iPad 2

So I have new toy.

So far I've justified purchasing it by complaining how slow & old my regular computer is comparatively, that it keeps me from having to lug my laptop home every night, that it's easily transported to the youth room for teaching lessons & plugging into the stereo up there for music, that I'm able to paperlessly lead worship from it on Sunday mornings, that it helps entertain our kids from time to time, that I can use it as an e-reader for books, and that I can listen to (or watch!) my podcasts. And if that wasn't enough, now I can say I can blog from it (though I'm much more likely to continue "micro blogging" via twitter).

Family Experiential Lent Calendar

Last year I blogged about my experience with the season of Lent and mentioned a calendar I was using that I found here. Since I work with students, children, and families in my ministry, I had an idea to come up with a similar kind of calendar intended specifically for families, the 2011 Family Lent Experiental Calendar. Before Ash Wednesday, I distributed it and posted it on-line. My hope is that as families participate in fasting-from and living-to during these forty days, they will draw closer to God leading up to Resurrection Sunday. I feel like our own family has benefitted from this already.

Click on the link highlighted above if the picture is too small to read. Just thought I'd share...