Jaden’s 6th Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Jaden’s 6th Birthday with a bounce house.  Have a look on flickr.

Is Anger a Sin?

via Nehemiah Notes — Is Anger a Sin?

Official Google Blog: The VP debate: Candidates, questions, and queries

Official Google Blog: The VP debate: Candidates, questions, and queries

What a fascinating read.  It is amazing to see how much is said (or not said) during these debates.

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Disconnect

I need to start trimming back how much digital content I consume.

Here is a typical list of what I do everyday, all the time.

1. Check Email.
2. Check Twitter.
3. Check Google Reader.
4. Check MySpace.
5. Check Facebook.
6. Start over at Step 1 until something stops this process.

The truth is, I am addicted to the flow of information. I like it when someone posts something funny on Twitter. When Apple releases a software update (or any company releases any software update) I get excited. I used to tell myself that I was justified because I am IT consultant. And I need to be connected. I need to know what happens, when it happens, especially in IT. That, if I let things pass me by, I would lose my “edge.” That it would be a detriment to my career. Such lies! Jesus is my provider and He feeds my family. My addiction doesn’t help. It is a deterrent to what I really think is important.

I feel like I have been away from home. I feel like I used to when I went to the Club at Firestone (which was quite different then) years ago. Alone in a crowd.

I want to be more connected to my wife, Jesus, my kids, my friends and my family.

I want to:

• Play more guitar
• Study scripture more
• Think more
• Create more
• Play with my kids more
• Dance with my wife
• Learn to cook
• Start jogging
• Visit with my father more
• Volunteer at church

I have two blogs. The one you are reading right now and my “tech” blog. I think I will keep these as my primary source of online creative outlets. To cut back, I have started with trimming down my list of followers on Twitter. RSS feeds next.

If you personally know me, please help keep me accountable. Pray for me. Ask me how I am doing. Ask me if I have been able to do more of what is important to me. I would like that.

See you soon, preferably in person and not online.

And as a side note, I don’t want to sound as though I condemn anyone and their online behaviors. I have realized that, for me, I need to change and not everyone needs to follow suit.

Like Father, Like Son

Here we go

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I was wrong

A few weeks back I wrote a blog post about how I was trying to find a simple church for my family.  I think I have found it—the very church I was running from.

It isn’t about the building.

It is about the people.

I was wrong.

How was I wrong?  Well, I have kept my family from church, the body of believers, because I kept running from a building.  I don’t know why I was so hard on Northland.  I recently took my family back to Northland for the first time since they have opened the doors of their new facility.  I was so wrong.  I was the one making it about the building.  They weren’t.  

We have gone three times since then and I can’t wait to go back again.

Birthdays

Today is my big brother’s birthday.  He is 37.  But don’t let that fool you.  He is still a kid.

Scott

It is also my daughter’s birthday today as well!  She is 12.

Savannah

I want to wish them both Happy Birthdays!  And to tell them that I love them both tremendously!

Orlando Science Center

Today we took the kids to the Orlando Science Center.  I love that place!  The kids love it too.  We are going to look into getting a family membership.

Ethan is 1

Ethan’s birthday is April 15th.  We celebrated his first birthday today.

Like all my other kids, Ethan wasn’t “planned.”  I am a firm believer that no one is fully prepared for a newborn.  And when I found out Ethan was on his way into the world it was with a heavy heart.  The doctors thought that there was a good chance that his pregnancy was tubal.  And that we might have to lose him in order to save Lindsay’s life.  Alas, God in his infinite mercy allowed him to come into the world.  And I just can’t tell you what a blessing he is.  

I praise God everyday for all of my children and Ethan is no exception.  I pray that all of his future birthdays are just as great as today was.

I will post some pictures online soon and I will update this post with the link.