Kathy Brasby Blog

Vlog with YouTube

Although I'm learning to do video editing, I've done some video documentary shoots, and I know how to set up lighting for an interview, I am not planning to do a vlog anytime soon. I know you didn't ask but a friend of mine did.  She wants to start vlogging on her...

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Manly shampoo

When our younger son turned 13, he informed me that, although he needed a new bottle of shampoo, he did not want the cheap stuff he'd been using for years. “I want manly shampoo,” he announced. I understood he might not want to use foofoo shampoo like lilac or rose,...

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The Bible: How Stories Impact Us

If I told you that a hero was someone who sacrificed for the good of others, you might nod your head but your eyes would glaze over.  If you watched a hero rescue his daughter from kidnappers or save a city from villains, two hours could fly by and you would have just...

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IPad vs. paper

If you're contemplating the jump from paper into the digital world, maybe this video will help you make your decision.  

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Making music

The cool of the evening drew me outside the orphanage that had drawn my family to Juarez, Mexico. We'd spent the day painting rooms. Another team in our group had poured a cement foundation for an addition to the orphanage. The summer heat had baked out our energy by...

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Barna and the Bible

Information today is so easy to grab. "Google it" has now a verb and if Google fails, well, there's Siri. Sometimes. So if I want to study wisdom, where would I go except Google? I do have other ideas in mind but I gave Google a run. What did I learn? I know wisdom is...

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April Fools review

If creative pranks reveal creative thinking (and I just made this up so who knows?) then there are some creative minds lurking on the internet. Mashable put together a roundup of this year's April Fools jokes. See if you missed any.

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Match trees, the g-ball and YouTube

Google really does have something over my hometown newspaper. Although both love their April Fool's jokes, Google has outlasted the local newspaper. My hometown daily shut down the pranks after the outrage of an April 1 story that featured the suicide of what everyone...

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Media at its worst

Personal assistants are a wonderful thing and, when one is built into your phone, it's a free wonderful thing, right? Let me tell you a story about that. One evening, I was busy and my hands were full. But I had my iPhone and my personal assistant, Siri, right? So...

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