Archive for the 'Personal Musings' Category
This morning’s service at Crestview went really well… Odd, but I typically do not like preaching Christmas messages. My last two however have been pretty fun to preach. I’ve been using powerpointsermons.com for slides and ideas. Good stuff! I’m having…
A hard drive is a hard drive is a hard drive
Closed Published by Charles Whitmire December 5th, 2007 on ConnexionMy Powerbook G4 hard drive crashed. Fortunately, I got all the important stuff off it first! I took it into an apple store this morning and they booted it and said my suspicions were right, “It’s dead.” They also gave…
I’m sending out a shout out all the way to Lubbock this morning… My sister, Beth, just had a little girl - Abby. She’s a healthy 8lb little girl. Tim sounded very proud on the phone, of course, he had…
Please sir, may I have another…
Closed Published by Charles Whitmire November 28th, 2007 on Connexion**Bonus points if you know where that headline comes from** Yesterday I had the privilege of officiating the funeral for Mary Jane Dickson. Mary was a loving mother and wife and grandmother. She had polio for much of her life….
I thought I knew what TV was all about - after all, I’ve watched more than my fair share! But today it all changed. The Dish Network guy showed up bright and early and now I have all these channels…and…
So tonight, two odd things happened that both relate to television. First the good news - Sometimes television gets it right. My odometer for good TV is my kids. We all watched the 2 hour biggest loser - and would…
Life as a Senior Pastor can be a thrill a minute. Most Mondays, I am vegging on my day off. This Monday was a bit different. Melvin decided that “today’s the day” to take down the box and screen that…
We had two great services today at Crestview and Phoenix. Our new sound system is sounding pretty awesome, even though I can’t get my new headset figured out. (I did get it working well for Phoenix) I think it’s really…
One of my all time favorite Sports Illustrated covers is from when Greg LeMond won Man of the Year. Something about the tuxedo and the bike slung over his shoulder really looked sharp. Lance won the same award a couple…
Three really cool things from the weekend
Closed Published by Charles Whitmire August 26th, 2007 on ConnexionI completed the 100 mile ride in fine form - fasting and all… We started pretty slow, and I finished really strong. We did 102 I think - ride time 5:45 - with stops 7:01 - averaged 17.4 I got…