What's the 411

In my constant struggle to "save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off" I went on a search today for the perfect way to look up a phone number. The first thing I thought of was the phone book, but these are hard to find while driving. I also thought of just dialing 411 on my cell phone but that costs almost $2. I narrowed it down to 3 choices and decided to find out which was the best. I tested it by trying to find the number to Old Navy in Fayetteville. Here they are.

1. Call a friend and talk them into looking it up online.
I called my friend Josh and asked him to look up the number. Turns out he was actually home so he looked it up. This took 2 Minutes and 2 seconds. The only cost was having to make small talk. But I ended up with the number to the Rogers store.

2. 1800-free 411
This is like the regular 411 service except you have to listen to an ad before they give you the number. it took 1 minute and 42 seconds. I did have to make a call to Brian to get this number but I didn't count that time.

3. Text message google
This was the coolest and quickest solution. I wrote a text message with the text "old navy fayetteville ar" and texted it to the number "googl" which if you work out the numbers is 46645. A few seconds latter they texted me back the address and phone number. Even with my slow text messaging skills, this only took 1 minute and 35 seconds.


Tim

Garage cleaning and 2nd Seeyabye Contest

Since I won my last contest I decided to have another contest that I can not participate in.

Genessa and I cleaned our garage this weekend and last weekend. Here are some pictures. See if you can find the Items listed below. The person who first identifies the most items' locations and post a comment regarding the items whereabouts wins.

What do you win? A big Blue inflatable ball.

Here are the items:
15' long Concrete Vibrator
Crow-bar
Unicycle
Giant Checker board set. (the kind that is basically a rug)
Chainsaw
Pencil Sharpener
Dutch ovens
Blender
Scotts #2 Hand Spreader
Fly Swatter
Flashlight

Bonus: Any Item listed in my car cleaning blog (worth two points per listing) Hint: See my July Archives
Lets see some contests on your blogs.

Shine on,
Tim and Genessa

Free stuff

A lot of people say I don't post enough. so I decided to post with some stuff I am trying to give away. If you have an interest call me at 530-6440. But hurry, I am trying to get rid of them today.

SORRY CHEST OF DRAWERS ALREADY TAKEN


Sorry Sewing Machine Gone
1 sewing machine with some kind of monogram attachments. This came out of one of those desk sewing machines. WORKS

Both are free pick up today in east Springdale.

What will they say about me

I met a guy last Wednesday while our College group was volunteering at LifeSource in Fayetteville. While we were arranging tables for a garage sale, we were talking about people we both knew and places we had both been.

Sign Post: Side thought
I am a NWA Native, and as a Native Arkansas, I have connections that people who have just moved here don't have. Like I can show you were I went to School at, I can look at a building and say "I remember when...". Priceless stuff, But one of my favorite things to talk about when it comes to my NWA heritage is my grandpa. I call him Papa most people spell it Papaw but I was never good at that stuff.

Papa is a great man, he loves people like no one else.
He just turned 81 and is still volunteering at St. Mary's Hospital as a Chaplin. In his younger days, He was the pastor of First Baptist Church, Rogers, AR and after that he was the very first "Chicken Chaplin" at Hudson Foods (now owned by Tysons) where he was able to work with and care for the working class whom he has a passion for.

Papa once told me this and I tell everyone I can.
"Get all the education you can get, forget half of it, and LOVE PEOPLE".

Sign Post:Back to the story
As we were talking, he asked me my last name and he asked me if I was related to Dean Newberry, I of course said I was. He began to tell me how my Papa is a great man. I asked more about how he had met him and he said this:

"I was taking a class at the U of A and in my marketing class for some project I went to Hudson foods and while I was there I met him."

That was it. He met him for just a couple of minutes and 20 years later he remembers him and says good things about him.

I love my Papa and I hope that I can love people as much as he does. And then someday I will be able to make a positive impact on someone just by meeting them. Can you imagine.

Shine on,
Tim

Need for self disclosure

So here are the facts.

I added a counter to my blog to see how many people have visited it, well will visit it. And to make myself feel better, I started it at 7000. It just feels better than zero.

