New Livescribe SmartPen SDK released (0.8)
Livescribe just delivered version 0.8 of their Pulse SmartPen SDK (http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/DeveloperOverviewPage). Looks very slick… They’ve added a new environment: “Eclipse with Livescribe Plugins” that gives Eclipse two new views: “Pen Debug” and “Pen Info.” Haven’t had time to really jump in, yet, but hope it’s a solid release toward their more complete dev environment. Oh, yeah, and they froze their API. Phew. That’ll help… BTW, here’s Robert Hanson’s take
Where is the Biblical authority for preachers?
A few days ago, a friend asked me where the Bible authorized paid preachers. He is struggling with some history at his home church where they split because the preacher wouldn’t submit to the elders leadership (which is a separate problem). That whole event started him asking why we have preachers. Doesn’t having a preacher take (whether really or just implicitly) the responsibility we have of evangelizing? How many people say (again, whether consciously or unconsciously): “Why do I need to go here or there teaching?