goodbye

Posted on August 12th, 2007 by robert.terrell.
Categories: CHRISTianity.

this is my last post on the parkviewyouth.org website.

The LORD bless you and keep you;
The LORD make HIS face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the LORD turn HIS face toward you and give you peace.
numbers 6:24-26

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moving on up

Posted on August 5th, 2007 by robert.terrell.
Categories: computer, tapestry.

okay guys & girls this is to let you know that my blog will be moving servers (basically because i won’t be at parkview anymore and therefore it would be a little odd for me to continue posting my blog on the parkview youth server). so i’ve setup www.stevenspointtapestry.org and i’ve moved my blog to www.stevenspointtapestry.org/blog/. so if you wish to continue reading this stuff i would recommend going over there.

this post is the only post you won’t find over there.

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johnnies pizza

Posted on August 3rd, 2007 by robert.terrell.
Categories: random thoughts.

clint barron has been bragging about johnnies pizza for seven years. first he did it when he was a youth ministry intern and then he did it as my friend. he swears it is the best pizza in the world. since my family and i will be moving in two weeks clint decided that we had to take a trip to taste this manna of all pizza’s. it took two hours of driving one way to get to the restaurant and then another two hours to get back home. this means while the pizza cost $20 the fuel to get there and back cost $30. a complete waste of resources but a fun day.

the pizza was ok.

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a great benediction

Posted on August 2nd, 2007 by robert.terrell.
Categories: CHRISTianity.

ian posted this franciscan benediction on his blog. it’s great so i decided to post it with a hat tip to him. here it is:

A Franciscan Benediction

May God bless you with discomfort
At easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships
So that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger
At injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people,
So that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace

May God bless you with tears
To shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger, and war
So that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and
To turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness
To believe that you can make a difference in the world,
So that you can do what others claim cannot be done
to bring justice and kindness to our children and the poor.

Amen

once we move to wisconsin i will begin work on stealing another idea from ian and that is building a shed to act as a study. i figure it will take me a year to collect the supplies and finish it.

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almost done

Posted on August 1st, 2007 by robert.terrell.
Categories: random thoughts.

good news - the inspection came in on our house and there were only minor things in it.
great news - our buyers already knew about the items that were brought up in the inspection report and therefore they are not asking for us to do anything to fix them. this means we don’t have to fix several small things that would just be time stealers. HEY!

the inspection on our house in wisconsin is tomorrow. hopefully all will go well with it tomorrow. if it does the game plan is that after going and spending some time with my parents we will pack for two days, sell our baton rouge house on the 17th, sleep somewhere in baton rouge for the night, travel up to stevens point/plover, close on our new home in plover on the 20th and start moving in.

i’ll probably move my blog this weekend. i think the new domain will be www.stevenspointtapestry.org

clint barron is a freak. he has bragged about johnny’s pizza for six years. earlier this week clint asked if i would be willing to drive two hours to eat some pizza and then drive back. so friday clint and i are going to travel a total of 5 hours (2 hours there, 1 hour to eat, and 2 hours back) so that i can taste this pizza. of course, no matter how good the pizza is i’m going to say that it’s not that great.

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the simpsons movie

Posted on July 30th, 2007 by robert.terrell.
Categories: personal, media.


we saw the simpsons movie this afternoon and i was a bit disappointed. it was an okay movie but i was expecting so much more.

my last day at church is august 12th and therefore i will need movie my blog over to another site in ten days or so. i should take care of this in a few days. i think i am going to use godaddy. they have a couple of packages that i am interested in.

i hate moving. i hate the whole moving process - saying goodbye to friends, selling a house, buying a house, moving our stuff, etc. i’m ready for it all to be over. our house in baton rouge should clear once we get the results back from the inspection (tomorrow or so), correct anything major that it finds and then close on the house. we are really about fed up with that process. i have to wonder about selling a house and the blogging world. we and our realtor think that our buyers have a little too much inside information. this could be through the church or also possibly through my blog. it’s a brave new world.

i’ve recently be blown away by how revolutionary early CHRISTianity was and how mundane modern western CHRISTianity can be (though there are pockets of the revolution that can be found). yes i do catch the irony of saying this in the same post that i talk about buying and selling a house.

