Author: Jeff Hampton

For Wilshire Baptist Church

Lately I’ve been concerned about widows and orphans. No, not women and children, but that does come to mind. Let me explain.

I’m working on the final details of a new book, and in the jargon of book design and layout, a “widow” is the last line of a paragraph that sits at the top of a page, while an “orphan” is a last line of a paragraph at the bottom of a page. Visually, orphans are not so noticeable unless they are very short. But widows can look like a mistake. Continue reading “Widows and Orphans”

For Wilshire Baptist Church

For the past week I’ve been unpacking and tweaking an idea that I thought I would drop today. My goal was that if it resonated and went viral or at least trended I might get some traction and maybe crush the conversation and grow my platform. But it wasn’t in my wheelhouse and in fact was above my pay grade so I decided to shelf it. I didn’t want an epic fail that would get trolled and shaded with LOL or SMH and especially not LMAO or WTF. Continue reading “Trending”

For Wilshire Baptist Church

I don’t know if they do this at other college football stadiums, but when people are first arriving at Baylor’s McLane Stadium, a video camera down on the field is pointed at unsuspecting people and their image is thrown up on the giant video screen with the caption “Oblivious Cam.” As everyone else watches, a clock logs the amount of time it takes for the people on screen to look up and see themselves. Continue reading “Oblivious”