A Time to ski...
Another 'pre-holiday' post! This time I'm off with
the church to France (
Les Arcs) for a spot of skiing. Admittedly it's only two weeks now since I sprained my ankle playing
unihoc and I've still been walking round with a bit of a 'comedy limp' since then, so I'm going to rather be relying on the 'custom footbed' I had made up at
edge2edge to keep my feet all in place and stop me coming back with the wrong number of legs.
Should be fun though, and the weather looks good so far. Yay!
Five Months Later...
Thought I ought to post on here again, as I was being reminded by a couple of online buddies that I havn't actually passed through these parts for coming on half a year! Anyway, 2005 - a new year, with new possibilities.
2004 was a bit tough - but the cheesy tagline for
'Return of the King' said
'There can be no triumph without loss. No victory without suffering. No freedom without sacrifice.' - maybe that's overexaggerating a bit but anyway, in the past twelve months I cut most of the ties with my old church, then lost a girlfriend, started leading the AV Team, wrote lots of computer programs, changed flatmates, got involved in the kid's mission, recorded a few songs (although clearly not enough) and started to try and sort out - with the guys I've now got around me - the issues that I've struggled with for a while - recognising who I am in Christ, in my faith, and in my relationships.
Certainly, this year just gone has been quite frustrating. If 2003 woke me up to the realisation that actually there was more to life than the 9-to-5, have fun,
'eat, drink and be merry 'cos tommorrow we die' approach of the world - a beauty and passion far beyond anything that you ever found on TV; then 2004 was the journey to see that it wouldn't come on the cheap. That I had to fix my eyes on what I do know (not get distracted wondering about the things that I don't!), count the cost, decide that it was something worth fighting for and start putting in the effort to find it in all it's fullness!
To be completely honest, I havn't found an answer that I'm happy with yet - we talk of 'El Shaddai' (The 'All Sufficient One') and that's my only resolution for 2005 so far. Yes,
'The road is long, with many a winding turn' but join me as I
'seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness' and lets follow where His narrow path leads...
This week, I have mostly been:
Thought I'd also mention a couple of websites that have caught my attention over the past couple of weeks.
- Delirious's "in the studio" webcam - which I find unusually soothing, for some strange reason!
- Ellen McArthur's round the world sailing attempt - I'm thoroughly addicted to keeping up to date on this, currently 5 days ahead of the record but now heading into the even more dangerous seas near Cape Horn, Icebergs ahoy!
- The AV Crew forum - (not linked to directly, as it's really only intended for the AV guys from church!) - my second home.
AND: - Pretty much most of the BBC's news and sport sites - although to be fair, it's mostly just the cool "Last Man Standing" cricket game that eats up the bulk of my time.
Anyway, when I'm not mucking about on those websites I also have a job, which I should be doing now. So I'd best go and get on with it!
Oh - plus one more site which Mike just sent me this morning: http://www.frenzy.com/~jester/racecar.html - which got a smile from me...
