I've been struggling a little this week finding my way on the sabbatical. I knew that I had sacrificed any prep for the sabbatical to make sure that I had gotten everything ready to hand off but figured I could just work my way through it. Not so sure right now. So I'm putting sabbatical... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Pay for the Media
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate 'em and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside. The single greatest issue facing the modern media industry is a simple one. How... Continue Reading →
Just some housekeeping
It suddenly dawned on me that since this is: A new blog a new blog that has invited a bunch of new visitors a new blog that will spend a LOT of time on a single subject for the next two months some folks might get the wrong idea about it. This is NOT a... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – ESPN
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate 'em and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside. If you're a sports fan you probably watch ESPN. And so you may be... Continue Reading →
Reflections on the topic
I promised a couple days ago that I would do a little more reflecting on the topic of my sabbatical. So let's dive in. The topic breaks down into three basic pieces for me: Personal Piety Episcopal Context 21st Century So each one: Personal Piety - I actually fiddled with the words for this part... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Space Window
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate 'em and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside. Please excuse me while I take just a moment to go all fanboy geeky... Continue Reading →
First lesson
Learned something right off the bat this morning. I'm going to do the Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families as a starting place for some personal prayer. My hope is that I'll be able to all four very short devotions each day. That'll take some discipline right off the bat. And I ran into a... Continue Reading →
The Project at hand
A large portion of my sabbatical is going to be dedicated to a study project. It's not intended, at least by me, to be anything grand or academic. More the chance for me to dig into something that interests me, has a tangential relationship to my ministry and will help me on the journey that... Continue Reading →
A Deep Breath…
and then the plunge. So the sabbatical has begun. My first feeling was being adrift. I spent so much of the last two weeks working at getting all of my stuff ready to hand over to the wonderful people who are making this possible that I had no time to do any real preparation for... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Apple vs Flash
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love them and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside. When Steve Jobs, the visionary leader of Apple, speaks lots of people listen. Some... Continue Reading →