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the view for this week

Posted on July 29th, 2007 by robert.terrell.
Categories: youth ministry, church.

hey guys & girls i just wanted to let you know that we won’t have “the view” this week because of the revival services that will be going on this week. instead we will meet with the whole church in the sanctuary at 7 p.m. this means i have one last “view” with everyone. it will be wednesday, august 8th. if all goes right josh causey is going teaching me how to cook jambalaya right before the service. it’s a win/win situation for me and you. i win because i learn how to cook jambalaya and you win because you get to eat free jambalaya. i’m not sure how or even if josh wins in this situation but that’s not very important as long as i learn how to cook jambalaya. :)

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back in town

Posted on July 28th, 2007 by robert.terrell.
Categories: random thoughts.

i’m back in town after a week in nicaragua and other than being tired things are great. we have a contract on our baton rouge house and will close on it august 17th. meanwhile in wisconsin we will close on 3311 arbor vitae (latin for “tree of life”) on august 20th at which time we will finally have a dwelling in wisconsin.

i was reading an old friend’s blog tonight and i was struck by one statement. the statement was:

i don’t know about you, but the older i get, the more i desire to see the power of GOD expressed in my life and through my life.

what struck me by the statement is how untrue it probably most of the time. i’m not talking about my old friend’s life, i’m sure it is true for him. i mean for myself. sure i can say the statement it’s really following through on it that possesses the problem. the reason for this is that in scripture “the power of GOD being expressed” in someone’s life usually ends up being disruptive to the way those peoples’ lives were going. just look at abraham, gideon, peter, paul, or any combination of other individuals from the bible. when GOD expresses HIMself within one of HIS follower’s lives HE changes everything … people are moved, people sacrifice way too much, they attempt the impossible, they confuse all those around them, and much more. GOD expressing HIMself is not an experience that requires nothing from the one who sees it. instead it requires a response and that response often calls for dramatic changes. i’m not sure that i can always say that i desire to see that happen within my life. i can say though that i desire to desire it.

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my continued flight problems

Posted on July 21st, 2007 by robert.terrell.
Categories: youth ministry, family.

as many of you know all the major airlines hate pam and i. it is definitely a conspiracy because every time either of us fly something happens. well last night, six hours before i was to leave with our youth for nicragua, delta called and left a voicemail on the church emergency number that our flight for today had been canceled and we would be flying out sunday instead. great. i tried everything i could but i was unable to arrange anything and therefore our trip to nicaragua to work with our friends has been made one day shorter. hopefully this will be the only trouble we have flying. southwest arilines is now officially the only airlines i have flown with that i don’t despise.

SIDE NOTE - my wife hates me. well maybe hate is a little strong. as many of you know i love photography and i take pictures as often as possible. they’re not as great as many of your photos but they still keep me busy. i post these photos on flickr and i place a creative commons license on them so that they can be used by anyone who is not making a profit. well today i received the following flickr comment on a photo of pam.

A very nice photo!

A was happy to find a good photo of a facial mask. Didnt (sic) find that many with a creative commons licens (sic) here at Flickr.

I used it in an article about facial masks: Gör en egen ansiktsmask av frukt.

Its in swedish. “Ansiktsmask” being swedish for facial mask. Frukt = fruits.

Big thanks for using creative commons. Good luck with your photo!

/Hans

oh yes this is exactly what every woman wants … a picture of her in a facial mask place on an article. i am dead meat.

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the hampton inn & photos

Posted on July 18th, 2007 by robert.terrell.
Categories: random thoughts.

pam and i stayed at a hampton inn in milwaukee this past weekend and i renewed my love affair with hampton inns. i’m not exactly sure why but i have loved hamptin inns since my junior year in college. i guess it is probably the fact that it was at a hampton inn that i first ran into the wonderful world of the free continental breakfast. ahhhhhh, free donuts. whatever the reason i have had a secret love affair with hampton inns for years. of course, being the son of floyd terrell i have a dominate cheap gene that keeps me from staying at hampton inns very often.

anyway, we stayed at one this past weekend and it reminded me of my great love for them. that love was increased by the fact that the hampton inns have apparently introduced tons of random black and white photos into their corporate culture. everywhere you look within the hotel you see another black and white photo. there are photos on the key cards, photos on the walls, photos on the room number plaques, and photos on the “do not disturb” sign. i loved it. i was please that there was at least one place without random photos on it. i was pleased that there were no photos on the toilet paper. that would have been disturbing.

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