random stuff

I haven't had much time to blog or read blogs or even keep up with non-work email ... maybe this week.

Here is some random stuff from the past week...

** Mark 4: 38-39  "Jesus Calms The Storm" - Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion.  The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?"  He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet!  Be still!"  Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

I really enjoy this passage.  For me it really shows the human side of Jesus.  He had to be dawg tired to sleep in a small boat, let alone out on rough seas.  Jesus got tired and needed rest just like the rest of us.
Then he gets rudely awakened out of what I imagine is a deep sleep ... by a bunch of dudes panicing.  I love that the NIV puts exclaimation points in "Quiet!  Be still!"  If it's me getting woke from a deep sleep I'm not very happy and would shout not only at the storm but also the people, "Quiet!  Be still!"  :-)

Then I started pondering ... hmm, what did Jesus dream about???  Any thoughts?

** Yahoo Music Engine suggested recently that I might like this song - "Confessions Of A Broken Heart (Father to Daughter)" Lindsay Lohan
So for kicks I click and listened (yup, you get to hear the whole song not some lame 30s click ala iTunes).  WOW, this song made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up ... she does a great job bringing making you feel her emotions.  I highly recommend checking it out...and crank it up for full effect.

**  I had a great chat with Jason K. over at the www.it-r.org  Jason's put together a non-profit organization for this purpose:

"The IT Roundtable is a Christian-based non-profit organization created to advance the Kingdom of God by enabling its member ministries to network and collaborate together."

How many of us have had similar thoughts?  They've already got over 20 churches involved and looking for ways to expand/grow.  Jason definitely has a passion for what he's doing and it was pretty easy to catch his vision.  If you're involved with church IT I'd recommend checking out their website and shooting Jason an email if you've got questions or would like to be involved. 

Hmm, is it coincidense that he and I share the same first name and both are working on an IT Roundtable?  Hmmmmmmm

**  Anyone else have an XBOX live account?  It'd be fun to do some online gaming with people who don't swear every other word.  Star Wars Battle Front II anyone?

**  IE 7 Beta1 - I've been running this at work for a couple days now with no issues yet.  You'll recall I dumped Firefox a while back 'cause it just doesn't work with many of the sites I frequent.  So far IE 7 seems to do what Firefox does AND works with all the Active-X sites I use ... stay tuned ...

**  Had a chat with John D. over at Perimeter Church about their switch from Dell to IBM/Lenovo.  It was helpful to hear what lead them to switch.  There are several variables to be weighed before we'd actually make a switch, but I'm looking forward to having Dell and IBM duke it out when I seek price quotes in the next few weeks :-)

Comments

[MUTE MATT]

I'm not on live a whole lot, my brothers play more than I do. My tag is "Martin Smith" ... look me up sometime.

[Tony Dye]

Regarding the IT Roundtable site, or in general, any web site. How do you keep up with such sites? I'm finding, more and more, than if I can't get an RSS feed, or an email, then I don't much care. Perhaps a bad attitude on my part, but also a reality of lots to do. I do set up Google Alerts for things, which helps just a little.

- Tony

[Jason Powell]

Tony - Jason from the IT-R site contacted me. I'm with you, if I can't get an RSS feed I most likely will not return. Of course now I'm at a place where I don't feel I have the time to read all my feeds...so I've started deleting the ones that I could live without.

[Jason Kergosien]

Tony,

Very good point. I've been going over the idea of communication for a while & my challenge is this: How do you get people who are some of the busiest people I know to network together (much less, keep them up-to-date.

We've tried forums - no luck. It seems that RSS and emails are the way to go. Once we move to a more robust server, we'll have blogs too.

With email, there is a fine line between keeping people in touch and spamming to death. Your thoughts?