December 2008
Made it to Savannah. Lots of what a local called”liquid sunshine” (rain). Kids haven’t broken anything in host’s home yet. So far so good.
For the record, we boycotted Buy Nothing Day on Friday. (That sounds activist, doesn’t it?)
November 2008
Wess plans blogging hiatus →
Turns out blogging isn’t the only thing he does. Huh.
Wess reviews re-issued biography of George Fox →
This spiritual autobiography does a splendid job of outlining the early formation, faith and later theology and practice of Fox the revolutionary Christian. While reading through it I found myself…
Richard M on God's postal delivery system →
God often speaks to me during worship to shed light on issues I am struggling with or showing me ways I can serve others, but since these messages are for me there’s no point in sharing them out loud…
Mumbai attacks being tracked in real time via Twitter, Flickr, Wikipedia and Google maps. This is bizarre. http://snurl.com/6uzl9
Mostly finished packing for vacation. Trying to guess what essential I’m forgetting. There’s always something: rain jacket, belt, watch…
Bill Cleningeng on Half Way Baptists →
Starting to get realistic about what I won’t be able to accomplish before I leave for vacation tomorrow morning…
Obama’s picks mean we aren’t forced to learn new names. Maybe he should name Bill Clinton President Pro Tem for the first couple of years.
Just back from 2 hr trip to E.R. (5yo Theo thought Sudafed PE was candy). Hardest part was handling 3yo solo since Julie was @ work. Tired.
Can’t believe two week vacation starts in just two days. Hard to imagine it’s not drizzly gray rain and deadlines everywhere.
Chuck Fager talks about the work against torture →
The two Quaker conferences on torture were an excellent start, but the work since has lagged. I hope it will soon be relaunched in the focused, ongoing way called for by the gravity of the task it…
Experiencing momentary “too many things to do in too little time” paralysis, time to hew to to-do list (RTM).
Funny to be asked scheduling questions for a year out. With current freelance consulting lifestyle I’m rarely booked more than 3 mos out.