I now have the following accounts:

Myspace
xanga
facebook

Although I just use them to add comments, don't try and find me and "poke me" (I think that is face book I was afraid to try it) because I can hardly remember my user names and passwords much less check for messages.

Sorry for the long Blogs I am against long blogs but somehow sometimes you have to share, even though no one will read it because it is too long.

Shine on,
Tim

More challenging stuff and some fun videos

There are a number of organizations that help build wells in Africa. My favorite is www.bloodwatermission.com here are some stats on how our money can help them build wells. You wont believe how much it costs to change someones life.

For $1 you can provide one year of clean water for one African.

For $7 you can provide a lifetime of clean water for one African

For $3000 you can provide enough money to build a well and provide clean water to an entire community including Hospitals and Schools.

Can you believe that. $1 can provide water for one African for a year. I spend more than that to buy one bottle of water.

I love this because it is a very reachable goal. The 20 billion goal from the last post seamed unreachable and most people would just say "well the rich are going to have to do this". Or we might pray, "Dear Baby Jesus", help the people in Africa get clean water. Well I have good news for us as well as Africa, God has a plan. That's right God has a plan to end this water problem.

It is us, we are the plan, there is no plan B, we are the plan. We are it. If he wanted to he could provide clean springs or water from rocks, but that is not his plan. He desperately wants to use you and me to impact the world. We should be honored that God has trusted his resources with us so that we can use them for his good.

Here are some more figures.

In 1970 the United nations set a target for all developed nations that would make a huge dent in the amount of aid available to issues like water. They suggested that governments give 0.7% of what they make each year. not much, huh? Sadly, virtually all members of the united nations are a long way from that target. - from a book called God's Gravity by Craig Borlase.

Genessa and I have been challenged by this number. 0.7% we would probably never notice two or three times that much if it were missing from our budget. So we have taken this number literally and we are going to set aside money every week to help provide water in Africa.

And for those of you who really know Genessa and I when God asks for something from us we do it and not only that, but we always go the extra 3/10th's of a percent (that was a math joke). So we are going to give 1% to this type of cause.

If you make $700 a month, every month you would give $7, which would translate to a lifetime of water for someone. Wouldn't it be great to know that you changed someones life.

Here is my next big idea. we have all seen the Wendy's commercials were the guy is getting his car fixed and the mechanic says, "that will be 300 frostys". They translate dollars to their dollar menu. $1 = biggie fries or $1 = 5 crispy chicken nuggets.

So what if we started talking in terms of water for Africa. "coke= 2 years of water for an African", or "ipod= 230 years of water for an African" or my new "cell phone=79 years of water for an African - 50 years of water for an African mail-in rebate= 29 years of water for an African"

Would this change the way we think about the things we "have to have". Or perhaps it would help us to be more considerate of others and that we must use our resources because they are a gift from God.

So the big idea. I need all you influential people who read my blog to help me with this. What if we could get McDonald's and other fast food company's to add a "$1 year of water for an African" to their value menu. I believe that there are a number of people who would get on board for this type of thing. It only cost one dollar and they can make a difference. Plus it is readily available, you can donate on your lunch brake, or on your way to pick up the kids from school.

Additional ideas might be a retailer like Walmart having a special section for products that will agree to donate $1 for every product purchased. Company's like Phillips electronics could make some fancy electronic candles and when we buy them they provide water for Africa. I know I would spend my time in that section of Walmart to buy my Christmas gifts if given the option.

And for those of you who think Josh and I went on the spiritual trip soley full of learning, praying and Fasting. A meca of sorts check out these two videos the first is our world record attempt of the most people in a Pillow Fight (some 10,000 people). The second video is of the national dogball champions (who are also youth ministers) taking on a crowd of 10,000 with little red rubber balls.

$7 that is all it takes to change a life.

Shine on,
Tim

God Bless America

I find it difficult to make short posts on these things that I am becoming more and more passionate about. Sorry.

These Ideas are more thoughts from Catalyst as well as from a video by Rob Bell called Rich.

When you hear the phrase God Bless America, what do you think? Do you think yes, please Lord bless us, help us to be able to find food tomorrow, help us not to get sick for the water we drink and help my kids not to be killed on the way to school.

