Author: Robert

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best lines from PMCP8301 – day 1

a list of statements that stood out today in the church planting leadership d.min seminar i am presently in. these are not necessarily states that i agreed or disagreed with. they are just statements that stood out as if audiologically highlighted when they were said:

  • guys it’s not let’s throw mud on the bride time
  • i’m not bipolar or anything like that
  • all sbc churches are non-denominational at their core – local church autonomy should mean non-denominationalism.
  • we need to learn how to think in ways that help people to do the kingdom things that they do best
  • you want to have the right people on the bus and have them in the right seats
  • you’re a “pastor of the next thing”
  • can you figure me out?
  • nobody knows what “missional” means
  • sarcasm is a spiritual gift and paul had it … read your bible
  • they made fun of him in the rabbit movie
  • there are really just two types of people in the world … cat lovers and dog lovers
  • you get what you reward – this should affect how we measure progress
  • military authority training – don’t stand in front of the guys who have the guns
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she's a red squirrel

pam invented the greatest phrase today. the phrase is “she’s a red squirrel.”

it happened this way.

we love the squirrels in wisconsin. we have HUGE gray squirrels, which almost ever place has, but in addition to the grays we also have blacks squirrels and red squirrels. the black ones are a color variation of the typical gray squirrel. pam and i think they look like russian relatives of the gray squirrel. the red squirrels are about 1/3 the size of your typical gray squirrel. they are just a little bigger than a chipmunk. the red squirrels also are about the fastest things you have ever seen. they bounce all over the place. we all love watching them in the back yard. they run from one spot to the next and then back to their original spot. adam once described them as squirrels with attention deficit disorder junked up on speed. it’s a pretty accurate description.

anyhow pam was describing someone today that is a friend of hers. i’ve never met this lady so pam was giving me a brief run down of her personality. somewhere during her attempt she finally said “she’s a red squirrel.”

i instantly knew what pam’s friend was like. i can’t wait to get back to wisconsin and use this phrase.

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pushing my mother over the edge

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?

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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

clive's adventure from 2007

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.

clive's adventure from 2007clive's adventure from 2007

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.

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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.

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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

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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.

friday

sunday
washington

 

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.

stripgenerator

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?