Entries from October 2007 ↓

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After work, I took myself down to my local Apple Store to purchase a copy of the newest version of OS X. The doors were closed from 4-6pm in preparation. I got there around 4:50, and snagged a pretty good spot in line. I was in and out of the store by 6:05. Felt kinda bad for the scores of people still outside in line as I was walking to my car with my copy of Leopard in hand.

So, here, I’ll be liveblogging my backup and install process and any hiccups or surprises along the way. Stick around if you’re interested!

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7:01P - Backing up files, folders, and settings to external 750GB hard drive. Downloading most recent versions of third-party apps.

7:29P - Break! Dinner time.

8:16P - Back to work after lasagna, salad, and breadsticks. Backing up iPhoto and iTunes libraries.

8:28P - Still finding and downloading third-party app updates. Time to put Zoë to bed.

9:47P - Put Zoë to bed and hung out w/ wifey. Now downloading most recent VMWare Fusion beta.

10:11P - Backups and downloads complete. About to begin clean install of Leopard. See you on the flip side! (Actually… I’ll just continue blogging using Amy’s PC.)

10:26P - (Now blogging using Amy’s Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. Yuck.) Inserted Leopard install DVD. Selected “Erase and Install”. Installation is currently checking the install DVD for errors.

10:42P - Disc checking complete. Installation has started. Estimated time remaining: 50 minutes.

11:19P - Installation is complete in just under 40 minutes. Reboot. “Welcome” montage is annoying, as always. New VoiceOver voice is surprisingly human-sounding.

11:22P - Going through usual initial setup steps. No, I do not want to sign up for a one-year 99.95 USD .Mac membership, thanks.

11:24P - And that’s it! Software Update opened up w/ an update for Remote Desktop.

Some of you have surely heard about this already, but I thought I’d put it out there and spread the word . . .

Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle (and one of my favorite preachers and missional thinkers), is set to start a new sermon series in January. In this, he’ll be answering the top nine questions submitted to him, via askanything.marshillchurch.org. The top questions are determined by a Digg-type voting system. This sermon series will later take shape as a book.

The top questions right now are decent. A question about the Regulative Principle of Worship has held the number one spot for most of the first round. There are also some about church planting, eschatology, sexual sin/purity, etc. (There are also some downright goofy questions that you can come across by clicking the “Random” link.) I’m looking forward to seeing how this series will shape up.

Anyway, I went ahead and submitted a question yesterday on the Lord’s Supper, and thanks to some friends, it’s shot up to the top 40 questions in a matter of hours. I’m now enlisting your help. If you think that my question is worth answering, click on the above link and vote it up further. You get ten votes a day.

Even if it doesn’t make it into the top nine, I’d love to get some good discussion going on it, so don’t be shy. There’s a comment section there on the site as well.

http://virtual.rts.edu/

On October 6, 2007, five Grace Central men (myself included) were examined by a commission of the Great Lakes Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America as candidates for church office (either that of Ruling Elder or Deacon). As it was put in yesterday’s church bulletin, “in a furious, stunning display of biblical knowledge, Christian character, and theological acumen, [we] each emerged victorious.”

Now, the matter goes to the congregation for nominations and elections (all taking place over the next couple of months). The elders-elect (and deacons-elect, if any) will then be ordained and installed, and Grace Central will be officially be organized as a particular church of the PCA. After that, the real work begins.

BUT . . . the studying, training, and meeting up with the guys every Saturday morning at 7:30 over the past eighteen months is over. And it paid off.

(Thanks to everyone who prayed for me.)