Saturday Stretch, End-of-internship Edition

A Family article with View Comments posted 17 July 2010.
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Stained glass of Jesus shown as a traveler, knocking at a door.

From the sanctuary of St. John's, Sterling, IL.

‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.’ – Revelation 3.20 (NASB)


I want to leave a legacy.
How will they remember me? Did I choose to love?
Did I point to You enough to make a mark on things?

I want to leave an offering.
A child of mercy and grace who blessed your name unapologetically…

- Nicole Nordeman, Legacy

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Timelapse photos of our move to Sterling

A Family article with View Comments posted 1 August 2009.
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Jennifer and I thought it would be cool to take some timelapse videos of our move to Sterling. We ran two cameras during the loading and cleaning process and one camera on the dashboard of the moving truck the next day. A few people have asked me how these are done, so basic instructions are listed at the end of this post.

The recordings are done in Motion, a freedom software video program for Linux. The configuration file looks like this:

  1. ffmpeg_timelapse 10

That’s pretty much it. You invoke it from a terminal with motion -n -c configfile.conf. There are tons of options to tweak, including brightness, contrast, etc., so it’s worth exploring the manual.

One week to the move

A Family article with View Comments posted 10 July 2009.
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One week from this moment, we’ll begin loading our truck for our move to Sterling, IL. I’ll be beginning an internship at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Here’s new contact information for Jennifer and I.

Our new address: 704 E 19th St, Sterling, IL 61081

Our new phones: Ted – 815.590.0337, Jennifer – 815.590.0338

Our email addresses remain the same. Mine is Ted -AT- TedCarnahan -DOT- Com, and Jennifer’s is Jennifer -AT- Tedifer -DOT- Com. My Wartburg email works, but it’s not very good email (Microsoft Exchange) and I much prefer my personal address if you need to get in touch.

A Star is Born: MovingToDubuque.com

A Church article with View Comments posted 25 April 2009.
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Well, I just put up my first Joomla! website in a long time. I had tried it back when it was “Mambo,” and it wasn’t ready, but that was several years ago. Anyway, the Lord of Life website task force realized a month or two ago that Dubuque has a large number of people getting ready to move to the area as part of IBM’s relocation from Rochester, MN. We wanted to provide a way to help those people get moved and situated smoothly. Since Minnesota is so very Lutheran, we also wanted to let them know that the Lutheran churches in the area are available and friendly and such. Thus, MovingToDubuque.com.

The site has very little on it so far, just a list of Lutheran churches and a welcome message, but we envision listing key businesses, schools, etc. It’s not a replacement for the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce website, but it can be a user-friendly supplement. We also want to draw upon seminarians’ (and others’) tips for packing and unpacking, as we’ve gotten to be pretty much pros at the moving thing by now.

While tomorrow is Internet Evangelism Day, this site isn’t about evangelism. We’re not trying to convert people or persuade them to be Lutherans (or Christians, for that matter). Instead, this site is a vehicle for hospitality. We hope it gets used and re-used in the coming days.