On Monday, August 24, 2009, our local newspaper printed the following: Accident Closes McCarty For 3 Hours A Lafayette man was taken to the hospital and McCarty Lane was closed for nearly three hours Sunday night after a motorcycle accident. According to Officer Nicholas Amor of the …
Tweets! ( 2009-02-07 )
<li>"just finished the initial assembly of our baptism testimony videos for Sunday. It's going to be one incredible day!" <a href="http://twitter.com/jeffmikels/statuses/1185693138">#</a></li> <li>"Finally going to bed, but eager to start the day tomorrow." <a …
Tweets! ( 2009-02-03 )
<li>Step One: Launch OpenOffice Calc. Step Two: In any cell type =GAME("StarWars") and hit Enter. <a href="http://twitter.com/jeffmikels/statuses/1169855463">#</a></li> <li>going to practice with the band... should be some fun! <a …
Tweets! ( 2009-01-31 )
<li>Finished writing our annual financial support thank you letter... amazed at what God has already done... eager to see what he will do next. <a href="http://twitter.com/jeffmikels/statuses/1162594899">#</a></li> …
Indiana Snowstorm
I thought some of you might be interested to see some pictures from our house of the Indiana snowstorm that hit us yesterday, so I'm posting them in a little gallery here http://jeffnjen.mikels.cc/~jeff/snowstorm_2007/. You should have seen the huge pile of snow that the snowplow left at the end of …
My Doctrinal Statements are Online
Just because I was a little eager to get them all online, I've posted my doctrinal statements to my personal wiki. You can check them out if you want at... http://jeff.mikels.cc/wiki/doctrinal_statements …
What I believe about God’s Revelation
I know that some people are especially interested in the bigger details of faith, so I decided to post here my full "Doctrinal Statement." This is the first post in this series, and it reflects the "short form" of my Doctrinal Statement. If you wish to download my entire Doctrinal Statement in …
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An incredible leadership training opportunity
This past week, Jen and I had the privilege to attend the Willow Creek Leadership Summit via satellite. Over the past five years, I have been able to attend four of these events live at the South Barrington campus, and they have been remarkably impacting for me. This year, though, it was a little …
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I’m an Enthusiast
According to the "Enneagram," I am an Enthusiast. Here are some quotes from the website: The Busy, Fun-Loving Type: Spontaneous, Versatile, Acquisitive, and Scattered Easily become accomplished achievers, generalists who do many different things well: multi-talented. Practical, productive, …
So I can close the windows
I'm posting some links here so I can close the windows and maybe come back to them later... MC Hammer's Blog! Free Music Downloads …
Charlie and Mazes
Charlie loves mazes, and I think he is doing incredibly well. Here's one he recently did (remember that he's only 6!) We've been making our mazes by using the tool at this website. …
Watch the Pillow
I continue to be impressed with Charlie's ability to put these things together. This one is better than some of mine! Here's the link. …
Help the Person and the Car
Charlie has been getting into stop motion animation, and I think this one is one of his best. NOTE: This video was made from pictures taken ENTIRELY by him. I wasn't even watching him do it. Of course, I did the computer work to put it into a movie, but he took all the pictures himself. When one …
Future Reference
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Godin Finds Ethernet Port
This post is simply to win a contest, but on Seth Godin's blog, he records an account of him going to a hotel and finding an ethernet port in a table leg! …
My honor depends on God
My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.---Psalm 62:7 I was reading Psalm 62 this morning for my quiet time, and this verse popped out to me. Reading it sparked a little "wow" moment somewhere inside me. Everything about this verse is almost cliche to me. Sure, my …