Maybe that was a bit extreme, but hasn't God already blessed America? In the bible when God blessed people it was so that they could bless others and give some of it away. I think we are long overdue to give. Here are some statistics (according to Rob Bell) about how rich we in America are.

"America is 6% of the worlds population and yet we consume more than 40% of the world's resources."

"Only 8% of the people in the world have a car" When was the last time that you knew someone who had no car at all. We have three.

How much change do you have in your pocket, I had $0.52 not counting the bills in my wallet. "1 billion people in the world live on less than $1 a day"

"800 Million people won't eat today" I just had a rice crispy treat and when I run out, I will just go to Walmart and get more.

Here is the thing that I really wanted to talk about. "1 billion people in the world have no access to clean water". We take this for granted, if there were a more severe level of taking something for granted I think water would be in that level.

The thing that I keep thinking about are the people in parts of Africa where water is so scarce and disease specifically AIDS run wild. People have the choice of walking around 10 miles to get clean water or drinking out of a mud puddle, or a river that is also the town sewer. This only further helps the spread of disease.

"Experts say that it would cost 20 Billion dollars to provide food and nutrition to all of the hurting people around the world, This is the same amount that Americans spend on ice cream every year"

So what do you think, Has God Blessed America? And if so, what are we going to do about it?

I have probably raised more questions than answers here. My next post will highlight what we each can do to help.

Shine on,
Tim

Lighthouses in the Light

As I try and wrap my mind around some of the things that I learned or that impacted me at Catalyst, I always come back to this one idea. It is a quote from Rob Bell, in one of the Catalyst podcasts.

from memory
"If a church were to be instantly removed from their community, would anyone outside of the church morn (or miss) the church"

The idea is that churches are not reaching out enough to their community, and I also take that to mean the world. If we have no impact on the people around us then it suddenly becomes about us and not what we are called to do which is GO.

Donald Miller put it like this. "He said we are like lighthouses in the light." nobody looks for a lighthouse in the light, nor could anyone find one unless they were on some kind of tour of lighthouses. We are called to be lighthouses in the dark were people are hurting and need a savior.

Sure a couple of people will come to a church because they need it, but the rest of the culture thinks that churches hate them and they receive more love from the drug dealers and bars.

I am not saying that we need to be handing out bibles in bars and the like, but we do need to be loving on these people. Without somekind of relationship, our evangalism is useless.

What does all this mean to me? Genessa and I are going to be doing some very specific things with some of our money to make a global impact (be looking for this blog). As leaders at Keypoint we have the opportunity to change the way NWA feels about churches and Jesus. We are going to begin to develop ideas to reach out to the people of NWA.

Yesterday when I was talking with the staff at KPC about Catalyst and this idea. It sounded great. All we had to do was decide that we wanted to do it and the rest would be down hill. Today it sounds hard, real hard, maybe a lonely road, hard to measure success and draining. But it is also what we feel called to do, I don't want to be anywhere other than where God has called me to be.

Shine on,
Tim

Sleepless in Springdale

So....some of you may also have been wondering how I am getting along in my first time ever sleeping away from my husband. Well, I guess just the fact that I am blogging must say something about the time on my hands.

So, I just have one question .....Ladies, why is it that when our husbands are gone we can't seem to get any sleep? I mean, its just sleeping....right? When he is here it's not like I wake up 8 times and make sure that he is still there. So, why is it any different when he's gone? It's more like I am waking up to make sure that he hasn't magically reappeared while I was sleeping. Just wondering what you think.

One other interesting and pleasant thing I discovered is that I have not talked to my husband on the phone for more than 15 minutes or so at a time since before we were married. So, it was really nice to talk to him on the phone and have him tell me about his entire day. It kind of felt like dating again!

One more point...I noticed that if I lived alone, my house would always be clean and the bed would always be made! However.........I would never have any fun and I would be a REALLY boring person. My husband is my motivator as well as my best friend!

So, what I am trying to say is......3 nights is way too many for the first time and I am ready for him to come home.

Jesus Loves Porn Stars?

Say what.

