July 26, 2005

How to Subscribe to the Podcast.

Filed under: podcasts — leekate @ 6:57 pm

Welcome to the world of tomorrow. Through the miracle of technology, anyone can subscribe to a given podcast and have regular broadcasts automatically downloaded to a variety of desktop programs, an ipod or other mp3 player, etc.

The cheapest and most user friendly way of doing this is by using a free program named Ipodder. Ipodder lets you enter podcast feeds and set them to update manually or automatically at regular intervals. You can then play the audio on any desktop computer using Media Center or any mp3 playing software. Ipodder will also sync with your portable devices.

Here’s what you do:

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    2. Install Ipodder.
    3. Launch Ipodder. On the main toolbar, you will see a green circle with a white cross. Click on that. Where it says URL, copy and paste this location:

http://www.shadesvalley.org/audioblog/?feed=rss2&category_name=podcasts

    4. Click SAVE.
    5. On the main toolbar, click on the green button with the swooping arrow. This will download any new broadcasts on our feed.

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Thereafter, just repeat Step 5 to update your download or you can set Ipodder to auto update by going to Tools > Scheduler.

Enjoy. If you need an help, just email me here: Tim Mayhall

From Simone Weil’s Waiting for God

Filed under: insights — leekate @ 6:29 am

I am afraid of the patriotism which exists in the circles of the church. By patriotism I mean the feeling one has for a terrestrial country. I am afraid of it because I fear to catch it. It is not that the Church appears to me to be unworthy of inspiring such a feeling. It is because I do not want any feeling of such a kind in myself. The word want is not accurate. I know, I feel quite certain, that any feeling of this kind, whatever its object, would be fatal to me.

There were some saints who approved of the Crusades or the Inquisition. I cannot help thinking that they were in the wrong. I cannot go against the light of conscience. If I think at this point I see more clearly than they did, I who am so far below them, I must admit that in this matter they were blinded by something very powerful. This something was the Church seen as social structure. If this social structure did them harm, what harm would it not do me, who am particularly susceptible to social influences and who am almost infinitely more feeble than they were?

July 24th, 2005: Esther

Filed under: podcasts — leekate @ 12:47 am

Continuing our introduction to the book of Esther, Mike teaches on Xerxes, Vashti and 8 ways to wreck a relationship.

Speaker: Mike Garrigan
Service: July 24th, 2005

Podcast 07.24.05

You can save the audio to your desktop by simply right-clicking on the link above and selecting Save Target As. If you’d like to subscribe to have the weekly sermon automatically downloaded to your computer or portable audio device, I’ve put together a short list of very simple, non-threatening directions that you can find at the link below.

How to Subscribe to Our Podcast

July 25, 2005

First Post

Filed under: news — leekate @ 10:02 pm

Just getting the scripts into place for an audio blog for Shades Valley Community Church. I’m hoping to push audio stuff…sermons, teachings, music…all kinds of things. I suppose we’ll see if it works, eh?