January 31, 2004
Mac Help
Trying to go wireless. Operating led's on (used) airport base remain lightless when unit plugged in. Bleah. Have emailed ebay seller, but no answer yet.
January 30, 2004
For Those Of Us Who Are Visual Learners
create your own visited states map
Red = been there
Green = not been there
January 29, 2004
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January 28, 2004
January 27, 2004
Sleep Like The Wind
Must get some sleep tonight. Last night, bed at 11 pm. Sleep at 1:30 am. Up at 4 am. Consequence: sleep deprivation. Almost ended up in a pile of tears after praying for/with/over the Bowery group, and then quickly briefing E. about the state of various factors of current life and implications for the future. Was able to contain said tears to eyes, and then went to lunch with 21 year old sophomore D., who apparently I've been pretty helpful to in various ways. Yeah, I know he is much younger than I, but it is still good to get together with someone who shares a passion for the kingdom, for the people of God, for Jesus. You know, there are some people that you just 'get', and they 'get' you, and age difference doesn't matter.
It is my turn to party stress. I have got to clean some tonight, otherwise I will never be ready for Friday! When about half the church will come down from the mtn. for Levi's late birthday shindig. Anyone know how old he is and how many candles I need to buy?
BTW, Steve Camp is teaching me a lot:
Lord, whatever you ask
I want to obey you
To let my life beat with a servant's heart
Lord, whatever you ask
I know that you can give me wisdom
and courage to equal the task
Whatever you ask
January 24, 2004
Uncle Marty
'Just as there is no fire without heat and smoke, so there is no faith without love.'
Martin Luther
January 23, 2004
Coming Summer Attractions
Change is here. And you know, I'm not going to wander through empty rooms of sadness, trying to catch the last bit of laughter. I will not, I refuse. This is life, and noone is going to help me through this transition, and that's OK.
And if anyone wants to come over and sit on the porch and have a beer when days are hot, that'll be great. See you there, see you then.
January 22, 2004
He Looked Beneath His Shirt Today
Ok, I am going to solicit some help.
Please comment with your version of the perfect Sting mix CD. I have most of his solo work. No Police songs can be included, as my greatest hits cd broke.
January 21, 2004
NY State Of Mind
You are the heart of the city, yet you never take
the glory for yourself. You work overtime to
get the job done fast and efficiently. You take
pride in knowing the city just wouldnt work if
you were out of service.
Which New York City subway line are you?
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Where There Is Ruin
Where there is ruin, let us see the spring coming, with music and love and restoration. Do we actually need new territory to conquer, when there is reclamation work to be done? Where some see ash heap lives, I see small gardens that will become the unproclaimed wonders of the world. When I walk through the local dump I see ruined days, but I know the days are not over yet, and I sing that there is yet potential even in the fading paint, even in the heart that beats slowly, even in eyes that do not see, even in ears that do not hear. While there is life there is hope.
When I watch the movies I see huge statues of great kings past--they point us forward to honor and great deeds. The former glory will change and be renewed. One day it will no longer be dimmed, one day soon it will no longer be oppressed by shadow.
Maybe I will never be honored with a statue. Maybe my great deeds will be small, maybe my life and my choices will seem foolish. Maybe I will never bear a great sword, and maybe the bards will never sing about me. But I will conquer my enemies and I will sing a true song.
What's Love Got To Do, Got To Do With It?
Today's advice: the phrase "change is hard" should not be used to hurt somebody.
January 20, 2004
Oh, The Percentiles
"No, I'm not in the 95th percentile--I'm in the 99th percentile of crazy white people!" --Mike
D. C. Is One Of My Favourite Authors
"I peel my clothes and step into the pool beside the burbling stream, onto polished rocks, and water so clear that it seems it might not even be really there.
My skin is grey, from lack of sun, from lack of bathing. And yes, the water is so cold, this water that only yesterday was locked as ice up on the mountaintops. But the pain from the cold is a pain that does not matter to me. I strip my pants, my shirt, my tie, my underwear and they lie strewn on the gravel bar next to my blanket.
And the water from the stream above me roars.
Oh, does it roar! Like a voice that knows only one message, one truth--never-ending, like the clapping of hands and the cheers of the citizens upon the coronation of the king, the crowds of the inauguration, cheering for hope and for that one voice that will speak to them.
Now--here is my secret:
I tell it to you with an openness of heart that I doubt I shall ever achieve again, so I pray that you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God--that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love."
January 19, 2004
Aren't They Beautiful?
All I can say is, we need to have some Chinese food tomorrow night!
January 17, 2004
Descriptors
So--LBB describes me as a gospel babe. I prefer to think of myself as a gospel hunk. I wonder what Pastor Skogen would think about that?
