this time last year we talked about some verses in Hosea.

two years ago we talked about a (still unresolved) knee injury & reviewed a sad, paltry dave matthews album.

what was going on with your blog last year?

happy wednesday.

today i’m headed over to Kings Christian School to share @ their high school chapel, so if you read this before 10:30am and want to give me a quick prayer, it would be much appreciated.

during the final days before the election i broke my news fast to prepare myself and get some information.

now, the news fast is back on, except for wednesday mornings where we share headlines that we think are important or interesting.

i taught this morning, so i thought i’d share my headlines with you:

ACLU bullies small town for allowing Christian bands @ annual festival

Evolutionism vs Intelligent Design: a study in hypocrisy

Vatican says: too many Christian-Muslim dialogues

Palin to seek God’s will on 2010 campaign

US tax dollars to go overseas for abortion aid?

assisted suicide in USA expands

EU moving away from democracy?

at least 500 Christians killed in Orissa, India

Christians on the run in Iraq

protesters march on Saddleback

introducing the National Bible Bee

US evangelists bring hope to prisons of El Salvador

Scripture distribution in 7 high-conflict areas

lots to pray for.

maranatha!

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the folks over at 123people.com have a nifty little search engine.

type a name, then wait a few seconds and you will see pictures, addresses, phone numbers, email, weblinks, IM user names, news, blogs, social network profiles, documents and biographies of that person.

all in one web 2.0 space.

the world just got a little smaller…

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kelly and i like reading. the problem is we don’t do very much of it.

so, recently we’ve been trying to block out more time for that activity and, i’m proud to say, that we’ve each finished a couple books in the last month or two (kelly more than me…).

since then i’ve taken notice of the e-readers that are out there. obviously the most well known device is Amazon’s Kindle.

while being a little reminiscent of 1982′s Tron, the kindle was still the first kid to the party, so we’ll give that to them.

but these days the playing field is widening.

and i think you’ll agree that the kindle is in trouble.

which e-reader would you choose:

the amazon kindle
$359

photo by google images

the sony prs-700
$400

photo by engadget

the plastic logic e-reader
$ ?

photo by engadget

what an age to live in.

time to cast your vote!

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it’s sunday.

what has your blog been saying?

find out here and let us know.

as of August 2008, here’s who’s in my google reader by category:

family

mrs. p
my dad
my mom
my sister

friends

andrew feil
bryan feil
carson belmont
casey belmont
densie feil
jason munoz
katie wiebe
luke mundy
mike fast
patrick mundy
paul davison
rachel mundy
eric riley
sarah mundy
sean munoz
the obwalds
the rileys
the whitmores
tiffany aicklen

miscellaneous*

engadget
lifehacker
the apple blog
wpcandy
wp lover

*these folks are not christians, so i can’t vouch for their content whatsoever

ministry

britt merrick
francis chan
going to 11
greg laurie
heal your church website
ken ham
live to worship
reflections on the ministry
roll over menno**
simple life in Christ
skip heitzig

**roll over menno has recently quit updating, but will remain archived

music

brody harper
life in HD
phil wickham
worship trench

trying it out

billy chia
bittbox
good-tutorials.com photography tutorials
good-tutorials.com photoshop tutorials

who do you think i’m missing and should add?

wow…this is probably the first time i have ever opened up my google reader in the morning and none of the people in my ‘friends’ category had posted.

not a one.

you should all be ashamed of yourselves.

blogs say lots of things.

i came across a little site that shows me what my blog has been saying for the last week.

so, as we start a new 7 days, what has your blog been saying?

blessings

i always get a kick out of seeing the search terms people used before landing on my blog. like i’ve said before, sometimes people get here through searching for something that they aren’t going to find here on Jesus Is Extravagant.

in my desire to be an all-around nice guy, i am trying to make amends to those people who find themselves here without discovering the objects of their googling.

so, today’s installment is ‘The Fifth Of September’…Who Are Those Guys?

i know my syntax is all broken down…but just play along.

for some reason i consistently get visits from people searching things like: ‘remember, remember, the fifth of september’

WHY DO PEOPLE SEARCH THAT?

those who are searching using this phrase are undoubtedly thinking of an atrocious movie whose tagline was reminiscent of that phrase. however, it wasn’t the 5th of september we are to remember, but the 5th of november that must be remembered (ugh…there were far too many rhymes in there).

thus, anyone searching for the 5th of september is bound to land in a place they don’t intend, like this blog.

but fear not! i am dedicated to helping you find more about the fifth of september, whether you wanted to end up on this silly blog or not.

SOME NOTABLE FACTS ABOUT THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER

• it was the first labor day
• Jesse James’ birthday (1847)
• 1972 – Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called “Black September” attack Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.
• 1975 – Sacramento, California: a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson, Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
• 1977 – Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
• 1978 – Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
• 1980 – The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world’s longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.224 km) stretching from Goschenen to Airolo.
• 1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
• 1984 – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
• 1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
• 2007 – 3 terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Quaeda are arrested in Germany after planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations. See German Terror Plot 9/07

so there you have it. free information on the 5th of september (thanks wikipedia).

i bet you’ll remember at least one of those facts…

blessings

so, i manage a few websites at varying levels. for some i design and maintain, for others i just troubleshoot and do some tech support.

i don’t have any formal training, so everything i do is as-i-go trial and error. that means that sometimes i end up making the mistake of assuming everyone else utilizes the internet just like i do.

so today i have a couple of questions for anyone willing to comment (i know there are more visitors than commenters here…).

question the first: podcast vs blog. rate each on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being bestest, 1 being lamest), and tell me a reason why you prefer one over the other, if, in fact, you do have a preference.

question the second: rss vs live visit. do you use a reader or do you go and visit each blog? or, are you, in fact, like me and have a mixture of blogs you subscribe to in your reader as well as others you just visit?

question the third: what do you think the most important feature on a blog/website is (ok, ok, ONE of the most important features)? for example, you might say ‘content depth,’ or ‘visual appeal,’ or ‘music,’ or, if you are, in fact, like me, you might say, ‘a search bar.’

a. search. bar.

i can’t believe it when blogs and websites don’t have search bars.

just unbelievable.

anyway, please register 1 or many thoughts on the subjects above…i and the rest of the wide, wide world of web will be most appreciative.

blessings