Trees Need Love Too

I have that feeling like my life is sinking away... and then I realize it's because I'm not even close to being done packing.

I saw the most incredible red winged blackbird sitting on a sign by the TN31 => TN41 interchange while driving in to work this morning. And of all the times to be running late AND not have a camera. God is good. His creation is incredible.

Speaking of creation, Brent (College pastor, NFCN.org) had one of the Vandy grad students give the lesson last night. He spoke about how we as Christians (at least here in the U.S.) compartmentalize life into the sacred and the secular, and therefore put certain issues such as the environment very low on the list of priorities. He explained a lot of the approaches that people take to mobilize about improving the environment/conservation in the church, and how very few of these methods will last, until people realize that their salvation is connected with how they treat the environment. It's not just about their soul, it's about redeeming everything around them from a lost and imperfect state. This includes the lost, fallen, poor, abused, and needy, as well as the polluted soil, rivers, and to bring up his favorite example, the scarlet beetle.

I am so grateful to my parents for having raised me to think this way already.

Denver Dancing

Found the name of the place I used to dance at out in Denver. I was talking to a guy at LBCB last night and he reminded me. It's the Mercury Cafe .

A Long Awaited Party...

A new journey in my life is about to begin. It was expected, but not in such a way. I can't help but think back to my first time reading J.R.R. Tolkien's starting chapters for "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," where this post title comes from. So let me get down to it.

Effective March 28th, I'm resigning my position at my current job with VCCH Inc., deploying and managing computer based business phone systems. On April 3rd, I'm hooking up a trailer and driving out to Denver, Colorado to take a position with Computronix USA starting on the 7th. I'll have temporary arrangements until I locate a place to rent.

The job story:
I'll be working with most of the same people from my internship in Denver three years ago. Following that internship, I returned to complete my senior year at TNU and graduate. We had set up plans for me to be hired back on with CX following graduation, but the position did not open up, so I worked at CompUSA until being laid off as that company closed. CX and I were in almost monthly contact about openings, the chance of me moving out there, and the possibility of taking an onsite position here in Nashville for a local contract. None of the deals worked out.


Two weeks ago, a friend of mine (actually, the one who had set me up with the internship to start with), called saying I should re-apply. I did so, and didn't think much of it at first. Then we had a phone interview, followed by a few days of waiting. I then received an offer and prayed about it while talking it over with several friends. It wasn't until I decided that I wanted to go that I started getting a lot of support, so I now feel a lot more settled about it than I did while I was trying to decide.

I handed my resignation in today, shortly after my boss announced that VCCH is going to be shutting down in about 6-8 weeks. How's that for God's timing? This would have been the third job I have been laid off of.

Well, apart from leaving my family, my friends, and my church, I'm really excited. I plan to get really involved in the swing dancing community out there, I'll be looking for a new climbing gym and climbing partners, I will be running a web server from my apartment/house for people looking for really cheap hosting, and I'll be looking to get involved with the Denver Linux Users Group, assuming there is one, and I'm fairly sure there is.

I'm going to cut this off for now, but I'll be in touch. Feel free to call me or write in the next couple of weeks. I can use all the support and encouragement. I am excited about the opportunities, but I'm also a little nervous about "starting over" in a new town.

God's best...

Trip Postponed

Dang, this weather came out of nowhere.

Life... or Lack Thereof

So, I have no life any more. I haven't really been climbing much, I did take third in a local comp up at Austin Peay. Julie, my climbing partner and I are heading down to Georgia tomorrow to "hang out" doing some repelling and ascending work in prep for a 600' vertical shaft down there we want to descend and ascend back out of over the summer.

Working 50-60 hours a week doesn't make much for a social life, or for time to exercise. I've also had a few requests to do freelance work I've turned down, but there is one I'm looking into. South Florida Nazarene District was looking for someone to schedule for updating their website weekly. My contact said there should be pay, but he wasn't sure how much. It also should only be once or twice a week after the site gets caught up, so we'll see.

I'm off to work again!