Catalyst is over and my notebook is full of wonderfull ideas to impact our church, community and the world for the Kingdom. I plan on posting some of my thoughts and ideas but I first want to gather my thoughts and let them brew like a fine glass of tea.

So for now I will focus on the more controversial issues.

There is a ministry that I have heard about called xxxChurch.com these guys have a ministry focused on two things, ministering to the porn industry and helping people shake the addiction of porn.

They literally go to porn shows and set up a table and talk with people in the industry. Recently they started passing out Bibles with the logo "Jesus loves porn stars". They are able to go into a mission field that most people wouldn't even think about going into. By the way they all take their wife's with them when they go to the porn shows.

here is a story about a guy they helped get out of the porn industry.

Donny's Week #1

Donny posted this on his blog...Check it out! It's now been almost a week since I've given up porn to surrender my life to God again. And what a week it's been. Several people have been supportive. Others... not so...
+ READ THE FULL STORY...

Another thing that these guys are doing is helping people like you and me from being tempted to visit porn sites. They do this with accountability software. The way it works is you set up someone as your accountability partner and any questionable websites that you view are sent in an email to the person you set up as your accountability partner.

I first heard of this idea at promise keepers. I thought it was a great idea but it cost $20 for every copy so you and your A. Partner would have to shell out $20 each. That is to much, if they wanted to really help people and not make a buck, they would give it away.

Which is what these guys did.

In fact, last year at Catalyst they gave out over 9,000 copies of their accountability software. Sadly, less than 100 people actually installed the software. According to xxxchurch, around 50% of pastors admit to viewing porn in the last year. This is a problem and I think they have a good solution.

I am going to install the software on my computer and encourage each of you to do the same it is free at www.x3watch.com and is available for both mac and pc.

Let me know what you think.

Sorry for the long blog.

I just realized that the blogger spell checker doesn't recognise the word "blog".

I challenge anyone to use the word "porn" more times on your blog than I have here. (11 not counting the picture)

Shine on,

What canal???

Okay, some of you may be wondering what it is like to have a root canal. Actually, most likely you aren't. However, since I have now experienced one I figure that I will share.

So, if you think that getting drugged up, holding your mouth open for two hours while a strange man places a "rubber dam" over your mouth and sticks 6 different sized drills in your mouth to grind away at the only part of your tooth that actually has feeling, Then root canals are for you! By the way, I definitely recommend valium for such an experience! Here is a link that gives an account of the typical root canal. Warning...it has pictures!

http://www.healthyteeth.org/cavities/rc_2.html

I don't know any catchy titles with Atlanta in them

In just a couple of hours I am leaving to go to Atlanta, GA. Josh and I are going to be going to the Cataylst Conference on Thursday and Friday. I am very excited about the conference this year. It is for leaders of churches. speakers include but not limited to:













It is going to be great.

In addition to the conference, we are going to visit the coca-cola world. Apparently Coke was first served in a soda shop kinda place in Atlanta. there is also a whitte castle in the world of coke, I have always wanted to try white castle.

We are going to go to Mellow Mushroom pizza, which is suppost to be a really good pizza place.

Josh is always raving about Chipotle so I assume we will be making a trip. It is some kind of burrito place kind of like Moe's "welcome to moe's".

This may not be a good time to mention that I am trying to loose a little weight. Or at least try not to gain anymore than I have in my resent sedentary lifestyle.

Here is my call to action. If you know of something worth doing (especially if it doesn't involve eating) let me know. I will try and check my blog here and there. But if it is an uber sweet idea you may need to e-mailme about it.

Shine on,
Tim

A new mall?

So most you probably know that NWA will soon have a new mall. I got curious about what new stores would be coming to the area. I wasn't impressed, I would say at least 75% of the stores can be found at the NWA mall and some being found at the mall formally know as the Dixieland mall "smaller mall with the big surprises, Dixieland mall". Just so everyone knows the big surprise at the Dixieland mall is that no one goes there. Check out the store list HERE.

The new mall is also an outdoor mall, which is supposed to be cool, but I bet most of this winter it is going to be cold and the summer will likely bring scorching heat which makes me not want to walk around especially carrying bags.

