School began Friday. I honestly think the first day is the worst day. The reality of how much has to be done in the coming months is truly overwhelming. I’m sitting in our guest room/office surrounded by books, syllabuses, and boxes full of clothes (because this room is a mess) and I can honestly say [...]

Yesterday was a different day. It was my first day back to school, it was my first day riding the MAX (Portland’s lightrail line), it was the first weekday in over 8 months that I haven’t blogged. Nonetheless, it was a good day. Blogs Donald Miller is blogging and wrote an intriguing blog on his [...]

Part One: Not pressing sort on the copy machine is kind of like coming to a rehearsal without having practiced before. Part Two: Voicemail is outdated…each generation communicates in different ways. 3. Each administrative assistant does individual jobs differently; everyone has a different opinion about music in church. This is by far the easier lesson [...]

Post One: Breaking News Post Two: My Thoughts The video with good quality has been taken down…so I’m sorry this one doesn’t have the best quality. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlLHWjtkH0I&hl=en&fs=1] What do you think? You can tell it has been cut down to create some more emotion and gives quite a bit of the back story, but overall [...]

Part Two: Voicemail is outdated…each generation communicates in different ways. I have a huge confession…I’ve been an admin assistant all summer and I have not checked my voicemail for work all summer long (my boss is going to talk to me today about this). In fact I don’t think I’ve made a single phone call [...]

I know this is about the longest title in blog history. But it does the job a title does, describes what is going to be written about. A long while ago I did a blog series on “things I learned about leading worship while being a janitor.” Yes, I was a janitor not even 8 [...]