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some pretty sweet graphics, and for free.
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A good piece from Thabiti Anyabwile on honoring your parents as an adult.(tags: Christianity parents)
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Some very helpful stuff on how Capitol Hill Baptist in DC does church leadership(tags: church leadership)
Back in February I bought my first-ever fountain pen. I knew nothing about them, but had always thought they would be cool, so when I encountered a pen shop in a mall in Washington, DC, I was a goner. I ended up with a cheap Retro 51 pen with a nib that was really too wide and that didn’t lay down ink very well at all. But I was hooked.
In May, back in DC, I had done my research, and bought another pen, similar in price to the Retro 51, but far superior in function: a Lamy Safari Al Star. The lightweight aluminum body was stylish and the Fine nib ended up being just to my liking. Along with the pen I purchased an ink adapter and a bottle of blue ink. I really enjoyed that pen.
I use the past tense in the previous sentence because on my trip to Orlando in June I lost it somewhere on an airplane. I was bummed. Not having a lot of disposable income this summer, I knew it would be a good lesson to me to just deal with ballpoint pens again for a while… maybe I’d hold onto the next pen more carefully. (Am I sounding like a parent here? I think I am. Scary.)
A couple weeks ago I was given a very nice gift for playing the organ for a wedding. So as a little gift to myself I went online and ordered a replacement Safari Al Star. It arrived in the mail late last week and I am thoroughly enjoying it. Writing is so much more fun with a pen like this.
Last time I was in that pen shop in DC they were trying hard to sell me a pen that ran about $150. I don’t know that I could ever really understand why I should spend that much for a pen… but I’m sure happy with my $30 cheap-o.
It’s been slow around these parts lately, which likely just means that life has been pretty busy. Even online there have been a bunch of other projects that have been taking my time. I guess I could discuss a few of them and you might not get too bored. 
One of the web projects I’ve been working on is a new site for Coldwater Programs. Kevin Sutton is raising support for this outdoor exploration and leadership training ministry. I’ve done some design and layout work on the site, now it’s just waiting for him to add content.
Another site that kicked off last week is the AndrewOsenga.net forum, which is an online home for the fan community of Andy O, as he is affectionately known. I’ve been happy to see folks registering and discussing thus far, I hope it will continue. I enjoy the interacting and discussing.
The other big thing coming up is the church plant. No, not the philodendron on the piano. We here at Noelridge along with a coalition of other churches in the area are planning to start a new church in downtown Cedar Rapids. We have a facility we can meet at, and we’re planning on starting services on Saturday night, October 27th. The Saturday night service will be an adjustment for me, but I’m really looking forward to see what the Lord has for us down there. I’ll be the music guy; I’m also doing some website design. The name isn’t finalized yet, but one potential domain name has already been reserved and I’ve been doing some basic web design.
So at the moment it’s Sunday morning and why am I blogging on Sunday morning? I’m on the laptop at church, ripping this morning’s sermon audio to mp3 so it can be posted on the church website. Laura is downstairs in Sunday School, and Becky is off running errands. This laptop is pretty old and slow, so I have a bit of time to write before it’s done ripping the audio. Then it’ll be homeward bound for a bit of rest before work starts up again tomorrow. Life is busy, but life is good.
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“God calls us toward a better way: boldness that is broken; truth-telling that trembles; contending that communes.” Josh Harris notes a great line from Justin Taylor.(tags: Christianity)
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iMonk notes a great list. Why are these so shocking?(tags: church)
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I’ve seen this before, but if you haven’t watched it, you should. Talk about bringing the Scripture to life!
Twitter is being upgraded. So the Twitter maintenance page tells me. Normally this is something I’d just post a Tweet about, but, well, Twitter is being upgraded.
Oh, the irony.
The joys of having a Monday holiday: a 4-day work week, and a Tuesday that feels like Monday. Oh, and a Tuesday jammed full of meetings since they couldn’t schedule ‘em on Monday. (And Geof, don’t give me grief about “jammed full” – 4 meetings today is waaay more than my average has been for the past several months. )
Overall had a nice weekend; a busy Saturday included playing a pipe organ for a wedding, which was kinda cool. Any real organist present would’ve recognized me for the hack organist that I am, though. My pedal skills are in the poor-to-non-existent spectrum. Also finished catching up on Harry Potter movies this weekend, and read a book called Making Room For Life, which was decent, but I guess I didn’t find it as revolutionary and impacting as my friend (who bought it for me) did.
Now it’s on to a fairly busy week; looking forward to next weekend when the cooler temps arrive (highs around 70F! Woohoo!) and my folks and brother come to visit.