How's the month been?

Well, it's been nearly a month since I posted. How are ya?

It's been a busy one for me as I worked to finish the projects on my desk, and headed back for the latest round of classes at Crown College. The first class of the year has been very heavy on the reading and writing with almost no input from faculty. I'll admit this has bristled my Scottish obstinance a bit and has put me in a touch of a bad temperment, but I'm praying for divine help to remain as pleasant as possible.

We're still waiting on the harvest to progress to the point to allow soil sampling to get underway for the year and the rain is not helping one bit. I'm looking forward to several weeks in a truck with the iPod and dreading it at the same time. It gets to be very long days, and with the added preasure of keeping current on course work, time will no doubt become a concern. For once, I'm pleased that things are slow at Firestorm to allow me to concentrate on these other areas but with winter heating bills looming that pleasure won't last too long.

That's about all I have for you today. I think I'll go get a jump on this week's reading for class and try to formulate a plan to actually get some things accomplished today.

A Quiet Rainy Day

Following a morning meeting with a client, I'm home again finding quiet stuff to do. It seemed appropriate with the rain we've had all morning, and my editing projects are all at hold points while clients do things on their ends.

Paige is assisting with the ongoing project of converting all my old vinal into AAC format for easier use and iPoddability. (Hey, I've made a new word!) I'm also reading in Greg Ogden's "Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People" between other tasks and am about to head over (electronically) to Crown College to take part in this week's discussion.

We had a lovely time last night testing out the new projector by watching a movie with friends. It looks fantastic! I just wish I had more area in the studio to make an even bigger picture. I am a guy, after all, and bigger always equals better, you know. The thing is capable of throwing a 23 foot image, but I'd have to be outside for that. I'll have to get together with Pastor Bob the Builder and revamp the outdoor screen we had made for Harvest Fest. It worked swell for something we threw together, but I think it's time to build a really nice one that will withstand the weather.

Our weekend trip to the LifeLight music festival looks to be in question with rain in the forecast for the entire weekend. It's too bad because the kids were really looking forward to it, as was I. The biggest calling card for us was definately Casting Crowns, who are well loved at our house. If we decide to skip the festival, in general, we may still bop over just for their segment of the show. When admission is free, such options open up.

I'm still planning on getting some free sermon illustrations up on the site for folks to download, and also working on a podcast program to come in the future, but I have some work to finish for some clients before I can make such things a priority. Keep an eye on the site. Things will keep changing and expanding as time permits. Comments are always welcome.

Brother Mark noticed that the IRC chat client on the fellowship page can provide access to other rooms that are decidedly non-Christian, and I'll be working to find a new chat client for that page soon. Hopefully, people will not go to places they shouldn't… or if they do, they will be going there to spread the Good News to people who need to hear it.

Be well, folks. I'll type at ya later.

New Projection Services Added

Well, I just bit the bullet and acquired a nice DLP Projector for Firestorm.

I've wanted one for a while, and it'll be nice to have, but they certainly aren't cheap!
At this particular time I have a client who needed me to provide projection services for an event, so it provided me with a good excuse, but I'm hoping there will be others of you out there that will need this service or it will turn out to be an expensive way for me and the kids to watch movies -really BIG movies- at home.

SO… if you've got an upcoming gathering and need some multimedia projected, give me a call.

…and I guess "Movie Night" at the church is officially a go, starting in September. Pastor Bob should be pleased at that news.

Initial Post

Hi there.

People have long told me that I should have a blog on the website like Georgette does. I've even tried it a few times.

One of the main reasons I've never continued is that I am not a frequent poster. As the main at Firestorm, there always seems to be something else I should be doing than typing up my random thoughts. After a few rounds of hearing, "Gee, you haven't posted for a while." I say "to heck with it" and chuck the whole idea.

Another problem is that I do, indeed, believe in the "journaling" concept. I think it's a great way to get (and keep) your thought life in order, but blogging and journaling are two entirely different concepts in my mind. The things I put in jounals are completely inappropriate for the blog-o-sphere. If my journal is to be of any value, it must, by definition, remain private.

This has come up a couple of times during my classes at Crown College. Various professors ask (sometimes require) us to keep a journal, never realizing that the exercise is made worthless by the very idea that it is written for their consumption. I've tried to make this point to them without much success. Oh well. I just continue to write up something to fill the course requirements, and keep my "real" entries in my private, encrypted, password-protected journal.

So, anyway, here we go again. I'll try to come up with something once in a while, but if you find yourself thinking, "Gee, he hasn't posted in a while" keep it to yourself. Some of us have work to do.