if you ever use microsoft expression web to update a website that also has a wordpress blog on it you should be aware of it asking you if you want it to delete any files that are not a part of the expression website. i tell you this because i was asked such a question while updating the tapestry website. i told it sure it could delete those extra files and then discovered that the extra files were my wordpress blog.

that’s why the look of the blog has changed. i accidentally deleted all the wordpress blog files. thankfully the blog database was not deleted so i didn’t lose any of my posts. i did however lose all my formatting.

since the glazes have been gone to alaska for the summer and jodi, joel, and brad have ben graciously filling in for the leadership of tapestry’s music each sunday night i have often been playing percussion. i’m an adequate djembe player with dreams of actually being funky. those of you who were a part of the parkview student ministry will remember that i would often pretend that i was a good drummer when our normal percussionist were missing. i’ve found myself enjoying filling in on the djembe this summer and i have now convinced myself i can move on to a new instrument, the cajon. it’s a wooden box with guitar strings on the inside. it produces an enormous amount of bass. i desperately want to play one of these things well. even though i probably won’t ever be able to play it well doesn’t mean that i’m not going to try. how hard can it be to play a wooden box?

after i learn how to play the wooden box (a.k.a. cajon) i’m moving on to a mandolin :)

i posted awhile back about working a directed study concerning moltmann’s theology of the TRINITY as a part of my d.min program. well it kind of back fired on me. since the dean of the d.min program was on vacation at the time i was having trouble getting in touch with him for the purpose of getting my directed study approved . his signature would be the last step necessary to make the directed study happen. i therefore emailed him saying that since it didn’t look  like i would be able to get everything approved for this trimester i want to see about having it approved for the next. i then went ahead and registered for another seminar (family counseling) for this trimester. unfortunately for my dr. ogea is a really nice guy and fast tracked everything during his vacation. he was able to get me registered for the directed study. now instead of my normal one doctoral level seminar i am now taking two. should make for a busy summer. woohoo!

here’s the syllabus for my directed study and the works that i will now begin studying.

• the TRINITY and the kingdom by jurgen moltmann
• pilgrimage of love: moltmann on the TRINITY and CHRISTian Life by joy ann mcdougall
• the TRINITY, creation and pastoral ministry: imaging the perichoretic GOD by graham buxton

as i posted yesterday clint and eric, friends from baton rouge, are presently visiting the terrell family. clint is a former youth intern and friend and eric is a former student and friend. this morning i was pretty pumped about getting to take them on part of the green circle trail. the green circle is 30 miles of trails that link a ton of parks together around the point area. pam, the boys, and i love riding on it. so i took eric and clint out to the plover river trail portion of the green circle. it didn’t turn out as fantastic as i had hoped. in fact all three of us had a pretty bad time.

i was going to fast into a turn at the bottom of a hill and my front tire slide out on me. i now have trail rash all over my right side and i learned why helmets are important. i smashed my head into the ground cracking my helmet in two spots on the right side. this actually scared me a little because while i have taken some solid hits in my life i have never hit my head hard enough to cause any problems. i had a few minutes of trouble visually focusing on things and then everything cleared out. clint was trained as an emt years ago so he checked me out and seemed to think i was ok. therefore we decided to finish the last 5 miles of the bike ride.

when we hit the half way point that is when clint and eric’s troubles began. clint began to feel sick and was sure that he needed to throw up. so he did. i didn’t know this about eric but he is a sympathetic puker. this means that when he hears or see someone else losing their lunch then he begins to feel the need to also throw up. so clint was on my right about 20’ away spewing chunks and eric was 20’ away on my left having the dry heaves. when they finished we hopped back on the bikes and started back to the car.

when we got to the car we headed to pam’s office to clean my wounds. i asked her if her office had any first aide supplies. she grabbed some small packages and said they were disinfectants. she ripped one open and started to clean my arm. that’s when incredible pain began to shoot through my body. turns out that my nice wife had wiped my arm with an alcohol hand cleaning wipe. she says she didn’t do it on purpose but i have questions about that. i think i must have done something wrong and she decided to pay me back.

we’re going on a canoe ride tomorrow. i hope it turns out better.

yesterday was a really good day. let me detail the wonderful things that happened:

• i spent the morning at emy j’s studying  the second chapter of james.
• i ended up meeting a couple of threads and having a great discussion.
• i took the boys to play a little disc golf and ended up finishing with a –1 for the course.
• i ran 8 miles in schmeeckle reserve and then rode another 8 miles home.
• pam cooked pinto bean soup for me – which makes me VERY happy
• i went with pam on her run for the day.
• i ended the day with a little fishing and caught a decent size smallie on a jitterbug – my favorite lure for fishing

all of this happened during a day that had wonderful weather. it was a good day. i like days like yesterday.