i have news for those of you following the “my mom likes grant’s blog better than mine” fact. my mother just admitted it!
that’s right she just said out loud that she prefers reading grant’s blog to reading her oldest son’s blog. how sad is that?
the week in tweets – 2009-03-14
- @meganckelly – AMEN! in reply to meganckelly #
- I really don’t like Starbuks coffee. The other drinks are okay but not they’re coffee. #
- http://twitpic.com/1y05r – 4′ of snow 4 Tapestry #
- I love walking the dogs after a good snow. The pee really stands out on the fresh snow. #
- @theboy1der – cheater! #
- @johnthemember – i’m pleading the 5th. in reply to johnthemember #
- @joshuajones – podcasting? we use sermondcloud.com. pretty easy stuff. of course, you can also do it from a wordpress blog using podpress. in reply to joshuajones #
- @joshuajones – that requires a little smacking then in reply to joshuajones #
- The healthy church today exists by mission just as fire exists by burning – Spin-Off Churches #
- Church splits are simply churches that are pregnant and don’t know it – Spin-Off Churches #
- Anyone know any “Set Free” churches within driving distance of Stevens Point? #
- @exchangedliving – seder meals are amazing. in reply to exchangedliving #
- @ppolnaszek – you guys didn’t get hit with snow yesterday? in reply to ppolnaszek #
- @ppolnaszek – we had 4-5″ within 2 hours of church – the roads were aweful in reply to ppolnaszek #
- @meganckelly – made me smile in reply to meganckelly #
- @ppolnaszek – hopefully you can correct that for me this coming sunday 😉 in reply to ppolnaszek #
- Being lead in GIG training at the University Center and then heading to eat dessert with our weekly small group. #
- @ppolnaszek – sure can. mid-morning alright? in reply to ppolnaszek #
- has a 15 year old son now – happy birthday Adam! #
- http://tinyurl.com/bwsbuz – all my BR friends should take advantage of this. Free drink and fry at Jack in the Box . #
- You can never eliminate the risk that your efforts might end in failure but you can minimize it – Dennis McCallum #
- is it wrong of me to mentally judge someone in the public library because i see he is using yahoo mail? #
- @KenNichols – you should try gmail. you’ll be converted quickly. in reply to KenNichols #
- @dhaltom7 – no zombies are real & dangerous though fortunately SLOW & DUMB (except for in modern movies in which they are just DUMB) in reply to dhaltom7 #
- Discussing Twitter and its business uses at Kiwanis. Anybody using it for great business. #
- @ppolnaszek – thanks perry you asnwering showed the lady i was talking with exactly what i was trying to get across to her. in reply to ppolnaszek #
- RT @ppolnaszek – trading my shield of fear for a shield or faith. #
- @KenNichols – no worries. it is a very natural system. just wait to you start using the chat that’s built in. i also recommend gcal. in reply to KenNichols #
- even if the state wasn’t beautiful, the winters weren’t great, and the summers weren’t amazing I would love Wisconsin for local made cheese. #
- @bsheets – i haven’t used google voice yet but i’ve been using grand central for the church number for 1 1/2 years and love it. in reply to bsheets #
- walking Adam through Twitter. We’re now a 3 Twitter family. #
- was just changed to the new FB homepage. Now to see if I like it or not. #
- @johnthemember – woohoo! good job john in reply to johnthemember #
- trying to finish the last minute details for getting everything ready on a Sunday when I’m not at Tapestry. Gonna miss being there. #
- @meganckelly – kind of funny seeing you and drew pulling for your past home teams to beat the team from your present home. in reply to meganckelly #
- @bachriea – hey a good nap is still a good experience at church 🙂 in reply to bachriea #
- on the road to BAMA. #
- We’re in Indiana. 14 more hours. #
- Saw the 1st Chick-fil-a of the trip. woohoo! #
- Driving through Kentucky at the moment. The home of @meganckelly #
- In BAMA #
- We’ve finally stopped in Saraland. Now it’s time for a nap. #
- @ppolnaszek – thanks Perrry. I can’t wait to here the excellent reports from Tapestry in reply to ppolnaszek #
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clive's adventure
i have a gnome friend, his name is clive. he joined the terrell household while we were living in baton rouge. when i announced to parkview that i was leaving to move up to wisconsin to plant a church eric landy, one of the teens in the youth ministry, stole clive and took him on a little adventure. he drove clive around baton rouge and took pictures of clive doing pretty typical baton rouge things (like going to death valley, visiting the state capitol, visiting the art center, eating at cane’s, or seeing the mississippi river). i’ve been meaning to post the photos for a year and a half and i finally got around to it.
