Author: Steve

Another quiet day

I woke up early (5:15), but am now feeling much better. It was another quiet day today. Mike was off fishing with Josiah, Chris was at a sculpting course, and Sarah hid in her room until Chris came home. I spoke a long time with Mary-Anne on Skype.
The weather still isn’t what Mary-Anne thinks it should be!

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It looked a bit better this afternoon, but this evening saw heavy rain (Mike didn’t even want to go out to the car on the drive to get his mobile phone!) and a short thunderstorm.

Getting things done

Mike recommended David Allen’s book “Getting things done”, and has given me a copy to read. It’s not explicitly a spiritual book, but Mike knows many people who recommend the book as a help in getting things organised and priorities set. We’ll be working through it together in the coming weeks, and I’ll be recording my thoughts and experiences here, starting today.
The book says basically that existing methods of organizing our lives are no longer good enough, because of the changes in society, and particularly work, which have happened in the past decades. In order to be concentrated on what we are doing, we need to be sure that we’re not forgetting anything important to us. We need a system to help us with that. The book aims to help people develop such a system.
The basic requirements for such a system, the author claims, are: Continue reading “Getting things done”

Philippians 3:12

“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me“.

That is an interesting statement! For what did Christ Jesus take hold of us? The cross-reference in the NIV points to Acts 9; Paul’s conversion. There, Jesus says to Ananias “This man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel.” Ananias probably told Paul that. Do we know why Christ Jesus took hold of us? We often tend to think that it is so that we can have eternal life and our relationship to our Father be restored. However, that is what Christ did for us, not something which we must “press on to take hold of”, except in the sense that we must “finish the race”. Finding out what it is in my life is part of what I’m trying to do here in Colorado.
What is it in your life?

Still not well

It’s now my second full day here, and I’m still feeling the effects of my cold and the jetlag.
Yesterday was both frustrating and interesting. Frustrating because, as Mary-Anne already wrote, my notebook turned out to be very unreliable. I have managed to order the replacement part for the other notebook, though, so things should improve next week.
Mike is off fishing with his son today and tomorrow – they invited me to go along, but the way I’m feeling now, that would not be a good idea. Continue reading “Still not well”

Jetlag!

Well, the jetlag hit. Despite holding out as long as I could last night, I woke up at 3:30 am. It’s now 6:30, and I have already translated the Friday Fax and tested Skype, which doesn’t seem to work well on my Windows 98 notebook yet. I’m not finished trying, though!

Arrived in Colorado

So, here I am in Colorado. Leaving my wife behind this morning was difficult – even more so than I expected. The journey itself was uneventful. Mike collected me from the airport, and I am now sitting in a wonderful room in his house, where I will stay for the coming weeks. He has quite a programme lined up for me! More on that tomorrow, though, because it is now way too late.