I'm in Atlanta, going into lockdown mode to get lots of work done for Global Trends. Fortunately I have notes from three different profs, maybe I can do an incredible synthesis of their teaching and methods and not end up on myprofessorsucks.com.
January 16, 2004
Yuck
Soy protein powder. We hates it.
Workout Princess, if you're reading this, will you let me know what powder you liked? I just can't remember.
from David Morris
E.B. Pusey (1800-1882) suggested rules for those who wish to gain contentment that surely reflect Jesus' own attitude:
1. Allow theyself to complain of nothing, not even the weather.
2. Never picture thyself to thyself under any circumstances in which thou art not.
3. Never compare thine own lot with that of another.
4. Never allow thyself to dwell on the wish that this or that had been or were, otherwise than it was, or is. God Almighty loves thee better and more wisely than thou doest thyself.
5. Never dwell on the morrow. Remember that it is God's, not thine. The heaviest part of sorrow often is to look forward to it. 'The Lord will provide.'"
"Lay not more upon us, O heavenly Father, than Thou wilt enable us to bear; and since the fretfulness of our spirits is more hurtful than the heaviness of our burden, grant us that heavenly calmness which comes of owning Thy hand in all things, and patience in the trust that Thou doest all things well. Amen." (Rowland Williams, 1818-1870)
Awful Quote Of The Month
"You're how old now, 32, 33? You want to get married, right? Well, you'd better get a move on before you turn into a useless single."
January 14, 2004
Partiality
Ok, I just emailed, finally, a partial syllabus to my students. I think I'm a bad professor. They probably hate me already.
In other news, back at the ranch, it is really interesting and sometimes ridiculous how matters of the heart don't seem to work out the way you want them to. Well, as Sarah used to say, "I know you're not supposed to have a favorite doctrine, but mine is sovereignty." So I am trying to conjure up some faithfulness and what people call 'resting in the Lord.' Maybe my whole life is like those Dukes of Hazzard moments when Bo or Luke or Daisy or all three are in hot water and then there's a narrator's comment and they go to a commercial. You know things are going to work out fine, but still there's this catch in your throat. I know things are going to be OK, but I'm constantly in tears. I know God will take care of me, I just don't know how I'm going to get through the next 30 or 40 years.
What I really need is about eight hours of sleep, but I'm not gonna get it since I just committed to a breakfast meeting. Oh yeah, and then Mexican food for lunch! It'll be a trashy food day. Yum.
January 12, 2004
I Don't Feel Like A Teacher
Somehow it has just worked out that I am not gonna have to teach my class for the first week and a half of classes. The other prof. was still on Christmas vacation last Thursday, so we had arranged to show a video. (It was a really good one! Thomas Friedman interviewing all kinds of people in the Middle East.) Tomorrow we have a guest speaker coming from MTW to talk about Islam, and Dr. H. is going to finish up Islam on Thursday. It makes a ton of sense to me, her master's is in Islamic studies. So yeah, she'd better teach that.
I am really relieved. I had planned on coming back from Christmas and really getting my act together, but I spent the first five days of the new year dealing with an upper respiratory infection--nasty. So now I can write a syllabus, decide how many tests I'm giving, and do tons of reading. Ok, I'm gonna do some of that reading instead of blathering on about it.
The Busiest Semester Ever
1. All the regular work responsibilities
2. Teaching a section of Global Trends
3. Leading the Bowery Mission team over spring break
5. Keeping up with household study of Institutes of the Christian Religion
6. Maintaining friendships
7. Housemate's wedding in May (maybe I can just give my bodily measurements and then show up at the last minute, thus avoiding all real responsibility)
8. Prayer
9. Painting exterior of house
10. Working on motorcycle
11. Spring gardening/landscaping
January 6, 2004
Ain't He A Stud?
This is my friend. But he doesn't drive a Nissan anymore, he drives a family Volvowagon. And he brings his wife, his kid, and the Pack & Play over every so often.
He's Posting Again
Kevin Sites is back! And he may have the best hair of all journalists.
Where I Stand
God used a strange mix of physical, temporal things to show love—splintered beams, nails, 40-minus-one, hypovolemic shock. This was real love on earth; as Bonhoeffer puts it, “This love of God does not withdraw from reality into noble souls detached from the world, but experiences and suffers the reality of the world in the harshest possible fashion.” In time and space, God made a way for his love to be “poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit” so that we can “know and rely on the love that God has for us.” The cross is a real-space, real-time pillar to which I am tethered, an anchor that gives me the thing I’m looking for but can’t seem to find anywhere else: security.
from RELEVANT