SIDE NOTE – we arrived in alabama, said hi to my parents, went to sleep, and then went to eat mexican food – mhmmmm. during the dinner conversation i found out that my mom likes reading grant’s blog better than mine. this hurts.
sunday @ tapestry
i want to let all my fellow tapestrites know that perry polnaszek is speaking at tapestry sunday night. perry is the planter and pastor of fellowship church in chippewa falls as well as the co-founder of touched twice united (a very cool ministry opportunity that we at tapestry will have a chance to be a part of later). perry has JESUS all over him. if you are in point this weekend i would highly encourage you to come hear perry. in fact, i’m a little jealous that i won’t get to hear him.
SIDE NOTE – if you’re interested in joining a ncaa basketball tournament bracket now is the time to do it. tapestry’s bracket can be found facebook. just go to my profile, if we’re not friends already then send me a friend request, and then look on my profile sidebar. or let me know and i’ll send you an invite.
resurrection video
resurrection from Robert Terrell on Vimeo.
turning aside
pam and i meet with a group of friends every monday night to eat dessert and help each other follow JESUS more closely (the church phrase for this is “small group” or “life group”). it’s great. tonight we all started going through “the life you always wanted” by john ortberg. the book is about spiritual practices and is kind of a lighter version of richard foster’s classic “the celebration of discipline.” i think it is going to be awesome 1) because i really like the group and 2) i really connected with the 1st chapter. it was basically all about the story of moses and the burning bush. ortberg points out that the story hinges around moses “turning aside” or noticing that GOD’s presence was there. so that’s what we are trying to do this week – “turn aside” or notice that GOD is there. we discussed a few basic ways of doing this. my manner of choice was to blog about it. therefore, along with the other random things that i post i will be throwing out my “turning asides” for the week.
SIDE NOTE – an open letter to the one who parked in spot #95 before me.
dear previous spot 95 parker,
thanks!
thanks for leaving your parking spot while there was still time on the meter. you see, i didn’t have enough change to place in the meter to cover the time i was going to be in the university center. i knew i was going to go over the time i would be able to purchase with the dime and a nickel i had on me and as a result i was fairly sure that i would get a ticket. i was just going to have to chance it but thanks to you leaving your paid for spot an hour and two minutes before your allotted time i didn’t have to worry with a ticket or even parting with my 15¢.
you’re the best oh wonderful previous parker.
if there is anything i can ever do to repay you for your generosity in parking meter time i will gladly do it. in fact, i will try to “pay it forward” by paying for a couple of other people’s parking.
your parking buddy,
robert
agreed
graphjam is great.
march snow
heck of a snow storm that came upon point tonight. the roads were so bad that i was surprised that we had anyone at tapestry tonight. friday i was walking around in a sweatshirt on bare grass fishing and tonight i had to blow around 5” of snow out of my driveway. wisconsin late winter weather is freaky.
two photos to give you a little feel for the change in weather.
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SIDE NOTE – today matthew c introduced me and my boys to the michael gungor band. pretty good music. it’s kind of fun when my pre-teen and teenage boys hear music coming from my computer and say “that’s pretty good stuff dad. can you add that to my ipod?” of course, i responded by laughing in their faces and saying no. 😉
SIDE SIDE NOTE – found stripgenerator on lifehacker today and while i’m not yet sure how i will use it within a tapestry worship gathering i do know that i will most definitely use it.
SIDE SIDE SIDE NOTE – we arrived at washington elementary school this afternoon to be surprised with 15 stationary bikes on the stage. we don’t use the stage (everything is done on the floor) but we do keep our stuff on it and place our projector there for rear projection. this meant we had to move all the stationary bikes. no big deal. talked to gary, the janitor, and the bikes will be there for the next month. this of course means that i am going to have to work in a way to do one whole message while riding on one of the stationary bikes. i’ll be finishing amos in the next 3 weeks. anybody have any ideas for a stationary bike connecting with amos 6-9?
just posting down because i should
i’m a little tired from the past two days but i thought i would post of a few photos of some of the reasons i love central wisconsin. the above is from fishing with andy lickel friday in richland county. we weren’t doing any serious fishing but merely trying to scope out some new locations. we found several good spots that i will be returning to. i hesitated posting the above photo because i was informed by debbie that the fish was too small. 😉
the photos below are from one of the many reasons i love point. they are from thursday with people camping out in front of belt’s ice cream. belt’s closes for the winter and then opens up on the first weekend of march. every year people camp in front of belt’s just to be there first when it opens up. everyone at tapestry loves it when people are passionate about something (we can kind of relate) so mike p and i thought it would be fun to bring everyone emy j’s coffee to keep them warm.
