They released new Powerbooks! Now maybe I'll buy one! :-)
Click here to read.
Does anyone know why my blogger links won't work? I have the subject set to link to the article, but it never works, except in the preview mode...
Monday, January 31, 2005
Sunday, January 23, 2005
To Do
- Straighten up my room
- Request funds for my move home
- Prepare resume for Tuesday
- Write programs for Operating Systems
- Meet with Dan to work on Programming Languages program
- Eat the leftovers in my refrigerator
- Use the ground beef in my refrigerator in something (spaghetti sauce?)
- Buy a Powerbook (or decide not to?)
- Decide exactly what to do post-graduation
- Pray
- Read
- Hang posters (that's place pieces of paper on the wall, not killing commenters with nooses)
- Do some maintainance on some computers on campus
- Write things in my calendar, and make a cover for it
- Organize random papers, receipts, letters, etc.
- Have my apartment complex fix my electrical wiring
- Laundry
- Select a senior design project
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Passion
This past week I was able to attend the Passion '05 Conference in Nashville. I was not very familiar with the organization, but I wanted to attend for a few reasons. One, admittedly, was simply the impressive list of speakers at worship leaders (or "lead worshippers" as they apparently prefer at Passion). Louie Giglio, John Piper, Beth Moore, Josh Harris, Heather Mercer (one of the missionaries who was imprisoned by the Taliban), Tim Elmore, and others... and those were just the speakers. Part of the reason I wanted to go, was that, at the crossroads I am at, in this stage of my life, I felt like it would be good to get away to a place where perhaps I would be more focused on God and hopefully get get some direction about my future. Also, God has blessed me financially to be able to afford the conference, and also with a great friend who let me sleep on his couch - no hotel costs! Finally, I was able to hang with some of my church in Maryland while I was there! It was awesome to spend time with Jeffrey and Katy.
One thing I didn't foresee was what it would be like to worship with some thirteen to fifteen thousand other college-age people. The arena in Nashville seemed nearly full, minus the seating beside and behind the stage. That many voices raised in praise to our Creator was thrilling. Really, worship was one of the things that stuck with me most at the conference. That God was worthy of it, even when I didn't feel like it. That worship isn't for me, and it isn't about me feeling good. As I listened or read the words to the various songs of praise, the many names of God really stood out to me, and I hope to use those to meditate on and by which to worship God. What does it mean when we call Christ our Savior? Or that God is our King? Or our Rock, or the Good Shepherd? There are a variety of characteristics of God being expressed, and I tend to not even process what they mean. If you see me, as me about this to hold me accountable, please!
While the speakers were amazing and the lights were pretty and the music was awesome, all that fades beside God showing up and being worshipped. That may sound really corny, and honestly I might have thought that if I hadn't been there for myself.
Passion recently went to New York and Boston, and is mobilizing college-age people to go there and share with the students of those areas. Nearly a million college students are within 75 miles of Times Square. Many of the world's leaders are being educated in these schools. If you share this vision then check out the information here: http://www.268generation.com/planet268/enter.htm.
Next year passion is returning to Nashville for Passion 06. Check it out. If you register early, it's cheaper. :-)
I'm adding a link in my sidebar to the Passion Network - www.268generation.com.
One thing I didn't foresee was what it would be like to worship with some thirteen to fifteen thousand other college-age people. The arena in Nashville seemed nearly full, minus the seating beside and behind the stage. That many voices raised in praise to our Creator was thrilling. Really, worship was one of the things that stuck with me most at the conference. That God was worthy of it, even when I didn't feel like it. That worship isn't for me, and it isn't about me feeling good. As I listened or read the words to the various songs of praise, the many names of God really stood out to me, and I hope to use those to meditate on and by which to worship God. What does it mean when we call Christ our Savior? Or that God is our King? Or our Rock, or the Good Shepherd? There are a variety of characteristics of God being expressed, and I tend to not even process what they mean. If you see me, as me about this to hold me accountable, please!
While the speakers were amazing and the lights were pretty and the music was awesome, all that fades beside God showing up and being worshipped. That may sound really corny, and honestly I might have thought that if I hadn't been there for myself.
Passion recently went to New York and Boston, and is mobilizing college-age people to go there and share with the students of those areas. Nearly a million college students are within 75 miles of Times Square. Many of the world's leaders are being educated in these schools. If you share this vision then check out the information here: http://www.268generation.com/planet268/enter.htm.
Next year passion is returning to Nashville for Passion 06. Check it out. If you register early, it's cheaper. :-)
I'm adding a link in my sidebar to the Passion Network - www.268generation.com.
Thursday, January 06, 2005
John Piper's Response to Tsunami
Excerpt:
Satan had a hand in Job’s misery, but not the decisive hand. God gave Satan permission to afflict Job (Job 1:12; 2:10). But Job and the writer of this book treat God as the ultimate and decisive cause. When Satan afflicts Job with sores, Job says to his wife, “Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” (Job 2:10), and the writer calls these satanic sores “the evil that the Lord had brought upon him” (Job 42:11). So Satan is real. Satan brings misery. But Satan is not ultimate or decisive. He is on a leash. He goes no farther than God decisively permits.
http://www.desiringgod.org/library/fresh_words/2004/122904.html
Satan had a hand in Job’s misery, but not the decisive hand. God gave Satan permission to afflict Job (Job 1:12; 2:10). But Job and the writer of this book treat God as the ultimate and decisive cause. When Satan afflicts Job with sores, Job says to his wife, “Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” (Job 2:10), and the writer calls these satanic sores “the evil that the Lord had brought upon him” (Job 42:11). So Satan is real. Satan brings misery. But Satan is not ultimate or decisive. He is on a leash. He goes no farther than God decisively permits.
http://www.desiringgod.org/library/fresh_words/2004/122904.html
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