I was talking to Jon Jolly earlier about the web feeds we subscribe too. Following this I thought I’d share a few of the ones that I regularly read.
Chewing Pixels
Finding Rhythm
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs
Rethinking Youth Ministry
Youthblog : Christian Youth Work & Ministry
Youthwork.co.uk
youthworkblog.co.uk
Onehundredhours Blog
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Jason Bradbury
Sim Dendy
Ramblings in Utopia
Of course, there are a few more but these are the ones I subscribe to in my iGoogle that provide my news and sports information. I hope some of the above helps you. Apologies if my blogging goes astray of the Festive Season.
Merry Christmas to all 3 of my readers.
Dave
Apologies for the lack of any real updates to my blog for the last 9 days. It’s a busy time of the year. Of course, some of it is work busy and other of it is just general business. Though I have to admit it for the most part has been constructive.
Since the last post I have; Successfully given part 1 of a 3 part talk at Ignite (2 more to write). Discussed the direction of my job with my line manager, Steve (will post on that when the time is right). Done my first back line tech gig with onehundredhours. Completed Worship Explosion with the Kings Chamber Orchestra. Sorted out the porting of my mobile number from Orange to T-Mobile. Started planning of the ACC Christmas Special (Which is now 12 days away). Bought a few more of Rosie’s Christmas presents.
That actually appears to be a fairly constructive few days. I’m almost ready for Christmas.
Last Friday I was up at the YWAM base in Harpenden, Hertfordshire (15 miles North of Watford), to work for CCM band onehundredhours. This is the first time I’ve caught up with them since our initial meeting in July! I was there to prove myself in the glamourous world of the back line tech.
I drove up Thursday evening and after a huge queue on the M25 I made the base without getting at all lost thanks to tom-tom which took me pretty much to the door of their studio. The rest of Thursday evening was spent getting equipment into place at the Chapel and then visiting a gig down in Watford…after that…well…a few of us headed into the TV/Xbox room and spent 90 minutes shooting each other at Halo 2. At least the others did; I was pretty rubbish. When we left it was 2am…oops.
So Friday, got up at 9am and made my way to the Kitchen to find The Knipper up and having breakfast. This being a Christian camp absolutely no one drinks instant coffee so we put on a cafetiere of Fair Trade Kenyan coffee. That’s the best way to start the day. Time passed, more band members appeared sat down and ate and drank with us. At about 11 it was time for work.
My guitar world consisted of Gretsch’s, Fenders, Gibson and Avalon and put together probably cost more than my car! This was a big job. Never before have I been in charge of such valued items. I’ve assisted d:’s tech Lee before but actually doing it is really different. Three main tunings were used: Standard (EADGBE), DADGAD and DADGAE. With sound check and a complete run through done it was time to relax before the gig.
It was only when lead singer, Tre, started to tell me the nightmare stories of previous tech and now band member, Johnny’s, first gig that I started to worry. And was definitely something I didn’t want to repeat.
Gig time. Hand the boys guitars and let things work themselves out. Enjoy the night and only really freak out at one tuning. Retuning a custom Avalon from DADGAD to Standard while a rock song was going on. Not the easiest.
Gig over. Pack up. Say hellos to some, like the traveling Littlehampton contingency. Say some goodbyes, like departing drummer Paul “Pablo” Baker. Head on my way for home. Get home 1:30am Saturday morning.
For once, it’s a sensible post. This week I was asked to give the talk at the Ignite small group that I co-lead with Jim Fenlon. Now if you know me you’ll know that talking, or preaching, really isn’t one of my gifts! However, I really want to give my best on this. So here are the notes from the talk. The theme? Choices.
Introduction: Link to previous study on Bruce Almighty and the choices he made to do good for others rather than being selfish
Question: What choices do we make every day?
Video Clip - Heroes: Episode: 0.07%. Showing Noah Bennett, Matt Parkman and Ted Sprague escaping from “The Company”. To highlight the choices that Matt and Ted make in helping Noah.
Discussion: What choices did they make?
Thought: Where in the Bible did people have to make Choices. Examples from Genesis 3 and Matthew
Scripture: Isaiah 55:8
Question: What choices does God want us to make?
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-Worship (Isaiah 66:3)
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-Respect/Obey (Proverbs 1:7)
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-Humble (Romans 16:27, Proverbs 3:5-8)
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Love (Matthew 22:37-39, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
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