SIDE NOTE – i’m pretty pumped about the two people who are speaking at tapestry over then next two weeks. mike p is speaking this week and perry polnaszek is speaking next week. both of them are great passionate guys. mike is one of out own and perry is a friend (and also the founder of touched twice united). the only thing i am sad about is that i won’t get to hear perry.
the week in tweets – 2009-03-07
- is going to bed #
- No Diet Coke for Lent = headaches. Becoming less often. #
- “it’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest” – carol dweck #
- http://twitpic.com/1sumh – @dinorizzo – Saturday night in Wisconsin I ate supper with your separated at birth twin. #
- @pastorgadget – I LOVE BOILED PEANUTS! but there is no way to get them up here in Wisconsin. They don’t even pronounce “boiled” right. in reply to pastorgadget #
- @joshcausey – i miss that. in reply to joshcausey #
- @meganckelly – who was it? in reply to meganckelly #
- anyone used twitter in a worship gathering? if so how? i’m looking at using it for our film & theology discussions and need other ‘s ideas. #
- @joecausey how exactly does “jamming justice” go? in reply to joecausey #
- RT @snavenel: Downloaded the new U2 album for $3.99 from Amazon http://tinyurl.com/u2download * #
- heading to Emy J’s to read and take jambalaya to Andy Lickel #
- I don’t divide the world into … the successes and the failures … I divide the world into learners and nonlearners – Benjamin Barber #
- just sent out the Tapestry monthly prayer email – let me know if you don’t receive this and would like too. #
- @joshcausey that’s great. i would love to see that. please video yourself babysitting and post it for all to enjoy. #
- Reading “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” and wondering how it would interpret the Calvinist/Arminian debate. #
- @jimmyfallon – dear cameron, do you like my haircut? in reply to jimmyfallon #
- @jesslawrence1 – i think i just barfed in my mouth a little. in reply to jesslawrence1 #
- heading home from Emy J’s and then probably running. #
- @exchangedliving – ewwwwww in reply to exchangedliving #
- @bsheets – that’s right get all theological on LOST. 🙂 i’m just glad the show is beginning to redeem itself again. in reply to bsheets #
- @joshuajones – i think HE wants you to turn left. in reply to joshuajones #
- going to video @ppolnaszek in wisconsin rapids today for ttu. woohoo! #
- Crow hunting with Andy #
- http://twitpic.com/1w5ot – one of the results of fishing with Andy Lickel today. #
- @dhaltom7 – you caught bigger today? in reply to dhaltom7 #
- @dhaltom7 – so what you’re saying is THIS ONE IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING YOU CAUGHT TODAY! Never said it was my biggest. in reply to dhaltom7 #
- @dhaltom7 – thanks deb, it was fun and i was wondering when the last time you caught a wild brown trout? 😉 in reply to dhaltom7 #
- @dhaltom7 – i agree in reply to dhaltom7 #
- working on the BLBA summer camp with the leadership group. Should see some major changes. #
- @dhaltom7 -nice bow. when was it? in reply to dhaltom7 #
- Just remembered that the time change is tomorrow. Isn’t it? #
- @dhaltom7 – so what you’re saying is my fish is bigger than anything you’ve caught in half a decade? 😉 in reply to dhaltom7 #
- It annoys me when the only time i hear from some people is when they need money and they spend the 1st minute of the call like it’s a catchup convo #
- @KenNichols – actually it’s usually bill collectors 😉 “how’s life? how’s the church? NOW GIVE ME MY MONEY! ” in reply to KenNichols #
- @dhaltom7 – so what you’re saying is my fish is bigger than anything you’ve caught in half a decade? 😉 #
- @calvinb – you so funny in reply to calvinb #
- @KenNichols – i was just joking about it being bill collection. in reply to KenNichols #
- @dhaltom7 – the ability to select which fish bite your hook is very impressive. ever catch one like this? http://twitpic.com/e4uo in reply to dhaltom7 #
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