events

So far in August we've had two "one year anniversaries". First came the bridge collapse in St. Paul and today is the mine collapse in Murry, UT. While both of these casualties are worth mourning and remembering, the thing that struck me, is that it's already been a year. Even more radical is that next month we'll have the seventh anniversary since 9-11, and, for me personally, Robbie's second birthday and the second anniversary of my grandfather's death, all of which seem far more recent than the years indicate.

Have you ever felt like time was going by so quickly that you were missing life?

I've made a couple changes to the site recently. One is the removal of upcoming events because I'm going to be doing the vast majority of my preaching at one congregation for the next number of months so there's no point highlighting the same place week after week. However, if something big comes up, like the Symposium or Conversations of Grace, I'll highlight it in the left sidebar.

I also ran across some interesting bits on using Twitter in productive ways. Rather than just spending all your time telling people what you're doing, it can also be a good way to highlight quick thoughts or updates. So, I'm going to give it a try. I've added a Twitter box where the events used to be and will take advantage of a couple Firefox plugins to point everybody to sites that I think are worth checking out, or update you on where I am in the world and why I'm not blogging. If you follow this site by RSS, you can link here to get my Twitter feed.