Consider me Mac-ified

Well consider me cool what can I say? I got my brand new mac laptop on thursday and it is glorious. Of course i am still learning how to use it but oh well such is life. i am really excited to see what this baby can do and for the price the church paid for it it had better be able to a whole lot. Last few days I have been downloading music and pod-casts like crazy i need more ears for all this stuff. plus the photo stuff is awesome i have not even begun to see how this sucker will make blogging easier It’s supposed to but we will see. I started out writing my message for this week on here but fortunately remembered before i got too far that I did not a have a printer hooked up and as i am usually making last minute adjustments on saturday night that may not work out so well. been playing with the presentation software too looks like I will have to figure out how to work powerpoint into my message presentations too could be pretty sweet. anyway good times mann good times. plus it feels so good to be free from the shackles of dial-up and be flying free in the world of wireless high speed. Anyway kids thought you should know. love ya! peace
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A spade is a spade...

So this week I am talking about sin in the message. I know sin in a Lutheran church? Don’t I mean grace? No I mean sin. Not really sure how this is going to pan out. But whatever, we’ll see where God takes it. The problem is when you get ready for something like this you wind up taking a couple steps back and examining your own life and all that it contains. I would say taking a good long hard look but really it only takes a glancing sweep to realize there is not a whole lot there to be proud of. The last thing I want to do is sound like a hypocrite. I know my life is messed up, I know no one is perfect that is why Jesus came in the first place. I also know that if you ignore sin, or try to manage it by categorizing this sin as worse than that sin, and this sin a barley a misdemeanor you either become incredibly legalistic, or go to the other extreme. As my Grandma would put it; so open-minded that everything falls out. So it’s important to call a spade a spade and get on with our lives, and yet not get too hung up on this that it drives a wedge between us and those arround us, though to some extent that is unavoidable. Hmmm looks like I got some more thinking and praying to do on this one.
Anyway I know how some people (who are my sister) get annoyed with theological discourse on the blogosphear, but this is my life what can I say, well this and hanging out with Erika, at night at least. Who would have thought having your girlfriend in the same city as you could be so great!? We went to the two towers movie last night kinda intense kinda crazy. We felt a little bad because we seemed like the only ones not crying by the end of it but. Oh well at least we’re on the same page. Anyway guys love you lots. Peace
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Giddly like a little school girl!!

I am a very happy boy! I got myself a computer yesterday. Ok well I used someone else’s credit card and the church is actually the one paying for it but whatever I am the one who gets to receive it then use it all the time. It was a little nerve racking I always freak out a little spending other peoples money especially in such large amounts. But such is life. Anyway now I feel like a kid at Christmas waiting for it to get here just seems like time is dragging by. Sure it has only been one day but it was one very long day. Actually I was looking at Office space for me and possibly the church though the rooms big enough to really do anything in or have meetings are pretty expensive not to mention not wheel chair accessible. And when one of your committee members is in a wheel chair that’s kinda important. Anyway makes me excited thinking about having my own office again, not having to share with the photocopier and office supplies.
Got a meeting tonight with the organizing committee. It should be pretty good when you are just starting out nothing is a given so this meeting could either be really short or insanely long. Pray for us if you get the chance could be some big decisions made tonight. Or else we may just chicken out and leave them for another night but whatever. I’m confident God will make happen what needs to happen.
Peace kids.
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So working from home has some advantages, for one the commute is short. Also soon as the cobwebs are out you can get right to work, even in the middle of breakfast. If you sleep in a bit no one really notices. You don’t have to worry about Tim Hortons, or thermo-mugs, or anything like that, just put a big ol’ pot on and your good for the day. There are some negatives too though. Like the biggest one; you never really know when you are "done work", there is not a lot of separation between work and the rest of your life. As a Pastor this gets bad enough but when you have no office to leave pressing cares they don’t just follow you home they follow you around at home. Ah! But such is life. Actually this past week and a half has been great the future just seems so wide open like a big blank slate it is great. Living with Mom and Dad has been very cool. I am still very much looking forward to having my own place but I really appreciate having a place to crash in the mean time. Anyway that’s my life; not very exciting I know, but oh well. Love you guys. Peace.
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Pardon?????

Wow! It’s a world of blogger slackers out there today! But hey who am I to talk? So Erika lives with two other girls and is thinking about a third. This could be danger. It already is danger. I mean they are super great girls and all they just all tend to be a little on the loud side. I know most of you who have met Erika would not guess this but she is kinda a loud person from time to time (I Know I can bee too so I am not judging), Her roomies are just as loud if not louder so this makes for a deafening house some days. The funny thing is that both the other girls boyfriends are both very quiet people. I am not a quiet person I know but in that situation I defiantly am. Anyway that’s my story for today. No point, but whatever. Love you guys.
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Biker Bible Bearer.

So today I ran into a guy who looked like he could make a living off of biting heads off rattle snakes and smashing beer bottles over peoples heads. He was dressed like the toughest biker I have ever seen wearing a clerical collar and had tattoos up and down his arms that seemed rather inappropriate for display in church or another place that was not a downtown biker bar for that matter. But you read right, he was wearing a clerical collar. Turns out he is in fact a reformed biker and is now a pastor in a downtown church in Toronto he is in GP visiting his niece and nephew. You just never know whom you will get to know in the check out stand at Home Depot. Someday I will be that cool of an uncle. Though perhaps avoiding flaming sculls and scantily clad women permanently gracing my limbs. Which leads me to another quick update. A couple things I forgot to mention on the last one (I kinda figured it was already a doosy so I cut myself off) I am going to be an Uncle!! Probably not news to most of you who read this blog but whatever. Jen is looking so cute with the little baby growing inside her. And the baby is just incredible to see on the ultrasound how pumped am I!!! (Ok I know that sounds selfish but this is my blog so back off. Check out Dave and Jenn’s blogs if you want to hear about their excitement) Also I’m note sure if I had mentioned this before or not but I am also very pumped that Dave Kruger will soon be a permanent addition to our family. Good times good times! Even if this does mean I have to wear purple. Anyway kids Take it easy. Love Ya
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