I wanted to let my fellow Yorkies know that Mike and Michelle Parker and Karen (Harvey) Smith have both had new birth's.
I will link to Karen's site if I get one.
Sawyer Parker was born on Wednesday and Brady Smith was born on Thursday.
Our God is An Awesome God!
3 Months and Our third will arrive!!!
Friday, May 26, 2006
Social Hazard
Our theme this weekend at camp is Social Hazard and the director's theme verse is Romans 12:2. As I have been working on comitting this verse to memory and working on my talk for Sunday night to summarize and conclude the weekend. There is no verse that gives a better "How-To" than this passage from Isaiah.
"Quit your worship charades.
I can't stand your trivial religious games:
Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings—
meetings, meetings, meetings—I can't stand one more!
Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them!
You've worn me out!
I'm sick of your religion, religion, religion,
while you go right on sinning.
When you put on your next prayer-performance,
I'll be looking the other way.
No matter how long or loud or often you pray,
I'll not be listening.
And do you know why? Because you've been tearing
people to pieces, and your hands are bloody.
Go home and wash up.
Clean up your act.
"Sweep your lives clean of your evildoings
so I don't have to look at them any longer.
Say no to wrong.
Learn to do good.
Work for justice.
Help the down-and-out.
Stand up for the homeless.
Go to bat for the defenseless.
Isaiah 1:13-17;"
I was inspired by Wicky's MySpace page to create the graphic at the bottom for the T-shirt I will wear while I speak Sunday night.
Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
Romans 12:2
"Quit your worship charades.
I can't stand your trivial religious games:
Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings—
meetings, meetings, meetings—I can't stand one more!
Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them!
You've worn me out!
I'm sick of your religion, religion, religion,
while you go right on sinning.
When you put on your next prayer-performance,
I'll be looking the other way.
No matter how long or loud or often you pray,
I'll not be listening.
And do you know why? Because you've been tearing
people to pieces, and your hands are bloody.
Go home and wash up.
Clean up your act.
"Sweep your lives clean of your evildoings
so I don't have to look at them any longer.
Say no to wrong.
Learn to do good.
Work for justice.
Help the down-and-out.
Stand up for the homeless.
Go to bat for the defenseless.
Isaiah 1:13-17;"
I was inspired by Wicky's MySpace page to create the graphic at the bottom for the T-shirt I will wear while I speak Sunday night.
Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
Romans 12:2
Friday, May 19, 2006
I Am Green Lantern
Your results:
You are Green Lantern
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You are Green Lantern
| Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.  |
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Saturday, May 06, 2006
A New Masculinty
At a mens retreat this weekend, I spoke on New Masculinty. It was a wonderful retreat and a great lesson to remind myself of the goals I shoudl be pursiung. I have uploaded the PDF of my sermon if you are intrested.
Monday, May 01, 2006
I's Like To Thank The Academy...
I'd like to thank the Academy...
So it is with GREAT PRIDE that I let you know that I have been upgraded from contender to WINNER... in the Marko caption contest!!!
I'd be remiss if I did not mention that I know I am loser to be excited about this. However usually it is a VERY SMALL population of people who find my sense of humor funny.
...Oh Oh Oh! And Of Course God! Woo Hoo!!!!
So it is with GREAT PRIDE that I let you know that I have been upgraded from contender to WINNER... in the Marko caption contest!!!
dude -- you won!tell me what YS book you want, and give me a mailing address, and i'll have it sent out to you.markoMark OestreicherPresidentYouth Specialties
I'd be remiss if I did not mention that I know I am loser to be excited about this. However usually it is a VERY SMALL population of people who find my sense of humor funny.
...Oh Oh Oh! And Of Course God! Woo Hoo!!!!
I could've been a contender.
"You don't understand! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
Youth Specialties boss Marko had Painting In Need Of A Caption contest up on his blog.
I have entered several of his caption contest before and have never made the contender list. However this time I did. Check out the post... and the contenders list!
I must say I am truly a bum, to be this proud!!!
Friday, April 28, 2006
A Network Computer
I imagine the idea of putting a computer in the hands of every foreman would appeal to ANY IT guy. I think at $150 it bears some appeal to the bean counters as well. I have already ordered my first K-Oss Thin Client computer, and plan on ordering more soon if they allow us to truly have real world data submission from our field employees. This will be Awesome!!!
God Is Good...All The Time
I want to thank all of you are praying for my mom. It has been a nerve wracking week, and I imagine that is MUCH more true for her and my dad, than for us kids who are getting the information second hand through them.
On Tuesday, when she was supposed to learn the details of the stoke, she was told the Cat Scan results were never sent from the hospital to the Neurosurgeon, and it seemed she had been prescribed the wrong course of action for the diagnosis of the stoke.
In spite of this she FEELS great. I believe that in response to the prayers offered on her behalf she was healed, and the action by the ER doctors, though seemingly incompetent, was irrelevant thanks to the power and blood of the great physician.
Please continue to pray for her ongoing recovery, and I will update again when I know more.
On Tuesday, when she was supposed to learn the details of the stoke, she was told the Cat Scan results were never sent from the hospital to the Neurosurgeon, and it seemed she had been prescribed the wrong course of action for the diagnosis of the stoke.
In spite of this she FEELS great. I believe that in response to the prayers offered on her behalf she was healed, and the action by the ER doctors, though seemingly incompetent, was irrelevant thanks to the power and blood of the great physician.
