Family
- Zoë started kindergarten last week. The initial separation was difficult for her (surprisingly . . . first day of preschool last year was easy), but when we came to get her, everything was great. She’s really enjoying it, and already doing well, academically and socially. Amy and I are sending her to a really good Christian school, but we’re not anti-public school or anything. We’re just anti-THESE public schools around here. (They’re… not good.)
- I still like being married.
- It’s reported that Amy likes it, too
Church
- Things are going well. We’re planting another Grace Central congregation (with a view toward even more over the next ten years). Folks are being gathered, forming relationships, believing the Gospel, serving eachother. It’s cool to see Jesus work in and through people.
- Greg has been preaching through the book of Ezra, which is just what we need to hear at this stage — the story of God rescuing his people from exile, and then working through them to build his temple. He’s doing the same now — his temple now known to be his people, the Church.
- (Feel free to subscribe to Grace Central’s podcast to hear these sermons, by the way. Maybe you’ll want to come join us! The iTunes link is here, or you can subscribe manually here.)
- I’ll be preaching my first sermon (ever) at Grace Central some time in the next few weeks. Please pray for me as I study and prepare to deliver God’s Word to his people.
- Home groups are starting back up in a couple of weeks after a Summer hiatus. We’re looking forward to that.
Tech
- I’ve been enjoying Ubiquity, a new experimental extension for Firefox. The best way I can describe it is that it’s like Quicksilver, but for your browser. You should just watch the video and try it out for yourself. It has the potential to change the way we browse. Seriously.
- We got an Xbox 360 a few weeks ago. I’ve actually been using it as a media extender (thanks to Rivet and a Linksys WRT54GS w/ DD-WRT firmware — in bridge mode) almost as much as I’ve used it to play games. The ability to watch HD video podcasts on our TV rather than on my Macbook’s screen is pretty darn nice (not to mention streaming the iTunes library to the TV, as well).
- (My Xbox LIVE gamertag is raekwon00, by the way. Add me as a friend!)
- I added an Airport Express router to our home network (this is in addition to the Airport Extreme and the aforementioned Linksys). This little thing is fantastic for extending your network’s range or creating a dual-band 802.11n/g network. It’ll come in handy if I’m ever again in a hotel with wired-only internet as well.
Music
- I wish I had something to report here. I need some new tunes. Suggestions?
