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.

• 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.

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….

There you go. That wasn’t too hard was it?

Fast forward to this month. I have been working on getting an existing application to work with new features mandated by our production team. We are outsourcing some aspects of our operation and need to track those persons involved from outside the office. Not too bad. In the time I have been on the project, about two weeks, my appreciation for FileMaker Pro has been reestablished. It may not get everything done, but it works well for the in-house projects so many of use need to get done and off our desks.

Recently, however, one of my clients sent me a link to Artisteer and asked me to take a look at it. On its surface it offers something that I have not seen others will – create one template and export it to Joomla, Drupal or Wordpress.

• Volunteerspot
• Stafftool
• Famundo
• Churchdirector
• Planningcenteronline.com

At this point, our coordinator has decided she wants to try Churchdirector. I will be creating an account and testing it out over the next few days.

Here a link to the article.