As a result of reading a couple of blogs on a regular basis, I'm getting increasingly interested in marketing. As a church planter, marketing is something that I will soon have to be dealing with directly, but I'm amazed to see the key points of crossover between the world of marketing today and the …
The Connected Home Media System
As Jen and I are preparing to move into our new house, I have a project in mind that I have been dreaming of doing for quite some time, and I plan to use my blog to record my progress. …
How long can you survive?
Click below to play a very quick racing game. How long can you go? My high score is 7282. …
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 …
Awesome God (CD Review)
Disclaimer: This is my first review of anything on this site, so watch out for inexperience. Also, I was given a free copy of the CD I'm reviewing. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the CD. You won't find much criticism here at all. …
My blog is getting popular
Some time ago, I posted an article about a company called "bpshoppingspree.com" and how it was a complete scam. Read the whole article here. Well, this past week, my hits on that article have gone through the roof (for this site at least). The article has 1082 page hits this month alone! If you …
Back Online
Our Insight Broadband account has finally been installed and registered and yada yada yada... We have Internet in our home. It's also strange to have clear television in our home since we haven't had cable in forever! Anyway, if you want to send me an email, I might actually be able to reply now! …
Consecrate Yourselves
Here's another short post (not having Internet at the home and not having an internet enabled office has really slowed down my blogging). Jen and I are in Peoria, Illinois at the Midwest Baptist Conference's Leadership Retreat. This is my second year to come to the retreat, and I'm really excited …
Panera Bread is my office
I just have to praise God for Panera Bread! Here in the Tippecanoe Mall, they offer free wireless Internet, and the Ginger Peach tea is simply incredible! …
Ministry Resources
Here is a link to the website of Don Whitney, author of Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. This link takes you to his ministry resources page. http://www.spiritualdisciplines.org/ministry.html …
We’ve Moved to Lafayette!
Jen, Charlie, Katie and I are safely settling into our new apartment in Lafayette. We made the move on Monday with the help of a TON of people from our church, Jen's parents, some relatives and a couple of our new friends from Lafayette. Tuesday was all about opening boxes and other random things. …
029-10 — Take and Eat
SCRIPTURE: John 6:25-69 To conclude this series, this message focuses on Jesus' teaching that we need to "eat his flesh" and what he really meant by that. Download Now Subscribe to this series by dragging this link to your podcast software or RSS reader. This Series Subscribe to all sermons by …
The Multiple Self
You have to be a computer NERD to understand most of what the author talks about in this post, but I found it really interesting to read an unbeliever's take on the war between the mind and the flesh. http://dirtsimple.org/2005/08/multiple-self.html Jump to my comment on his blog …
029-09 — God Is Love
SCRIPTURE: Various The seventh "Taste of God" is the amazing truth that God is Love right to the core of his being. Of course the most amazing part is that God would love unlovely people like us! That\'s what story of Christmas is really all about anyway! Download Now Subscribe to this series …
Christmas Eve 2004: God is Light
For our Christmas Eve service tonight, I'll be bringing a message on the truth that God is Light. Here are my written reflections on that topic. God is Light In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all …
CSV2SQL script
I was looking around for a script that would easily convert csv files into SQL statements so that I could insert them into a SQL database, but there didn't seem to be anything out there that was free. So, I created my own. It's a python script, so you'll need to have python installed to run it. …