A Few Pictures from Anneliese’s Second Month

A Family article with View Comments posted 28 February 2009.
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The last two pictures deserve an explanation. You see, Jennifer needed to feed Anneliese, but the Meyers were over for dinner and she didn’t want to leave our game of Carcassone. So we hooked up my webcam, started the Cheese program on my laptop, and I pointed the camera so that she could see the game on the table and keep playing. It was hack-eriffic!

Pictures of Anneliese’s Baptism

A Family article with View Comments posted 28 February 2009.
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Anneliese Elizabeth Carnahan was baptized among the people of God at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Asbury, IA on 8 February 2009. The dress she is wearing was hand sewn, knit, and crocheted by her great-grandma Cindy. Grandma Cheryl (DeAngelo), Grandma Marsha (Carnahan), and Grandpa Pat (Carnahan) were able to make it up, and many of our friends joined us in worship that day. Her baptismal sponsors were Chuck and Claire Meyer.

Anneliese’s Second Two Weeks

A Family article with View Comments posted 28 February 2009.
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The title says it all – these are photos from the second half of Annie’s first month. She’s getting so big!

More pictures from Anneliese’s first two weeks

A Family article with View Comments posted 28 February 2009.
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I’m getting caught up on posting pictures on Facebook and here on my personal site. Here are a few more pictures from Annie’s first two weeks.

Hospitality

A Church article with View Comments posted 28 February 2009.
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Occasion: Lectionary 14, Year C
Text: Luke 10.1-12, 16-20 (a slight modification to the lectionary)

This sermon was prepared for an assignment for my Preaching class at Wartburg Theological Seminary and was delivered on 25 February 2009.

Several years ago when I was in college, I had the opportunity to go on a spring break mission trip out to a little outdoor ministry site called Lutheran Valley Retreat outside Colorado Springs, Colorado. However, driving from Missouri, one must make the dreaded trip through that one location that strikes dread into the hearts of all drivers: Kansas. Imagine this scene: we have five full size adults, myself included, crammed into a Geo Prism. We have a trunk full of luggage, the lead driver in our caravan has a lead foot (and by that I mean we’re going at least 90 miles per hour), and unbeknownst to us all, the Prism has a slow oil leak. So here we are, humming along (huminahuminahumina) and suddenly, BANG! The engine threw a rod, and we’re stuck on the side of the road. To make things worse, I was driving, and it was not my car.

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Listen to Him

A Church article with View Comments posted 27 February 2009.
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Occasion: The Transfiguration of our Lord, Year B
Text: Mark 9.2-9

This sermon was preached at East Iron Hill Community Church, Maquoketa, IA‎, on 22 February 2009.

Several years ago, I had the opportunity to go on a mission trip over Spring Break with some of my college friends, and we went out to a little outdoor ministry site called Lutheran Valley Retreat in Colorado. We were working to clean up in the wake of the Hayman forest fires that had devastated the region, and especially the camp. Not only did we do a lot of good work there, but we also got an opportunity to do some hiking and exploring.

My fondest memory from this recreational time was when we climbed a mountain. I realize that for the Rocky Mountains, a 9700-foot mountain is just getting started – a hill really – but it was – and remains – the biggest “hill” I’ve ever climbed. We were encouraged to carry a small stone with us up the mountain, and there at the top was an enormous cross. It was held up by a large pile of stones that other climbers had brought and laid at the foot of the cross, each stone giving more support. I was moved beyond words when I reached the top, but I was also tired, so like the others in my group, I sat down to rest. I was soon to find out that you are always in for surprises at the foot of the cross of Christ.

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Clash of categories

A Tech article with View Comments posted 26 February 2009.
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So, dear readers (and I’m looking especially at your, RSS subscribers), I have a question for you.

I have begun (and will happily continue) violating one of the cardinal rules of blogging: keep your blog to a single topic. As I figure it, there are at least five different things I post about on this website:

  • Computers and Technology
  • Free/dom Software
  • The Church
  • Politics
  • My Family

Often times these categories overlap. For instance:

  • Computers + The Church = Use of Technology in Ministry.
  • Freedom Software + The Church = Use of Freedom Software in the Church.
  • The Church + Politics = Denominational Politics in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  • Politics + My Family = Why My Parents Were Silly For Voting For Barack Obama. (I haven’t actually written anything about this yet, but let me tell you…!)

So my question for you, dear readers, is this: what have you come here to see? Are you here for one or two of those particular categories, or are you looking for that particular blend of craftiness that is (ontologically speaking) Ted Carnahan? If you just want a category or two (e.g. Politics), do you care that other stuff (e.g. Sermons) is in the same feed, or would you actually switch to a category feed? Is this all so-much-naval-gazing, or does anyone actually care?

I’m serious – let me know what you think in the comments.