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Monthly archive: October, 2009

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October 14, 2009, by esilvas No comments yet

AT&T remains elusive on official date for iPhone tethering

As long as I pay AT&T, I don’t think it matters that I want to use my “unlimited” (5GB) iPhone data plan with my laptop. I pay them for Uverse TV/Internet, home phone and two iPhones. They get almost $350/month out of me. Really AT&T, would it be too much to ask you to just allow me to tether my iPhone via Bluetooth. I have done it before with an old Nokia phone so I know it’s possible on your network.

This is funny – wonder if the youth group would do it..

October 13, 2009, by esilvas No comments yet

Trying out ChurchDirector.com

October 13, 2009, by esilvas 3 comments

I am testing out ministry management software called Churchdirector.com. We hope to use this for all ministry’s within the church. So far, it looks fairly straight forward. However, I have to “invite” volunteers. It would be nice if I could create an account for them on my own.

What am I learning about Facebook?

October 13, 2009, by esilvas No comments yet

I am learning that people really like the opportunity to communicate about many things at all times of the day. In the past few days, I have witnessed or commented on the following:

  • Youth asking others to come and volunteer unload pumpkins at our pumpkin patch
  • Someone else at the pumpkin unloading saw my post with a photo of the front lawn before the pallets went down
  • Former church member commenting on the pumpkin patch from New York after seeing the next photo I uploaded after the front lawn was covered in pumpkins
  • Fellow church member comment about life after the priesthood
  • My sister disparage Coke for pretending sugary drinks play no part in childhood obesity

Individually, all of these things may never be connected. But, in my life, it has kept me close to several different people who may/may not know one another. This has got to be a good way to communicate and evangelize to folks. It just has to be.

In the beginning…

October 1, 2009, by kate No comments yet

What marvelous words, those three are.  To bring us closer to God, God enters our remembrance of Him through words that we can relate to that remind us of the beginning of a season, a time, a place, a relationship.  It almost has the feel of “Once upon a time” where Eden was that idyllic place that we could truly be ourselves, unhindered by all the baggage that we struggle against since the time that Adam and Eve bit the apple.  

So where am I beginning and what will it look like?  It has been a long time since I opened my mouth to speak/write the words that God has inscribed there… so long that I find myself hesitating, cringing almost, as I type, a thing I never dreamt I would struggle with.  Recovering from an illness several years ago has kind of robbed me of my voice, my confidence, even in every day living. Yet, those who love me most (especially my husband) believe that I have a story to tell.

What story shall I tell?  I tap my fingers across the keyboard as if it will spell out the answer.  Shall I tell the story of how I was born, raised, adopted and reunited with my birth family and all that came with it?  Or shall I tell the story of how my husband and I came to adopt our own two children?  Or shall I share how God has acted throughout His Story in each of our lives to continue to invite us into a love relationship with Him?  Maybe, it has everything to with all of the above….

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