SEPTEMBER 2004 ATTIC ARCHIVE
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Tuesday 28 September 2004
Ø On Blogs…
I’ve posted some
of the blogs I read more frequently. If you’re a bud of mine and I missed yours
then please forward me your blog link – I may not
even know about it and would like to catch up with you. Blogs are a funny
thing now – in a way we write on our blog what we
would write 50 times to friends if we wanted to update everyone on our
lives. J
Ø On the Election…
Funny
pic about Florida to the right. I can’t wait for the near-certain election
scandal in Florida this time. Even if
it’s not there the media will all be there to cover it – so they’ll uncover
something. Bet on it.
Ø On The Fruitful
Life…
Finished
4.5 chapters on Saturday (a serious marathon day) and a bit more since then. I’m rolling now. Cramming like a junior pre-med student. Finals are coming (this weekend). Gotta make the
doughnuts!
Thursday 23
September 2004
Ø Slacker Blogger…
I’m a slacker blogger. I haven’t
posted in forever. If you came back
whilst I was in hiatus and were disappointed – I apologize. No longer slackin’.
Ø 
Instead of Blogging…
I’ve been
writing. Been working a ton on The
Fruitful Life. Sent out a few articles
to magazine for publication that I wrote in the summer… and I’m working on some
stuff for the new Emergent Wesleyan site.
Also, Next Wave invited my alter ego Eutychus Bailey (picture at right,
links on my main attic page) to come back and talk about the Missional church
and other simple church movements in 40 years.
I sent him an e-mail in the future and I’m thinking he might give me an
article tonight. Go to www.next-wave.org in October and find out
if he does. Or check my main page for a
preview.
Ø Pre-marital and Post-marital? counseling
Had a premarital counseling meeting tonight from
9-10:45 pm. Sticking
around after that to write now. I
had a meeting with a couple in dire straits in their marriage earlier today
too. Not even living under the same
roof. It was a weird bookend to my time
at home with the family. Sobering. I pray that
the newlyweds launch well from the wedding I perform for them. But it’s not about having a beautiful wedding
in the end – it’s about a beautiful marriage.
Okay – off to write from the future – hopefully being really tired gives
me the mojo to write that weird stuff.
Wednesday 8 September 
2004
Ø Back from study break…
I had a wonderful study break last week. Refreshing to spend entire
days doing nothing but one project.
The singular focus was a bit scary – no fudging the progress that way –
but very intense and rewarding.
I was spending the time away at the IWU library (4 pics at right) working on The Fruitful Life Project. Here’s the recap/learning points from that time for me:
1.
I could REALLY feel the
prayers of people during this time. It
was wonderful! Usually when I have a big
project I go off by myself and depend on the self too much. With this one I put out a lot of reminders to
pray for me and it really paid off.
God’s Spirit was with me the ENTIRE time. Definitely a God thing.
2.
While I like to think that I
can write with distractions (music, phone, internet, office environment) I
think that this taught me that it really IS better to write with NO
distractions. Little thing, I suppose. But I needed reminding.
3.
On Thursday of the study break
I had a crazy experience. It felt like
it does for those people that “feel the Spirit” talking through them when they
preach. If you hear that and think, “that’s freaky—almost like channeling” then you’re not
alone. It is a bit freaky. Well, I don’t have that feeling often when
preaching—but I felt it on Thursday when writing. I really felt the Spirit writing “through me”
with the words. It felt a bit out of my
control… and I’m looking back and seeing God’s fingerprints on some things and
not my own. A great feeling to have.
4.
It was fun to go camping
every night with Max too while down there.
Kathy and Karina stayed in the house with my parents… but Max and I
camped out in the back yard. I actually
sleep really well in a tent, believe it or not.
5.
The book is about 70%
done. More than half of the chapters are
pretty near complete. The other half have an outline and several paragraphs for starters.
6.
I also learned why many
writers don’t write all day long. Many I’ve
talked to and read say they just write for 3 hours or so and read or research
the rest of the day. It’s nearly
impossible to physically keep up with writing 8+ hours a day like I did last
week for a few days.
7.
I’m ready to rock the end of
this thing. If you’re one of my prayer
people – pray that God helps me finish the good work he’s started in me here.
Picture descriptions:
1 – my day 2 station with a
great view of the Williams Prayer chapel
2 – a close up of my station with indispensable
coffee, 4 kinds of green pens and highlighters, ancient SLWC laptop, “The Three
Colors of Love” by Schwarz, “Rediscovering Spiritual Formation” by Pagitt. “The Purpose Driven Life” by Warren (serving as
laptop prop up) and my trusty wide margin Cambridge NIV (preached out of it
since I was 19).
3 – a wide pic of the whole Jackson Library. It’s a beautiful building.
4 – picture of the groovy water suspended granite globe in the
rotunda deal. Way cool!
NOTE = pics
deleted for space reasons