Interesting Topic

My friend Duncan is exploring the topic of women and leadership positions in the church on his blog.  This is an interesting topic that has come up in a few different conversations over the past three weeks.  Opinions on this subject are all over the place - some stress the writings of Paul (2 Timothy [...]

Trinity Friends

Last night our Sunday School Class and the women from the Susanna Wesley Circle hosted Trinity Friends at our church.  Trinity Friends is a group of “special needs” adults that meets once a month for dinner, games, and socializing.  There were about 40 “friends”, 25 care givers, and 30 volunteers at the event.  We decided [...]

Memorial Day Weekend

 

The long weekend was very nice!  I really wanted to lie on the couch and just relax one of the days, but that didn’t happen.  Here is a run down of my Memorial Day Weekend:
 
Saturday:
·     Mowed the yard – Nothing out of the ordinary.
·     Cleaned the garage – Once a year my garage vomits all [...]

Constructive Criticism

Over the past five months I have helped start a “Green Team” at work to look at different aspects of our operations to see if we can be better stewards of our resources.  The Green Team increased the office paper recycling, eliminated Styrofoam cups, and hosted an E-waste collection day for the employees to bring [...]

All I Need

 
I really like Radiohead.  This is a video put to their song “All I Need” by MTV for thier new EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficing) awareness campaign.  The cost of what we consume goes a little deeper than amount of money we pay.  Visit Eugene Cho’s blog for more information and for ways you can [...]

Culture Making

“You don’t change culture by critiquing culture.  You change culture by creating culture.” – Andy Crouch, Fermi Q Conference NYC 2008
 
Andy Crouch was one of the speakers at the Fermi Q Conference in April.  In our conference swag-bags, we were given a sampler (chapter 4) from his forth coming book titled Culture Making.  I read [...]

Shuttle Route #10

Today my friend, Bennett, and I used public transportation to get to work and back. We both live in English Village in South Huntsville and both work at TSC/Phase IV Systems on Triana Boulevard near the middle of town.  The journey started in my back yard at 6:00am.  We walked about 0.75 miles to the [...]

Technology: Friend or Foe?

I am leading a four week series titled “God is Green” with my Sunday school class, and today’s topic was “My Ipod is Going to Save Me - Technology: Friend of Foe?”.  I had a basic outline in my head for this lesson, and had a handful of sources ready – until I listened to [...]

Ride The Bus!

My friend Bennett and I are going to try to get to work and back relying solely on public transportation on Monday (5/12/2008).  We both live in South Huntsville and both work at Phase IV on Triana Boulevard.  Huntsville has an anemic public bus system, but instead of complaining, we are going to give it [...]

Operation Green Team

Our church has started a new practice of kicking the congregation out of the church for a day of missions in the community about once a quarter.  Today I was part of a crew that volunteered to clean up after the Whistle Stop Barbeque Festival.  (This is an annual event in Huntsville where master smokers [...]