Please continue to pray for her ongoing recovery, and I will update again when I know more.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Nextel Usage Report
I Manage a 120 phone Nextel account. Anyone who is in my shoes understands the trouble my previous statement carries with it. Nextel billing is unacceptably poor, and nearly impossible to read and detail out. Nextel does offer a program called "Smart CD+" that has a few included reports, but these reports are as difficult to read as the bill itself.
A Nextel Bill is printed with a minutes used column that can be VERY decieving. This column totals all minutes used for the month, with no regard for special programs you may have contained in your contract. Items like "Free Nights and Weekends" and "Free Mobile to Mobile" are not accounted for, and all used minutes end up in this dump. When you try to read the detail on a Nextel bill you can not since only charged calls have their detail printed, yet the minutes column totals for ALL minutes.
I however have written a report, that we have been using for several months now, and I have tweaked it for general usage. This report uses the included database each month from the smart CD and shows a summary of only "CHARGEABLE" minutes for each phone. I sent this file over to my Nextel reps so they could use it with their customers, and I am posting it here on my blog as well.
Written is Crystal Reports 9, this report demonstrated to us as a company that we were paying for over 70,000 minutes when in reality, less that 30,000 minutes of our total usage was billed minutes. Using this report with the Smart CD+ data will save us as a company tens of thousands of dollars a year.
I would encourage any Nextel Administrators to download this file and follow the instructions included in the archive for using your monthly Smart CD data.
A Nextel Bill is printed with a minutes used column that can be VERY decieving. This column totals all minutes used for the month, with no regard for special programs you may have contained in your contract. Items like "Free Nights and Weekends" and "Free Mobile to Mobile" are not accounted for, and all used minutes end up in this dump. When you try to read the detail on a Nextel bill you can not since only charged calls have their detail printed, yet the minutes column totals for ALL minutes.
I however have written a report, that we have been using for several months now, and I have tweaked it for general usage. This report uses the included database each month from the smart CD and shows a summary of only "CHARGEABLE" minutes for each phone. I sent this file over to my Nextel reps so they could use it with their customers, and I am posting it here on my blog as well.
Written is Crystal Reports 9, this report demonstrated to us as a company that we were paying for over 70,000 minutes when in reality, less that 30,000 minutes of our total usage was billed minutes. Using this report with the Smart CD+ data will save us as a company tens of thousands of dollars a year.
I would encourage any Nextel Administrators to download this file and follow the instructions included in the archive for using your monthly Smart CD data.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
My Mother's Stroke
I am at a loss for words as I type this post. My dad called me about an hour ago, to let me know that he was at the hospital with my mother, that she had a stroke.
I am overwhelmed as I ask you to join with me in prayer for the healing I believe the Lord is already sending. Our heavenly father is the great physician and I have full faith in his power to heal.
I am overwhelmed as I ask you to join with me in prayer for the healing I believe the Lord is already sending. Our heavenly father is the great physician and I have full faith in his power to heal.
Inspired By... The Bible Experience
Mark O from Youth Specialties had a link to Inspired By... The Bible Experience on his blog post today. This is a large scale, high quality production featuring top names in today's entertainment field.
I love Max McLean's "Listners Bible" and have it on my Napster. However based on the audio sample up on their site, I definitely think I will be switching to the their recording of the word.
I love Max McLean's "Listners Bible" and have it on my Napster. However based on the audio sample up on their site, I definitely think I will be switching to the their recording of the word.
Monday, April 17, 2006
President Bush: The Music Thief
Gizmodo reports this morning that President Bush has admitted to Brittish news agency Sky News to having stolen music on his IPod. That is right... get all the silly sorrid details for yourself. You can also watch the video confession.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
My Lovely Wife
I am a lucky manwho married an absolutetly beautiful woman. She is usually against pics during pregnancy but today she asked me to take a few for a Yahoo group she is on, so I did, and I decided to post them here as well.
A Self Councious Explanation
I am a speaker not a writer. I wrote this post because these are the ideas I have been focusing on during this period of lent. This is meant to be the 4 points of my easter sermon, but since I am not preaching, I needed to convey it this way.
When I write, I usually speak out the thoughts and then convert them to text. Writing an essay takes me about 2 hours since I am much more comfortable speaking than writing. This was typed out as straight thoughts, with no editing. It is meant to be more of a flow of counciousness, a conclusion to these thought processes for me.
I hope you can take the gold from these four points and be blessed by it as I have ben blessed by the lessons I learned this season of lent.
Part One: A Son and A Daughter
Part Two: A Barren Woman
Part Three: The Lord Kept Vigil
Part Four: A Teenage Birth and A Premature Death
We are going to a friends house for Easter dinner. When I get back I will fix up grammar and spelling, but I am keeping the flow of the language in it's natural progression. God bless you and happy Easter.
When I write, I usually speak out the thoughts and then convert them to text. Writing an essay takes me about 2 hours since I am much more comfortable speaking than writing. This was typed out as straight thoughts, with no editing. It is meant to be more of a flow of counciousness, a conclusion to these thought processes for me.
I hope you can take the gold from these four points and be blessed by it as I have ben blessed by the lessons I learned this season of lent.
Part One: A Son and A Daughter
Part Two: A Barren Woman
Part Three: The Lord Kept Vigil
Part Four: A Teenage Birth and A Premature Death
We are going to a friends house for Easter dinner. When I get back I will fix up grammar and spelling, but I am keeping the flow of the language in it's natural progression. God bless you and happy Easter.
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