My thought on weather is that right now it would be nice to walk around outdoors and shop but a month ago I would be at the NWA Mall. I would also say a month or two from now It will be too cold most of the time to be walking around outside. Who wants to get there picture taken with Santa wearing your big think coat and gloves.

All that said, I plan on braving the crowd sometime during the first weekend they are open to check it out and see if my thought about the mall are true or not. The mall opens Oct. 4th.

So what do you think.
Any stores that look worthy of a trip?
Indoor or outdoor?
Will you make the trip the first weekend?
Will this be the end of the phrase Mall Walker?
Will the traffic ever be the same?
Will this be the end of the frisco station mall?

So many questions.

Shine on,
Tim

Free Stuff and the First Seeyabye Contest

I am a sucker for free stuff and here is my latest outlet.

It is a website that you can post things that you want to give away. For example, dogs, underwear, satellite dishes, coffee mugs, box of washers you know just the stuff you have that you don't want, but people like me do.

Once the items are posted people email you and you arrange for them to pick them up or for delivery.

You can also post things that you want. For example, waterbed plug, plus size women's clothing, child jumping seat, you know all the things that you need but are to cheap to buy.

You can manage the list in a couple of different ways:

Email, they email you once a day all the new posts

Manually, you go to the website every ten minutes to see if there is something you want

RSS feed, this is for the nerds. You can use a program like Bloglines to monitor the feed and it lets you know when there is something new.

It is called NWA Freecycle

You may be able to find a local Freecycle if you don't live in the NWA area by going to freecycle.org

Here is my contest, the first person to actually get something for free from this website wins a 24" blue toy ball with air already in it. Just so you know I am playing as well.

Shine on,
Tim

Goals and Such...

I decided to add to the descussion of goals. some of which can be found on Allen's Blog.

These are in no particular order and may or maynot refelct the views of my spouse.

Read at least one book a month
Be dilligent about paying off debt
Love my wife more and more
Be the best husband there is
Love God and know God more
Encourage people more
Find an interior for our bus
Learn to play the harmonica
learn my scales on the guitar and now harmonica
Spend, no, invest time into my marrage in the spirt of Family U


These are some lifetime goals.

Grow a santaclause beard... Read the debate here
Stay in a hotel with a heart shapped bathtub

Thats about all I can muster up right now, I guess that is why you should write them down. I do have some goals that Genessa and I wrote down, but I don't have that with me.

Shine on,
Tim

You know you can blog when...

You post your blog from an email just because you can.

This allows you more freedom especially when traviling or at work and you want to look professional.

For those of you blogger.com folks you can figure out how to do it here.

Also, If you know Jeff Brown, he has a new blog check it out here.

Looks good if you ask me.

Shine on,
Tim

To blog or Not to blog

A couple of people have told us that we have not been posting enough here lately. What is a guy to do. If I post without having the perfect topic you are forced to read what ever comes to mind.

So here it goes. The VW show is in Eureka Springs this weekend. And then we are having a staff retreat for Keypoint Church on beaver lake. I just remembered the reason I got on the computer was to get directions but now I am blogging. We still have yet to name our bus, we kind of tried out the name Wendy the other day. someone suggested that we name it after the previous owner which in this case would be Eli, and I really consider our bus more of a female. We are still open to ideas for names. Anyone ever tried the energy drink Monster I am hooked, I had one on Sunday on the way to church, we get to church at 7:30 which is early for me. late for genessa. It had me feeling like a million bucks.

I have been sick some this week and I felt more like $0.50 not the rapper just the plan old $0.50 that wont buy you a coke nor a candy bar. So I tried to compensate with an energy drink it had me upto maybe $1.25.

I am trying to add more hyperlinks to my blogs so that people will know what I talking about when I reference say the urban dictionary, where you can go to find out if a word you are using is of questionable nature. or where you can find out what emo means.

Thats about all that is on my mind right now.

Online Groceries?

Amazon has begun to offer online groceries. Right now you can only get non-perishable items but they are desperate for customers so they are offering good deals. I saw that they are offering $10 off of $50 order. Shipping is free, so it is hard to beat. They don't have a huge selection yet but if I can spend just a few less minutes at the grocery store it would be worth it.

