the church geek

Here’s a photo from last week’s time away:

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This photo was taken this week just outside of Storm Lake, IA. There are a few more photos at Flickr.

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A picture from a day on the Milwaukee lakefront:

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Finally broke out the camera and took some pictures yesterday.

If you care, there are also a few flood related photos from downtown Cedar Rapids I took yesterday over at Flickr.

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Normally on Fridays I try to post a recent photo that I’ve taken, but with all the craziness of our lives over the past month or so, I’ve hardly even broken out the camera. The few photos I took yesterday were not post worthy, so today I’m gonna post one of my favorites from our trip to Scotland in 2004. Here’s hoping things settle down and the camera makes its reappearance soon.

This photo is from the Isle of Staffa which is accessible by boat from the Isle of Iona, on the western side of Scotland:

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Another flower from our front garden bed:

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Here is this week’s photo:

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Here is a picture of a Minneapolis icon I took on vacation last week:

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Taken this morning on our back deck after the rain.

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1.) One of the critiques of the emerging movement is that it is basically composed of young, white guys with goatees. This post reveals that maybe the stereotype is not quite so accurate: Emerging Middle Aged Women.

2.) I’ve got to find more time to listen to podcasts. I just haven’t figured out the best way to make them a part of my life or my daily routine. When I figure it out, I’ll be sure to have this podcast, Watching Theology, on my radar screen since I like both movies and theology. (HT: Jake)

3.) Kudos to Shawn Coons for spear heading an effort to resurrect the remnants of the defunct 7% conference. He and others have been meeting to make plans for “alt7 - a gathering for PC(USA) clergy under forty.” It will be held at Montreat next June, which is 4-1/2 months before my 40th birthday.

4.) Twitter seems to be all the rage, at least for the next day or so. One thing I loved about Facebook was the ability to provide a personal “status update.” Twitter is solely dedicated to that purpose, so if you care to keep up with what’s happening with me you can check it out here.

5.) I’m back offering you a wonderful spring photo for your enjoyment.

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Finally got out to take some photos of spring life budding forth. There is not much happening yet, but if you look hard enough you can find some.

These are the buds of a crabapple tree with an old crabapple still hanging on. I call this “Out with the old & in with the new.”

Taken at Morgan Creek Park in Cedar Rapids.

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Here is a photo from this week:

Click here here for a photo of a lily if you like.

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