Archive for November, 2009



Exploring Utah

I almost forgot to tell you that we went exploring a couple weekends ago! We drove from Park City to West Wendover, on the Nevada-Utah border. To get there we passed the Great Salt Lake

and the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Wendover, like any Nevada border town, is a little gambling hole with 5 or 6 casinos. We read online […]

Christmas Story Video for Kids

New ACL Website

We are releasing an upgraded version of our website this week. It will have six boxes on the homepage instead of three. Each box will contain a dynamic click-through blog area, where you can comment, interact, and share on areas such as City Groups, Fight Clubs, and Sermons. Keep your eyes peeled!
P.S. Will release early […]

Advent at Austin City Life

We will be observing Advent the next four Sundays at Austin City Life. Working through the first two chapters of Luke’s Gospel, we’ll explore the biblical themes of Hope, Faith, Joy, & Peace.

This Old House

The house we bought is cozy and charming. It was built in 1979. There are some things that might be original.

Like the kitchen hardware. The wood isn’t super hip, but it is in great shape. So, house project the first.

New hardware. One hour and one hundred dollars to bring the kitchen from 1979 squarely into 1996 […]

Videos on Biblical Parenting by Tripp

Here are the free videos by Tedd Tripp from a recent conference.

Wait A Bit

Good reasons for cocoa and couches.
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Five Reasons To Skip Black Friday:

MK got me Tropico 3.
We had more crap in storage than we remembered.
The new TV will be here Saturday. 
No great deals at Home Depot.
We did it last year. Done and done.

  

Thanksgiving…to Whom?

Drivers on I-35 were confronted with a great holiday inquiry: “Thanksgiving to Whom?” On Thanksgiving we’re supposed to be thankful, but why? Who or what are we supposed to thank on this holiday? When we get together with our families and say: “I am so thankful for ____.” Where is our thanksgiving pointed? Thankful to […]

My Second Total Repost

This year, social media is all over how we celebrate the holidays. Everyone is all Facebook-y about wishing me a Happy Thanksgiving, or tweeting me about their turkey. One thing that went around on Facebook was a status update a day of what you were thankful for. What are you thankful for?
Reminded me I did […]

My First Of Two Total Reposts

I’m not lazy, just want to remind you of some of the highlights here at somegosoftly. And even people with nothing to do take breaks on the holidays .
My post from last Thanksgiving(2008):

Thanksgiving Reminiscing
Thanksgiving this year got me thinking about the fact that I’ve been doing this a while. I always question the cheesy autobiographical […]