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Ear Candy | Bose Companion Speakers

BoseI've recently been gifted something wonderful: the Bose Companion 3, Series II desktop speaker system for my home office.

I've been using a great set of speakers from Logitech for a couple years now, but after hooking up both systems and testing them out side-by-side, there is no comparison. I'm more surprised by that than I thought I would be. You should check them out. 

T4A | Featured Bloggers - Everything

T4a

Here's my best shot at creating one post with links to everything from Together for Adoption featured bloggers. Not every blogger wrote on everything or was present for every main session. I expect more posts are still coming with reflections on T4A in the days to come. I know I have some unfinished posts on some talks and a handful of other reflections to share. If you see things I've missed, let me know. FYI: I know other bloggers/twitterers said a lot at T4A, but I'm focusing on the "featured bloggers." If you want to put a link to other helpful posts in the comments from non-featured bloggers, that would be a great addition to the list.

Check out tweets still coming out from #t4aCon attenders and others RTing good quotes. Also go back in the Twitter accounts (listed below) for a ton of great quotes. That may be the best way to get direct quotes, while the posts often contain interaction on the quotes and topics.

BLOGGERS - Name [link to Twitter account] (abbreviation)

MAIN SESSIONS

Darrin Patrick | Session 1 - The Church & Social Justice

AAJG | SM | ZLN | DPJRBT

Tullian Tchividjian | Session 2 - Surprised by Adoption

AA | SM | ZLN | DP | JRBT

Dan Cruver | Session 3 - Adoption & The God Who Cares

MLA | AA | ZLN | DPBT

Bryan Loritts | Session 4 - The Church as the Theater of Transracial Adoption

AAJG | ZDP | JR

Jeff Vanderstelt | Session 5 - Gospel-Motivation for Missional Living

AAJGLN | DP | JR

Tim Chester | Session 6 - Relaxing in Trinitarian Love

AA | DP

PRE-CONFERENCE & BREAKOUTS

  • A Mom at Rest by Dr. Donna Thoennes || DBJG | DP
  • Missional Church, Missional God, Missional Story by Tim Chester || AA: Sessions 1, 2, 3 | JR: Sessions 1, 2, 3
  • Attachment & Family Growth by Mark & Kristen Howerton || JG: Pt 1 | Pt 2
  • Gospel-Centered Parenting by Tim Chester || DPBT
  • Trans-Racial Adoption by Vermon Pierre || DP 
  • Missional Living & Orphan Care by Jason Kovacs || JR
  • Grief In Infertility || MLA

MISC & POST-CONFERENCE

Things I Use

Productivity & Analog Tools - Everyday Carry

UPDATED January 2017

Pencils

Music

Computer

Apple & Kindle & Tech

Bibles & Devotional

Photography

Poetry

  • Field Notes | I am using a subscription-only version of their reporter's notebook for poetry writing
  • Notes | I write some on-the-go in my Notes app

Apps & Tools

  • Apple Music | Family subscription
  • Squarespace | personal blog & church website
  • Tweetbot | for Twitter
  • Pocket | articles and posts archive
  • iTunes | for music & iPod sync
  • Amazon Prime | mostly for shipping, also for music
  • Vimeo & YouTube | family & church videos
  • Feedly | Use infrequently to see some blogs
  • Trello | Quickly becoming the greatest app ever in my eyes
  • Google Docs | So much done here