It's been a busy week and it's only Wednesday night (Thursday morning for those of you readers on the East Coast). I spent Monday and Tuesday deep in the bowels of PowerPoint -- the first time I've plunged into PowerPoint in a few years. We used a program called MediaShout for our multimedia presentations in San Diego. I discovered that I liked the Mac version of PowerPoint better than the Windows version of PowerPoint ... and wondered, "How can that be?" when Windows is PowerPoint's native environment. I also dusted off my InDesign and Illustrator skills and did a few fliers for our women's ministry at church. That brought back good memories of cranking out design pieces for Blue Haven Pools and Spas Supplies Direct. Of course, there have been meetings, both planned and otherwise. And we still have children. And I've been working on a sermon I'll preach this…
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I came across this post on Ryan Geiger's blog (he found it from someone else) and thought I'd share. Since I'm preaching on marriage in a few weeks, I thought it was funny. ***************************** Dear Tech Support , Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NBA 5.0 , NFL 3.0 and Golf Clubs 4.1 . Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do? Signed, Desperate
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After being snowed out a few times, we finally had a softball tournament this past weekend. Hope played down in Castle Rock and did a great job. Here's a snapshot of an at-bat.
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We kicked off a new series this weekend at Mountainview called "Chase the Lion." It's based on a book by Mark Batterson that features an obscure character from the Old Testament - Benaiah. I had the privilege of kicking off the series with a message entitled, "Defying the Odds." The basic premise was this: your view of God will determine the size of the challenges you tackle. Our creative arts team did a fantastic job of designing the stage. Our music was good, as it always is. At our second service I had the opportunity to baptize a young lady into Christ as her mom stood near by. Tonight we hosted "Laugh All Night," a Christian comedy concert to benefit mission efforts in Haiti. It was very well attended and everyone seemed to enjoy it. I was a bit disappointed that there was no open mic ... but that's probably…
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This is a picture of my dad's family. Dad is the one in the checkered shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Grace & Elmer Hensley (front & center) and their children; (back row) Maxine, Lorene, Elmer Jr., Flay, Vivian, (front left to right) Bonnie, Grace, Elmer, Vivian & Wilma. Special thanks to my cousin, Donna, for posting this picture on Facebook.
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