Year: 2005

I don’t know what it is, but what I say or what I commit to is very important to me. It means a lot to me. I mean what I say and I say what I mean. So, when my mouth starts a runnin’ and I start committing to more than I can do, I…

I was shopping at Aldis today, and just had to laugh as I rounded one of the aisles and found to my great surprise… an iPod Shuffle! Now I KNOW Apple has gone mass market. 🙂 $89 for the 512MB model at select Aldi stores this week! Don’t miss this great deal! 😉

I was pointed to an article today that deals with some of the things I have been writing about here. At your leisure (it’s somewhat lengthy) I recommend it to you as well. Good stuff. Feasting On The Tree Of Life

The following is from a friend’s blog page. I was just doing some catching up with them on their blog pages, and noticed this short post from back in May. Just thought I would throw it out there to add balance (if only for me) to what I have been saying over the past two…

For a while now, I have been challenged by the difference between what we call Institutional vs. Relational Christianity. The institution thrives on programs and schedules, efficiency, details, and end results or products. The relational model thrives on personal, meaningful connections between friends. No schedule or other reason for gathering, just an ongoing, developing relationship,…

I was just adding another item to our calendar today and I noticed a decided shift in the overall color scheme. I use a program that comes with Mac OS X called iCal, and you can assign specific colors to the various categories that items on your calendar might fall into. I do. And in…

Well, we did it. We joined the ranks of the podcasters. It was mostly because I wanted to test out a few things as I was helping out another guy with his podcast. So, I thought… what better way to learn?!! 🙂 It will be a weekly offering of a rare or out of print…

It’s summer camp season again! People are giving up entire weeks of vacation to go spend a week at a remote, wooded location that is anywhere from a bug-infested, poorly ventilated, not to mention poorly decorated bunch of shacks and what we politely refer to as “cabins” to at times a crowded bare-minimum outdoor hotel….

In case you are not aware, we reside in the town from whence came the entire Mormon religion. Back in the 1800s, a man named Joseph Smith lived here, and had a little vision which led him to some gold tablets which when translated revealed the true Christianity which men had twisted and distorted, so…

I have such an interesting job sometimes. Recently, a few clients have reminded me that there is a strange dichotomy in what I do. I am paid (by them) to lend my expertise to their business or project. I am given the task of creatively laying out a graphics project, or a website or otherwise,…