It's been a long time...

... since I've written a sermon, that is. Much longer than I would have liked. Well, since I could pretty much pick any scripture I wanted, I used a very scientific method of selection-I picked the lectionary for my birthday. :) I guess it's a good thing it's on a Sunday this year, huh? I'll let you know how it goes next weekend.

In other news, L took to her big girl bed like a fish to water. She loves to bounce, and the cat thinks we put it in there just for him to take naps. I thought it would make her small room seem crowded, but because it isn't as tall as the crib, it actually makes it feel a little bigger.

We're gonna take her to the pool this afternoon. It's been in the hundreds the last week and doesn't look to cool off anytime soon. Our county happens to have a fabulous water park/pool and it just happens to be about a mile from our house. Since it's only about $5 a person to get in, it sure beats the Way-Overpriced-National-Chain-Waterpark. Plus, it's way closer. It's supposed to stay a little overcast today, so it'll be "cooler," only in the mid-90's.

the digital age

So today my plan is to record old (some are very old) sermon tapes into a digital format so I have an easily accessible way to make CD's to send to churches who might, or might not, think it impressive that I did not send them cassette tapes to listen to. Videos are out since not a single church I've preached in has a camcorder, nor do I myself. ...Well, my digital camera takes about 60 seconds of video at a time, but that obviously won't do.
I have this fancy setup so I can either 1) record the cassettes from the stereo onto my hard drive, or 2) re-record from a microphone onto the harddrive. I gave myself option #2 because I don't know how good the quality of some of those older cassettes is going to be. I think it's pretty cool, but then, I'm easily impressed by technology. P has offered to take L out for the afternoon in case I need the quiet to re-record any of them. (Is that cheating since I'm not preaching in front of a congregation? Somehow it seems strange to send out a sermon I preached to my reflection. On the other hand, I did preach it at least once to a congregation. Maybe that's what counts.)
Either way, I think it's really cool that I'll have voice recordings of my sermons on my computer.