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The youth group finished a new video for uploading this weekend.  However, I have learned a few things during this process:

It’s sometimes hard to control the program you used to make the video.  We used iPhoto for the second one and we could not identify how to move a picutre’s sequence.
The video file is quite [...]

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Over the weekend my wife and I attended a renewal course for one of our yearly foster parenting courses.  Fortunately for us, we have done this one a few times so we expected to get out early.  Unfortunately, TX DOT was doing road construction on the highway and we ended up being a half hour [...]

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The Diocese of West Texas recently hosted a conference for all congregations (Abide in Me: Congregations Growing Together) to come and participate in a daylong series of workshops addressing various aspects of ministry. While I was unable to attend (Yes, being “Dad” trumps being “Youth Minister”), several folks from St. Margaret’s were in attendance. [...]

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Check it out:

St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church – Spring Fiesta 2009

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Well, I have been trying for about a day or so to get a YouTube account. As part of the process, I need to respond to a generated email confirmation request. Unfortunately, it has taken a bit longer than expected. At first, this was supposed to take only a few moments. [...]

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As I mentioned yesterday, my wife has been having problems with our foster children.  Thankfully, they listen to me much better.  Of course, that also frustrates her.
However, today we discovered a possible way to get them to daycare each morning without it turning into a shouting match – stickers.  If you have a child these [...]

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According to MacRumors.com, Apple is reporting that the recently released Safari 4 has been downloaded about eleven (11) million times.  That’s quite an accomplishment.  Especially considering that most folks have never heard of it.  Even moreso since they are also reporting that about half of the downloads are Windows users.
Now, as any good technophile knows, [...]

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One of the chief complaint you hear from website visitors is, “Why don’t you have more pictures/images on this page?”. Well, in most cases it’s largely a matter of not having the resources. Most of us don’t have the expertise to create a new image. Sure, we can take pictures, but editing [...]

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I have not mentioned it often on this site, but my wife and I are foster parents. After being married a couple of years, we decided to start a family. So, we decided to become licensed foster parents. It has been over two (2) years now and we are on our second [...]

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