So life has changed a lot recently. Global warming sets in; Ft. Worth sets a snow record; life on the farm continues. Even though I haven’t lived at my parents’ house for several years, it’s still very fun visiting. Heidi and I went for Christmas and I took this panorama of the farm covered in […]
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For the free tech workshop today at: https://webmeeting.dimdim.com/portal/JoinForm.action?confKey=bsdumw Tech Workshop-DYMN-Mac Tech Workshop-DYMN-PC
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So my last post wasn’t complete. I’d worked for most of this summer on the new site for Chicago Theological Seminary and the servers just weren’t cooperating. I guess that’s what we get for hosting a PHP/MySQL content management system on an IIS/SQL Server configuration. I’m still wrapping up the video tutorials that explain to […]
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U2 — Probably my last concert ever: This was probably the best concert I’ll ever go to. (And that’s not saying much. The next-best concert was Steven Curtis Chapman performing in Ames, IA my senior year of high school. Then it goes to Daniel Bedingfield performing at TCU my first year. Then it goes to […]
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Now that it’s September, it feels like summer is over. (I know, it’s not official yet, but our tomato plants beg to differ!) So, to catch you up, here’s an overview of my summer: Ordination I got ordained! Audio and the service reflections might be following soon (if I find the time), but it really […]
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Heidi and I have noticed recently that I can’t let myself “shut down” yet. I’m still on my inertia from my student work and I’ve taken on new paying projects since graduating. It’s thrilling, yet exhausting. I’m sure many of you who’ve known me over the past many years have seen this pattern in me […]
ContinueStorm, Ravinia, and Tiff’s Ordination
Last Friday Heidi and I decided to use our Weber grill and make some pesto chicken breasts. It seemed like a good idea, until the storm with 70 MPH winds came. The chicken breasts finished broiling in the oven and Heidi and I looked out in amazement, thankful we were inside and safe. The next […]
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I updated my website’s User Interface (UI) over the past two days. The wider interface allows me to post bigger pictures; but it also lets me organize my site so that it can serve as more than “just a blog.” I’m eager to start forming the sections of Ministry and Photography, and to see how […]
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733.9 pages. That is how much I had to write in the three years I spent on my Master of Divinity degree. Just think, what if I would have used that time for Good instead of thinking about Evil? (Just kidding!) I finished my final paper last Sunday and will get my degree this coming […]
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We even challenged the way offering is collected and tried to recover why the congregation chose to do it that way. They currently have people come up and place their offering on the communion table. The symbolism reminded those of us whose worship traditions have been strictly in Disciples congregations of the “tokens” our church was founded in protest of. The discussion was lively, energetic, and very fruitful.
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