So back in the day I had a youth group leader named Jamie…he introduced me to a amazing preacher guy named John Piper…Piper turned me on to a theologian stud named Jonathan Edwards. Edwards was hardcore and had a running list of some 70 resolutions.  I mentioned some of the resolutions in the article I wrote for Relevant, but here is the extended list with a little explanation if necessary.
Resolutions
“For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” –Phil 1:21
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links for 2006-01-23

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MacDevCenter.com: Getting the Video out of Your New iPod–for Cheap!
(tags: iPod video howto)

Josh Highland’s Blog / Journal / Whatever
Model MK2004GAL
(tags: ipod howto repair harddrive)

I was browsing through my New Man magazine, courtesy of my dad, and came across an interesting movie advertisement. End of The Spear is a new movie about Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, and three others and their families contact with the Waodani Tribe in Ecuador. In high school, I was a fan of Jim Elliot, having been quite inspired by his memiors, Shadow of the Almighty. Though, I do think their intentions where good, I’ve started to question the way their mission was carried out.
What struck me …

2005 was an exciting year in my writing career. I started off with the ambitions of being a regular writer for my school newspaper, The Wheaton Record, and I finished the year having written multiple articles for a national publication (website). Let me give you a rundown.
In January 2005 I wrote a piece for The Wheaton Record concerning the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. In February, after much thoughtful dialogue with friends at Wheaton and online, I wrote a piece entitled, What Would it Take, looking …

This Festival of Lights has come and gone without me lighting the Menorah even once. Being all by my Jewish self has caused my desire for hording candles to overcome tradition. I guess I should bring out the Jew in me and have a small fire in my living room tonight.
So, I caught wind of a handful of email forwards before the holidays; The “Taking the Christ out of Christmas” type stuff. I didn’t pay much attention to it all, at least not before Christmas had come and …

PPT Slide
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A Reading guide for the Tipping Point
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PostSecret
(tags: Blogs secret)

Technorati: Popular Blogs
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keepgoing.org :: Winter 2005
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ad free blog *saying no to corporate advertising*
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jeff pitcher ::: mp3s
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Million Dollar Experiment
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I use the amazing and wonderful software called Performancing to blog at Trying to Follow.  It’s a sweet Firefox extension, but it lacks the ability to add keyword tags for my Ultimate Tag Warrior Wordpress Plugin.
The question is whether going back and tagging my post at the end of the day is a bad thing?  I personally don’t see it as being a big deal.  Tags are important for giving people the ability to find older post you’ve written about a similar topic.  The problem comes only for those who …

The other day I saw a little girl riding in this

UPDATED: Now with Pictures
It’s the wee hours of 2006 and I thought this would be a good time to reflect just a little on where I’ve come in a year. A lot has happened.
This time last year Mindy and I still weren’t sure where we would be in the fall. She had only applied to Vanderbilt and was still waiting to hear back before applications for other schools where due. Mid-January she received her letter of acceptance, and shortly there after we got word of the financial …

Funny how I sort of ripped on New Years resolutions and now I’m hard at work writing them.  I’ve been working on this stuff all week and just trying to make my goals more reachable.  That said here are some ideas for my weekly goals.
Weekly Goal Ideas

Make one new receipe, or at least a fairly new one, or at least one that takes more then two ingredients.
Memorize one Bible verse or passage.
Read a book for 1 hour and 45 minutes (15 minutes a day).
Podcast (with Zach or on my own)
Post …