Look Ma, No Wires!

I was given a wonderful present for my birthday, a first generation Canon EOS Rebel DSLR. It's my first “real” camera, and getting a DSLR for free took away the obstacle of, “How can I justify getting a camera I don't even know how to use?” Now I can learn on a great device, and…

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Come, ye sinner, poor and needy

One of my favorite hymns is Come, ye sinners, poor and needy.  I sometimes get some flak for selecting it because people see it as a “downer,” but I’ll take this hymn over 90% of the praise music we sing.  It also ranks up there with some of the great theological hymns of the faith like A…

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An introvert’s ideal season – Lent

Lent has come and I’m quite glad for it’s arrival.  Over the years I’ve come to appreciate Lent more and more.  It’s given me the opportunity to add disciplines to my spiritual life, set aside some good things in order to do other good things, and Journey with Christ on the way to the Cross.  Lent…

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Nexus 7 – Being Productive

Last week, I found a decent markdown app for android. Because of this, I decided to connect my Bluetooth keyboard to my Nexus 7 this week and write my sermon on it. While I’m still not happy with with the workflow I need to use, the experience wasn’t at all painful. Fun With Keyboards First,…

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Continuing with the Nexus 7

I’ve been using the Nexus 7 for a couple of weeks so I  want to share some thoughts on how its been going. Over all, I continue to really like the tablet. My only nag on the hardware is the layout of the volume rocker and sleep/wake button. They are placed so close together I…

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Hello 2013

The last several years as December has drawn to a close I’ve taken time to reflect on the year past. As I prepared to sit down this year and write my 2012 reflection, however, I drew a blank. Instead, I began to think about my hopes for 2013. So now I write to you my…

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