Current Readings

• Web Redesign 2.0 by Kelly Goto - I just got this book on Monday. I have enjoyed going through it so far. It is great to understand the process or to have an example of a process to follow. I bought this book because I have an idea for a redesign of GodSquad.com which is the website I have put more of myself into then any other. I want to make it better for those who use it.
  
  
• The Two Towers - This is my fourth reading of this book. I am reading it aloud to my wife before we go to sleep. I think I have said before how much I love the story and the books are so much better than the movies, though I also really enjoy watching them. I hope to have some time to watch the three of them soon. I started watching the Two Towers on Saturday.
  
  
• Heaven by Randy Alcorn - I like this book. I look forward to getting more and more into it. It sparks my imagination about what eternity is going to be like. Oh how I long to have the glory of God revealed in me. I look forward to work that is so much more of a joy because it is in the world God intended. I am looking forward to thinking differently and Biblically about the home that awaits me. I really like the song, Into the West from the Return of the King. I picture going home to be with my Father when I hear the words.
  

Change is in the Air

I have a strange relationship with change. I do not really like it. Especially when it is big. But I would consider myself a "change agent." I like to see change happen when it makes things better. I am a "modifier." I like to create but I need a place to start from. I can usually identify things that need to change and I like to suggest or come up with solutions to bring about that change.

Well, I am in a new role with Campus Crusade for Christ. I am the Internet Ministry Coordinator for the campus ministry. So instead of just thinking about some of the sites I have designed and develop, I am thinking larger in scope. Okay I was already thinking larger in scope before. Now I just feel like I might be in a position to do something about it.

It seems like the more projects I get involved in, I recognize there are bigger issues to address that involve change. We need to change the ways we do things. We need to collaborate better. We may even need to reorganize or at least blur the lines between teams more.

I have all these ideas and inklings of concepts. I am not sure what to do about them or who to talk them over with. There are other changes coming that I am not initiating.

I can't say I am happy about the changes ahead. I am uncomfortable with them right now. I don't know where they are going to lead. It is probably going to change the way I do my job as a Web developer. What is that going to mean to the skills I have acquired over the past 6 years? Will I be able to still use Dreamweaver (I really love this tool)? What about the books I have bought to learn new skills? Are they even worth pursuing right now? Will they become obsolete? Where will my niche be in the future? I have liked the niche I was in but God already changed that by bringing me into a new role in leadership.

I hope in the end that all this change will lead to things working better and dreams being able to be realized. I hope that it will lead to a new niche that I will really enjoy. I am sure it will because God is in control. He sees ahead. I just need to walk by faith.

Am I Crazy?

I got an email this morning from my team leader. He wanted to know if I knew about this Internet Ministry conference that is happening in Budapest, Hungary. I did find out and it yesterday. I had heard about it several months ago and it was suppose to happen in February.

I did not know many of the details before. As I looked it over, it was something I would be very interested in being a part of. But I would have to leave a week from Friday. I found out that my office would cover it. But the timing does not seem right. It would come in between taking a week off to work on fund raising for our ministry and taking a trip to Atlanta the second week of April for the same purpose. Plus my mom may be having surgery in April and I would like to be able to fly up and be with my family during that.

I can't believe that I even considered it. It would be fun to go to Budapest. I have several friends there that I would like to see and it is a special place. I still can't believe we are going to go this summer to Hungary. I thought that was crazy. How much more would this be?

I don't think that it is going to happen. But I am looking to God and He could change things. Am I living by faith by being open to possibilities or just being crazy.