks and how to hook-up a grass-roots financing campaign into the web with unprecedented success. It seems that the health of the web as it relates to US business interests would greatly benefit from a president who understood it as clearly as the Obama camp does.
Finally, spare a thought for this guy:
I currently work for a company that relies pretty heavily on large enterprise customers and government agencies. So how those organizations? spending is affected by the policies set by government, and however directly or indirectly by the person sitting in the Oval Office does affect my company, my job, and any rewards I may earn as a result of our success. So ironically while I am very politically liberal in beliefs and in how I vote (I?m a Green Party member who votes Democrat), my company may benefit from policy makers who benefit large corporations, which I am generally opposed to.
Thank you to everyone who responded.
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