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?
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Rae: When it comes to music I would suggest you go over to NoiseTrade.com and start downloading some free tunes. This site was started by Derek Webb.
Rae! We started kindergarten with Reagan this week! What a wonderful, scary time it is. She’s been excited about kindergarten since the end of Pre-K. She’s loving it so far. Also - I added you to my Xbox friends list, gamertag: XgrinderX.
Luke: Trust me, I know all about Noisetrade. I was a beta tester, and Derek himself actually showed me around the site after his show back in April. (Amy sat by and rolled her eyes at me as I geeked out with DW. ;-))
Greg: Great to hear from you, man! Glad to know that your little girl’s enjoying her first days of K as well. (Added you back on LIVE, by the way.)
man…it is hard to be cooler then you! So…what have you downloaded? Anything?
Yeah, best to not even try being as cool as Rae. I’ve just tried out Ubiquity, looks interesting, I’ll be glad when they get it integrated with Thunderbird and Sunbird since I’ve never made the shift to g-mail and google’s calendar or e-mail (though I have accounts, I’ve used my hotmail addresses for years now and don’t feel like making everyone switch over, and I love Sunbird’s color coding ability for appointments.)
Hey Rae, I’m excited to learn that you will be doing a sermon soon! I’ll be praying for you but I know you’ll do great.
If you’ve never heard Cloud Cult, you should check them out. I think you might like them.
So, a new church plant, huh? Where at?
In Clintonville. . . looking to launch in February 09. Interested?
hey, rae. i would suggest downloading joe garner’s cd from noisetrade as well. and katie herzig is pretty great of off there as well. as for other music, ray lamontagne is real great and coming out with a new cd soon. iron and wine’s new cd is great, glen soderholm is a great, worship guy, and ben fold’s new cd comes out at the end of this month. those are the top on my playlist right now
Strange Fruit Project always deliver the funky freshness one needs to make it through the day. I’m not sure how, but I have been sleeping on the Lamp Mode cats. Check out Shai Linne - “lyrical theology” with beats that will make the neck snap.
Hmmm… Clintonville. You should come to my party and discuss it with me then.
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