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Random Blogging
Since I haven’t blogged this week, I figure I’ll do a little random blogging…. let’s begin…
AOL Open Ride
If there are any AOL users out there, I recommend downloading Open Ride if you haven’t already done so. I’m still not a big fan of AOL (I rarely use it), but Open Ride is a big step up from past software they’ve put out. The downside? Not available on Mac yet. Here’s the link:
the Josh Martin Band
The JMB is planning our first live DVD. We’re very excited. Be sure to keep March 31st available on your calendars. That’s when we plan to record the DVD at Cedarmore. We have a few new songs in the works, that will be a part of the DVD. As a Christmas surprise, we’ve posted a little gift for all of you on our website:
Cincinnati Bengals
My Bengals are getting hot at the right time of the year - unlike those Colts (sorry, Shane). The tough part is, they will pretty much have to win all of their remaining games to make it into the playoffs - against some tough competition. A Monday night game against the Colts, a trip to Denver, and a division battle with Pittsburgh. Even though Denver & Pittsburgh aren’t playing well this year, they’re still tough teams to play this time of year.
New iPod
Since I plan on giving my iPod to my brother for Christmas (don’t worry - he won’t be reading this), I’ve purchased a new iPod. It’s one of the fancy, whiz-bang iPods with the color screen and plays videos. As I type this, I’m attempting to rip Christmas Vacation to my computer to transfer to the iPod. The next cool thing will be downloading sermon videos from the likes of Mark Driscoll and John Piper.
First Snow
Just to make it official, Frankfort is experiencing its first snow of the season - Thursday, December 7th. Nothing significant, but it’s white, falling from the sky, and sticking to the ground. I am pro-snow. I’m not quite sure I’d like to live somewhere that it snowed nearly everyday, but I don’t complain when we get a lot of snow in our area. Last season was disappointing, so hopefully we’ll get more this year.
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What Is Postmodernism?
Several people have been asking me about postmodernism since I returned from the conference. Seeing as I didn’t have a real grasp of it before the conference, I wasn’t quite sure what it meant either. But, the main theme of the conference dealt with postmodernity, so I came away with a better understanding. Thanks to the glory of Wikipedia, here’s an article that might help define it for you:
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More Blogging to Come…
Pardon the lack of blogging the past week or so… several things have been in the works, and I’ll be bloggin’ about ‘em soon…
1. Spent the evening working on the new JMB website. Should be ready-for-operation by tomorrow night, including a web store to order t-shirts, CDs, etc.
2. The new JMB album is in the very final stages of mixing (I promise). Plan on doing some minor tweaking tomorrow & Wednesday, and that should hopefully put it to bed.
3. Some *potential* big news on the horizon. (hint: I’ve blogged about this sort of “big” news before - long, long ago). Should know more by the end of this week.
4. Been doing LOTS of reading lately - Kyle Lake’s “Understanding God’s Will” and “(Re)Understanding Prayer,” Donald Miller’s “Searching for God Knows What,” and Piper’s “Desiring God.” Not to mention, the book of Hosea, and various readings from the Gospels. Learning a LOT from this experience - more to come on this.
5. Gonna help out my Mexican friend’s baseball team in the coming weeks. I’m looking forward to getting back out on the diamond and helping them learn the game of baseball.
6. Currently listening to Keane’s new album - upon first listen… eh. “Is It Any Wonder” is the best song I’ve heard in a long while, but nothing else has caught my attention just yet. However, it usually takes a few listens before some songs hit me.
More to come….
A Glimpse Into My Past
I came across the “featured sermon” on John Piper’s website just now. It was from late 1986, and provided a glimpse into what was going on in my life when I was too young to pay attention, or understand. It turns out, the glimpse into the past is also a glimpse at the present. Seemingly, the world is no different now…
(it’s a long read, but worth it, if you have the time)
Evolution Debunked
In an effort to prove evolution, it seems those responsible for this story are overlooking a huge reason why this Turkish family walks on all fours: “The siblings, the subject of a new BBC documentary to be aired on March 17, suffer from a genetic abnormality that may prevent them from walking upright,” (Yahoo.com; emphasis mine).
In short, they don’t walk on all fours due to not evolving. They walk on all fours because it’s physically impossible for them to walk upright.
Podcasts
I’m in the process of downloading several podcasts through iTunes as I type this. Including: The Vine (Southeast Christian Church’s emerging church service), John Piper, & Derek Webb. There’s tons more - ESPN Radio, BBC news, talk shows, comedy, all sorts of stuff.
A podcast is a fancy word for this: an MP3 that you can download, transfer to an MP3 player or keep on your computer, and listen to at your convenience. iTunes is a fascilitator of hundreds of podcasts that are available on the internet.
If you want to keep up with news, sports, sermons, talk shows, etc., and have a fast internet connection, download iTunes and get some podcasts. They’re purty kewl.
Sad reality sinks in for New Orleans music scene
Drupal & CivicSpace
Tech-savvy extraordinaire and all-around-good-guy Tim Chase has directed me to the world of open source content management developers Drupal and CivicSpace (related companies, but slightly different).
Seemingly, my vision for a community-based church website will end up being driven by one of these pieces of software. At this point, I’m leaning more toward CivicSpace. I’ll be spending most of my free time this week (which won’t be much!) investigating and brushing up on how to use & install both. I’ll probably do test installations on one of my websites (though it will be ‘hidden’ from public view) to test myself.
Once we select a name for the church, we’ll be able to proceed with purchasing a domain name and get the ball rolling. At the pace things have been moving to this point, I’d say this will be sooner than later. Please continue to pray for this whole process, as well as the continuation of God’s work at Crestwood! More to come…
‘Intelligent design’ gets little class time
The Herald-Leader has an interesting article on the Intelligent Design debate in classrooms. For the most part, it’s not much of a debate in Kentucky, but the article sheds some light on what’s going on in our classrooms.
(oh yeah, an employee of where my mom works is also quoted)
Lexington Herald-Leader | 01/15/2006 | ‘Intelligent design’ gets little class time
