This fall as we were exploring what a new college ministry from Schweitzer would look like we thought it would be a good idea to talk with students about the idea. We gathered groups of students together and asked them four questions. This is a summary of their answers to one of those questions. How can a church help …
Hacked Web Server Back Online
If you've been following my Twitter you know that the web server at Schweitzer got hacked. Whoever broke in didn't do a very solid job, and managed to kill the network before doing anything terribly malicious. The site was only down about 12 hours. After looking through the system it looks like the vulnerability was caused by my not patching …
College Ministry Grant & Focus Groups
I've spent a good part of my work life the past couple of weeks working on a grant application to fund part of our college ministry on the Missouri State campus. Currently our college ministry consists of small groups (right now there's only one running), mission projects (which will be increasing in the spring), a weekly coffee gathering, special events, …
Testing Twitterfeed
I just set up an account at twitterfeed. I figure that I haven't blogged regularly for awhile, so having new posts show up in my twitter feed might be a good idea. Not sure how long I'll leave it set up, but it may help to both prompt more posting and get some traffic back to the blog.
2008 Goals: Learn Guitar
This is probably the least likely of the 2008 goals to actually happen. I've had a guitar for several years, I know about 10 chords, and am completely incapable of switching between them with any semblance of musical ability. I know that the key to solving this problem is practicing. I'm not such a fan of practice though (which is …
2008 Goals: Weight Loss & Fitness
Getting in shape is the cliche goal for a lot of people each year. I've never had this as a New Year's goal before, so I'm hoping that I'll actually be able to follow through with it. I don't have a huge amount of weight to lose, but I'd like to be squarely in the healthy range for my height. …
Indian Feast From the Pantry
Chicken Tikka & Aloo Gobi Originally uploaded by kerner. This morning when we talked about dinner we decided that we'd do something Indian to get rid of two chicken breasts we had in the fridge. The original plan was to use a prepackaged sauce, cook some rice, and make naan. Should have been simple. I missed a text from Sarah …
2008 Goals: Creative Cooking
Another of my goals for 2008 is to cook more creatively. Officially the grocery shopping and cooking is all my job, but a lot of times Sarah ends up doing things. I haven't felt very culinarily inspired in the frenzy of life this past few months. My goal is that at least once a week I'll cook something creative. My …
2008 Goals: More Blogging
It's the start of another year and I figured I'd put together a list of goals for the year. Some of them will hopefully last all year, some of them are shorter term goals. I usually don't make resolutions to start the new year, but this year I felt like the goals were a good idea. My first goal for …
Rock Band
We've been playing Rock Band a lot at the church and I decided that I had to have a copy at home. I already had two guitars for Guitar Hero, so it made it pretty affordable to just buy the game. You can sing with an Xbox Live headset, so we're only lacking the drum set. We played a lot …
Wesleyan Theology Class Finished
I just finished my second seminary class at Asbury: John Wesley's Theology for Today. I've come to learn that it probably wasn't the best class to take as my second class – it's an upper level theology class. It's been a great learning experience involving a several of books about Wesley and his theology and an anthology of 52 sermons. …
Santa Fe Days 1 & 2
Originally uploaded by kerner. Originally uploaded by kerner. Tent Rocks Originally uploaded by kerner. Sunday morning we left Springfield for vacation in Santa Fe, NM. We had a rather uneventful 12 hour drive, which other than being long is good. We were in Santa Fe a few years ago and liked it so much we decided to come back. Santa …