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Elena Helping Daddy
Monday, September 24th, 2007God Spoke To Me Last Night
Friday, September 21st, 2007You who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting […]
The Church
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Church - Greek ekklesia (ek-klay-see’-ah) - “A gathering of people”
Is built by Jesus. The Gates Of Hell will not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18) Multiplies when it walks in fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit (Acts 9:31) Is cared for by pastors who are appointed by the Holy Spirit (Acts 20:28) Sometimes […]
Another Reason to Buy A Mac: iWork ‘08
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Apple has an Office killer.
I can open your Word documents, make them prettier, and save them as Word documents, or export them to PDF…
I can open your Excel files, with all of your formulas, and save them as Excel files…
I can open your PowerPoint presentations, make them cooler, and save them as PowerPoint presentations…
I can […]
Remedy is Coming - Preview Now!
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Check out the David Crowder Band’s latest e-card featuring clips from the songs on their new album. Enjoy.
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Tips for Cleaning and Sealing a Deck
Monday, September 3rd, 2007Do it in the Spring Buy the expensive tools for the job, not the cheap ones. They’ll break and/or not function properly, causing you to renounce your faith. Hand brushing is faster than using a cheap-o pump sprayer, but get a push broom to do it with rather than a 4″ hand brush Use a pressure washer […]
Church Drama Set to Lifehouse’s ‘Everything’
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007I’m not quite sure what to title this post. All I know is that people are calling this a skit but it’s not. It’s an extremely well done piece of performance art. Not sure if they had the rights to use Lifehouse’s song all coordinated or anything like that, but I’m not […]
Coming Soon: Foo Fighters, Echoes Silence Patience & Grace
Friday, August 17th, 2007September 25th is going to be a very good day for music. Not only is the new David Crowder Band: Remedy going to be released, but Foo Fighters are dropping their latest: Echoes Silence Patience & Grace. I heard the single on the radio this morning, great stuff. Pick it up on […]
New David Crowder*Band: Remedy - coming Sept 25!!
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007The David Crowder Band is releasing their latest artistic wonder on September 25. Check out Remedy Is Coming for info on how to pre-order, watch clips of the making of, and listen to one of the songs on their myspace page. (ugh. I hate linking to MySpace) Virb page (thanks Dan, that is a […]
Why we target young
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Noel Heikkinen has an excellent observation on why Riverview Church targets the young. Stonebrook doesn’t have an age range that we target, but this is where my heart is. This article sums up half the reason my heart is there as well.
I talked about the rest of the reasons here.
Catholic Town Opens in Fla.
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007This is extremely odd.
ABC News: City of God: Catholic Town Opens in Fla.
Monaghan has said his goal is to help as many people as possible get to Heaven. And he hopes these homeowners will have a head start.
How are you going to help people get to heaven if you only allow Catholics into […]
ABC News: ‘Heretic’ Minister: Nobody Goes to Hell
Sunday, July 15th, 2007ABC News recently posted an article about Carlton Pearson renouncing historical Christianity, stating that no one goes to hell.
The article seems to applaud him for sticking to his conscience, and makes believers out to be lunatics; removing him from the pulpit “he built” for this heresy. It’s a rather sad story (the part about […]
Making Elena Smile
Sunday, July 1st, 2007I’m not extremely affectionate with Nancy in public, but I am more so around the house. One sure fire way to make Elena smile is to give Nancy a hug and a kiss. This always causes her to get a big grin, and giggle slightly, and sometimes even clap.
She’s […]
Deep Thoughts From Vacation #1: Cabela’s
Sunday, July 1st, 2007The first major stop on our way up north is always Cabela’s in Owatonna, MN. Probably the greatest outdoor outfitter shopping experience in existence. It’s the Apple store of sporting goods. The main problem? I could spend $25k there and still not feel “outfitted”.
(note: this includes the brand new $16k fishing […]
Purity of heart…
Monday, June 11th, 2007Was watching a fascinating interview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates where they held a QA session. Mr. Gates made an interesting comment in while answering a question.
“I was smart enough to wait to get married because [software was my passion, my life].”
Essentially, it was his singular focus, which is a big […]
Buy My iMac!
Saturday, June 9th, 2007I’m consolidating my tech and selling some older stuff off, therefore e-baying my iMac G5. It’s a great machine, but the siren call of the Macbook Pro was too great for me to resist.
I’m selling this puppy with a lot of extras. It’d be a great school machine, and even makes a formidable […]
Next Narnia Movie: Prince Caspian
Friday, June 8th, 2007Production on the next Narnia movie is underway. You can track the progress on the movie’s blog (which is really just an overly complex flash Web site…). It sounds like they are restructuring the story a bit. Hope they don’t ruin it :(
Video after the break because it was auto-playng.
Party Theology
Monday, June 4th, 2007Read this: Party Theology
Not knowing any better, after becoming a follower of Jesus, Levi decided to throw a big party, he invited all of his friends who happened to be tax-collectors, prostitutes and sinners. Upon the invitation, Jesus went. In turn, Jesus had a horrible reputation, because He went to this party; He […]
The North American Geek
Monday, June 4th, 2007I was interviewed extensively for this documentary put together by National Geographic, but my section was edited for time.
(Silly documentary writers and your lame reenactments. You can’t counter with a Dragon Whelp, that doesn’t even make sense! Only a creature that can be summoned as an instant or interrupt can be played as […]
Is Our Church Already Too Youth Focused?
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007This morning after our church gathering, we held a special lunch so that the pastors could share the vision and ideas behind some major internal restructuring that is happening in our church; restructuring that will help to strengthen and multiply our efforts to reach Ames and the ISU campus.
After the vision was shared (which I […]
