February 2009
FebruaryFeb 28 Saturday 09
Ethiopian Dinner
We've made some new friends who adopted a little girl from Ethiopia about a year ago. They have been very kind and have connected us with others who have been or who are in the same process. Tonight they invited about 5 families over and we made Ethiopian food. It was a …
FebruaryFeb 26 Thursday 09
Breakfast
I'm sure you are like me and have the opportunity to watch countless videos each week thanks to youtube and others. I'm pretty selective and rarely do because time is valuable, but I saw one last night from a friend who hardly ever posts videos. I clicked on the video …
FebruaryFeb 24 Tuesday 09
The Force
I've been studying John 1 over the past month. It begins with, "In the beginning was the Word..." That phrase is packed full of meaning. People for generations had philosophized about the meaning of "Word," well before John was written (Socrates & Plato included).
It …
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Short film created for Canned Film Festival.
Thoughts on the Oscars
I was thrilled that Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner. It was refreshing to see people who win who didn't come with a gazillion Hollywood dollars behind them. It was also good to see a movie win that told a great story. No amount of glitz or special effects can …
FebruaryFeb 21 Saturday 09
The Best Sound in the World
Last night we had a family outing. The night started at On The Border, where we are mastering the art of eating cheap. Beth & I split a large combo meal, the boys split a meal, and we all eat lots of the free tortillas and chips. Ends up being $3-$4 a person for some …
FebruaryFeb 19 Thursday 09
Back in the Game
Virb 2.oh has been released & I like how it's looking. I'll be playing around with it some to see if it's going to be what I'm going to stick with. Version 1.0 wasn't initially set-up for blogging, and thus had some shortcoming. Feel free to give me your input about the …
FebruaryFeb 12 Thursday 09
Important Info
Wanted to let you all know that Virb will soon be Virb 2.0 This means that this site will be down starting Saturday afternoon & it won't be back-up until mid-week (at least that is their guess). It will end up being better, sleeker & more functional so I'm excited …
FebruaryFeb 11 Wednesday 09
Chicago
I'm headed to Chicago for several reasons:
1. Participate in the Urban Conversation. It's a discussion that began last year on how the church can best meet urban needs.
2. Set-up work for our Missions trip to Chicago in a month.
3. Preaching at First Christian Church …
FebruaryFeb 9 Monday 09
Churchy: Holy Priesthood
Dave & I preached yesterday about the "Holy Priesthood" and "The Roles of Ministers." You can hear it here. It was a bit of a two-fold sermon, but the two ideas do belong in the same conversation. I promised a list of Scriptures that could further your study. Here they …
FebruaryFeb 4 Wednesday 09
Churchy: The Staff
We spent about five hours today putting our heads and hearts together to prepare for the next few months of ministry at HP. It was a productive and good time. I can't imagine trying to do that with a group of people who don't get along. Fortunately, I don't live in that …
FebruaryFeb 2 Monday 09
Churchy: The Status Quo
Mark Batterson blogged, "A couple decades ago a pair of psychologists named Samuelson & Zeckhauser discovered a phenomenon they dubbed the Status Quo Bias. Simply put: most of us keep doing what we've been doing without giving it much thought."
This isn't always bad, …