Some Tips for You
Ever since Joe made me his workhorse when I was 14, I have been doing Powerpoint presentations, designs and imagery. I have gotten to be pretty quick at it and I’d like to believe my…
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Isn’t She Beautiful
After going to the conference I wrote some notes on it below. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Links to other Posts from other Bloggers A handful of us are going…
Links for January 05, 2007
This is a illustration done by Worldmapper that shows the distortion of wealth in the world and how its spread out. You can see all sorts of different and interesting stats that will really make…
Ron Pede
Ron Pede (Rachel’s Uncle) passed away yesterday Jan 03, early in the morning. He went peacefully with Liz and his sister by his side. Please keep the family in your prayers over the next few…
Palliative Care
Right now Rachel‘s uncle is in palliative care and he’s been given only a day or two to live. Her Uncle Ron is a strong man who has had its ups and downs in life…
Links for December 28, 2006
I have been using b2Evolution since I started this blog and that's mostly because I didn't know any better. I didn't know what a blog was besides what I saw on blogger. However, now over…
Geez Magazine
When I was seventeen or eighteen, Relevant Magazine was just starting up their website to launch their magazine. I was subscribed to it right away and devoured its pages. Everything I read was ‘relevant’ and…
Links for December 26, 2006
A large list of theological websites, theologian website and heretical websites, helpful if your interested or doing research. ———————– Gay nativity scene ———————– Dave Blondel posts of a video he did for Christmas last year,…
Miroslav Volf at Christmas
Pernell quoted a timely message from Miroslav Volf that I think fits with the post below “When Christians take the Christmas narrative seriously, the practice of gift-exchange within a closed circle of family and friends…
Why I Hate Christmas (and its not because it derived from a pagan holiday)
Partly its because I’m a rebel and I hate anything that everyone likes or finds meaningful. I like to go against the grain and be difficult and annoying. However, I think there is a lot…
Holiday Update
I’ve been really bad at posting on here in the last month or so because I’ve been switching all 30 or so of our websites over to our new server, I’ve gone to Florida for…
Links for December 18, 2006
Pernell wrote an open letter to theStory about his thoughts, positive and negative of his experience here. ———————– NT Wright at Calvin College. (ht) ———————– A funny video of the song “Let the bodies hit…
Watermark in Tampa
This morning I went with Rachel to check out a church down here in Florida. I figured since we were way down south that we would search the internet for some sort of church that…
To Florida
Well I’m heading down South for the fourth time this year. I can’t complain. Rachel and I are going to visit my grandparents near Tampa. I will hopefully be able to post pics and a…
Helping to be Helped
An often used cliché that we use when telling stories is that when we go to help someone really they ended up helping us. There are two reasons why I never did understand this form…
Links for December 8, 2006
Ron has a very informative post on the Sarnia – Fort McMurray relationship with oil. He works for Suncor and they fly him there every once in a while to do some work. ———————– Pernell…
John Stewart on Crossfire
I like John Stewart. I watched this about 3 months ago, then Dave e-mailed it to me again today, I had to link to it. They asked John Stewart what politician gives him the most…
How Do We Change This Horrible System
Sometimes I feel sick to my stomach when I hear stories about how little it takes to help someone, and yet they remain unhelped. Rob Bell tells a story about this women who got a…
Links for Dec 01, 2006
The picture above is one that I took in my friend’s backyard in August 2004. See all the pics here. His name is Scotty Maidman, and tomorrow I’m going to see him race at the…
Getting Ahead
I realized again last week how much our language really signifies how bad of a state our culture is in. This time I noticed it in the words “getting ahead.” When we are trying to…