Author: Robert

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netflix on xbox 360

the new xbox 360 update is great. my kids think the new dashboard with its avatars are wonderful and we all think having our netflix account on the xbox is terrific. i wasn’t sure how good the quality of the video stream would be but it is wonderful. watching the office and heros on the stream is a good thing. great update.

SIDE NOTE – there are many reasons that i hate it when pam is gone but the one last night was because the cats meow a lot at night when she is gone. stupid cats.

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baching

pam is presenting at the asha convention. she’ll be enjoying chicago till sunday. this means that the boys and i are baching it until then.

once a month i visit with a group of pastors for a book discussion. actually i belong to several different groups that i visit with once a month but this one is specifically for a book discussion. anyhow, i have been recently hit by something that i know i must do also but i initially notcied in some of these pastors and that is to “give the benefit of doubt” to people we agree with while at the very same time not doing it for those we disagree with. in the group i am the odd man out and probably agree the most with the thought that this the majority of this group doesn’t like. therefore it has been easy for me to notice when they have automatically assumed the worse concerning a statement that could mean several different things. they want to disagree with the statements from the group they don’t like and therefore they want it to mean the worst possible thing. the irony is that after a group discussion concerning whether or not we agree with the title of the book the leader of this book discussion stated “we all know what he meant to say and therefore we should just assume it means this.” he then no longer referred to the book by it’s real title but instead called it by the title he said the author “meant to use.” that’s a big benefit of doubt. 😉

this post isn’t about trashing on this group because i like these guys in spite of all this. what i’m trying to do is to remind myself to give those i disagree with the same benefit of the doubt that i would give to those that i agree with. that means even those in this book discussion. it seems only fair.

SIDE NOTE – thanks to everyone who wished me happy birthday yesterday. it was a good day.

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Senior Adult Choir Hip Hop

this is great and i so wish that i had done then when i was doing youth ministry (right now i’m the closest thing to a senior adult we have at tapestry).

the senior adult choir agreed to sing parts of hip hop songs for an intro to a youth ministry thingy. what a great way to get senior adults and youth together on something, cross a few boundaries, and make a great video at the same time.

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the videos from tapestry 11.16.2008

just because some people want to watch them again, i’m posting the videos from tonight’s tapestry.

 

the first one was from advent conspiracy and is a further explanation of what we will be doing.


Advent Conspiracy Interviews from Robert Terrell on Vimeo.

 

 

the next one is from the onion. it’s about halloween but i thought it was a fun way to enter the discussion of the real meaning of CHRISTmas – the kingdom of GOD versus empire.

 

 

there were also two commercials (one from best buy and one from hyundai) that were examples of what CHRISTmas isn’t about.

 

and that’s your tapestry video round up for 11.16.2008

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tapestry advertising warning

i’m not sure why but i always feel guilty blatantly advertising on my blog for something that is going on a tapestry. i know it’s stupid. anyhow i just thought i would post the graphics for the 4×6” cards for advent conspiracy at tapestry and the 11×17” poster (which is the same as the front of the 4×6” card, only bigger.

here’s the 4×6” card – front and back.

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here’s the 11×17” poster

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like i said the front of the 4×6” is the exact same as the 11×17” poster. so i’m not real sure why i posted it. anyhow if you want to print one up now you can.

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the trophies

the trophies

this is what you win when you do well in curling. the one of the right is from winning the ‘08-‘09 open tournament and the one of the left is from coming in second on our evening for the ‘08-‘09 season. i don’t drink alcohol so i’m not an expert here but i’m pretty sure the short glass is meant for whiskey sour old-fashioneds which are a big deal around here. of course, i could be completely off base in my guess. could my drinking blog readers help me out here?

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tapestry homework

i should have added this to yesterday’s random post but i forgot to do so until this morning when i was walking the basset hounds. it’s just a reminder for those of you who were at tapestry this past sunday.

remember that your homework for this week is to feed someone.

that’s right i gave out homework at tapestry sunday night. as i told everyone sunday evening – i’m not sure what happens if you don’t do your church homework but it can’t be good. 😉

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random thoughts

i’m just posting right now because i haven’t posted in a few days. therefore, i would recommend that you quit reading at this point because this will be a boring post.

  • i just bought the text books for my class for the winter ‘09 nobts trimester. thank GOD for used books and amazon. i now have a ton of reading that i have to begin and several papers to write.
  • i’m going to start destroying and redoing the boys’ bathroom tomorrow. new tile and a new toilet are the first steps. wow, what fun.
  • since water in central wisconsin is so hard it looks like we’re going to end up buying a water softner for the house. it’s either that or constantly replace our water-based appliance (dish washer, clothes waher, water heater, etc.). i hate spending money on things like water softners but hard water is a royal pain in the butt. i have never in my memory lived in a place with hard water (or more likely never when i was at an age when i cared about it). to paraphrase the waterboy’s mom “hard water is the devil.”
  • i love sunday evenings. the group that makes up tapestry just gets better and better. they really seem to be connecting with what the leadership team had dreamed about tapestry being and they are joining in on it. i think my personal favorite aspect is when the band pulls out a different instrument for the music. it makes me smile every time. every now and then someone comments on the blog asking if there is a podcast of sunday evenings and the answer is yes. unfortunately, for copyright reasons i can’t post the music. still you can subscribe to the messages in itunes by clicking here or go to the messages directly and listen to them by going here.
  • point’s 08’-09’ curling season starts tomorrow. i’m very excited about this.
  • i wish i could have been near some of my lsu friends during the bama/tiger game. oh that would have been fun.
  • i am very excited about what we, as a family and as tapestry, are going to be doing within advent conspiracy. i think it will involve some cool things and discussions.
  • winter has arrived in central wisconsin (yes, i know that technically it is still fall (winter starts december 22) but the weather here has kicked into winter gear. as i type this it is 17º outside and we have already had three days of slight snow flurries. we had a little accumulation but nothing significant. the biggest problem with this is that it is now too cold for me to want to be on the river in my canoe and the water hasn’t frozen over yet for ice fishing to begin. it’s a none fishing period and i’m not the biggest fan of that.
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hobo matters

this is great. it’s a 7:45 documentary of the life of and war (wink) of hobos in the great depression. who knew that polio and pearl harbor were related to a war of hobos versus the united states of american?

ht cyn-c via kottke.