I am now posting my first entry at my new blog site. I was thinking that I’d move over slowly, but this has really worked out well in my first few hours, so I’m making the move permanent and jumping in with both feet. Don’t be afraid of letting me know about glitches. I’m still working out a few things and have some work ahead of me as I go through all my imported posts and get them categorized. All in all, I’m very excited about the move to WordPress as my blogging software. Be patient and enjoy the new site (yeah, I know I really ought to add something to make it enjoyable, but hey, that’ll take time!).

Welcome to the start of yet another blog by yet another person. Not a big deal, but I hope you’ll stick around and see where things go from here. It’ll be interesting, that’s for sure!

We’ve been working on the house today. Saturdays seem to be good for that anymore, not a whole lot else. Nathan wouldn’t nap at grandma’s house, so he fell asleep on the way home. That was a good thing, because he was screaming when we announced that it was time to go home.

The dining room and front entry are almost ready to paint. Jill had picked out green. Green for the living room and dining room and front entry. I hate green. She knew I hate green. It’s actually worked out ok, though. With lighting on a certain way, it looks almost blue . Her dad sanded down the walls in the front entry after Jill had pulled all of the wallpaper out a few weeks ago. I worked on trim in the upstairs bathroom. The trim was the old stuff we had pulled out, but we never painted it, so now we have a beautiful white bathroom with a few pieces of yellow trim. Jill was standing in the bathroom when I came upstairs with another piece to put in. “Hmmm…this sure adds a nice touch.” Yes, there was more than a touch of sarcasm in her voice as she said it. Anyway, I’m hoping to get a few pictures up on our website of our most recent progress. I think the last update was in August, so it’s overdue. I did take the pictures, I just have to get them up. You can get to our site by hitting the link to My Profile. There’s a link in the profile that will take you to our website.

I had a typical Sunday morning at church today. I sat in the class that I had taught for the last four weeks as my dear friend Rolf talked about the importance of preparing for the last years of life. Since he’s closing in on 80, he was an easy choice for me to ask about teaching this. I then went into Rolf’s class, as I always do, to do the prayer and Scripture reading. I always enjoy doing this, but it means that the only thing I’m in the main service for is the sermon. Pastor John preached from I Timothy 6 on the importance of generosity. It was an outstanding message on stewardship that would not have been offensive to visitors. Pastor John has a great way of addressing issues that some find offensive without offending. Sometimes sermons are offensive because pastors stray too far from the text. Pastor John is pretty tight in that. He doesn’t get too far away from the Word.

After church we had our usual discussion with Jill’s folks about where to go for lunch. We’d been going to a nearby Arby’s most of the summer, but they no longer have the chicken sandwich that Nathan can eat (he can’t eat breaded meat due to his wheat allergy). I hate going to crowded restaurants, especially on Sunday, and that Arby’s was rarely even close to full. Today we went to Beef-A-Roo (yeah, if you’re not from Rockford, it’s a real place…actually a GREAT fast food restaurant). It filled up very quickly after we got there, but by that time we were seated and eating.

The rest of the family is currently napping. I got mine in early, so I’m back up and functional. It’s now time for me to get Jill up. She hasn’t started her Bible study for the week yet, so she asked me to get her up so she can work on it. I’ve got to complete my annual report on behalf of the elders, so we’ve both got work to do this afternoon.

If anyone were reading this blog, they might hear it here first that Christopher Reeve passed away Sunday at the age of 52.

Can you believe it? After whooping the Steelers in week one, the Browns let a rookie QB take them to the bank. With an average of 5.4 yards/pass and 4.9 yards/carry, you’d think they’d run the ball more than 20 times in the game. At least we can take comfort in the fact that the Steelers won’t be undefeated! After all, there’s no serious team in Miami this year, as New England found out!

Congratulations to Rudy and Kafi (and big brother Sam)! She’s a beaut!!

I don’t remember the last time I saw a Plain Dealer…probably over a year ago when we were out in Cleveland, but they agree with me (and they don’t even know I exist!). It’s pretty bad when a total Monday morning quarterback can make that analysis at 5 am, eh?

My rss feed from Jordon Cooper’s blog pointed me to Ben Roethlisberger’s blog. It would be interesting to follow an NFL rookie, especially one who’s getting more press than his classmates. Now if only he’d update it now and then…

“In the past 20 years there has been a huge migration of evangelicals not only into the Republican Party but into the most conservative wing of the party. What has brought about this migration and more importantly the conversion of most American evangelicals to a very politically conservative world view?”

Tom Sine has a great look at the rise of political conservatism within evangelical ranks over the last 30 years. I usually try to pick up anything he’s written, and this piece is excellent. The Ooze has a couple pieces by Sine, so don’t be surprised if another one shows up here soon.