I hope to check it out next time we need groceries.

Go there now

Shine on,
Tim

Hows your finger

Some people have been asking me "hows your finger". If thats not you, you may not want to look at the picture below. If that is you here is what it looked like tonight.

Genessa's wound is healing as well. She didn't want me to put pictures on the internet though.

Shine on,
Tim

Still looking for a name...

Well we finally found her. The perfect bus for us. Well...almost. She will be after a little tender loving care. Here is a picture of her on her first camping trip. Isn't she a beauty? Of course the trip wasn't exactly all that we had hoped. The bus never wavered once.

However, after one dog bite, one episode of unconsciousness, a gash in the head, a little first aid, and a quick trip to the doctor......our trip was cut a tad short.

But nonetheless we love the new bus! Now we just need to name her. Any suggestions? Of course, the names Ava, Olivia, and Iris have already been reserved by Allen and Keisha. So, let the naming begin!

Shine on.
Tim and Genessa

Bus of the Day

Here is my latest mind occupier.

http://fayar.craigslist.org/car/185287297.html

Allen found this one for me

And for the techies in the crowd, a random internet thought.

I was told some time ago that I needed to fire internet explorer and start using something called Godzilla. So that's what I have done then I was told that I need to use more "tabs" and less "windows". Well At this point I have done the first but not the second. So now I have multiplied the number of windows open at a time. Right now I have ten windows and a couple of them have tabs, but I can never remember which one is my email so I have to root around till I find it. I miss IE.

Shine on,
Tim

We're looking for a bus

I think most of the people who read our blog know that we are looking for a VW bus, but for those of you who didn't, now you know.

Here is our ideal bus. It would be a 67 or older, a camper and it would have the potential to be a nice bus someday when we win the loto, so we can fix it up.

We might be happy with a newer bus that is a camper, but for now, We are looking for a 67 or older.

Here is the latest bus that we are looking at.

http://www.wayoutsalvage.com/sale/

I see great potential. Don't be supprised if we change the bus that we are excited about, I think I went through 3 just yesterday.

Shine on,
Tim and Genessa

Net Neutrality

Just in case some of you still do not understand "net neutrality" issue that Josh brought up here is another video designed to help the average ninja understand net neutrality.

Tim

Who the heck gets up that early!

Okay, so Tim says that I "need" to post on the blog. I guess that if my name is going to be on here I should write something every once in awhile. So, here you go. I am officially "coblogging".

One of the things that largely defines me (and my mood in particular) is the fact that I get up at 4:15am five days a week. This might sound extremely early to those of you that "sleep in" until 6:30am. You may wonder...How exactly is it possible to function at this time in the morning. The truth is, it really isn't. In fact, I am not even sure that my voice actually works at 4:15am, since my husband is incapable of opening his eyes, let alone talking that early. Not even the dogs will get up with me, our schnauzer chocho just lifts his head slightly when I get out of bed and gives me an "are you out of your mind" look.

Moral of the story: Getting out of bed at 4:15 am could be hazardous to your health. It should only be done when absolutely necessary and is not recommended for daily use.

Books I am Reading

I am developing myself as a well read person. Why you might ask, I would have to say for a number of reasons.

1. The average millionaire reads a book a month. So I have read like 6 or seven books in the last month or so which is a lot more moneys worth.

2. To make myself a better person.

3. Because I have never been able to do it before.

4. Despite hating school, I do like to learn stuff.

My medium of choice

I do not have the patients or attention span to sit down and read a book in the traditional ways. In fact, I will be lucky if I proof read this blog before submitting it.

My solution has been to read audio books. I have subscribed to a audio book club called Simply Audio Books . It is great, it costs $15 a month and it works kind of like netflix. I have a list of books that I want to read and they send it to me in the order (providing the selection is available). When I am done with the books I send them back and they send me the next one. If anyone is interested let me know because I get an upgrade on my account if I can get a referral.

By the way, I still call listening to audio books reading. It makes me feel smarter.

Here is the list.

Raving fans- a book about how having satisfied customers is not enough. The author challenges us to create raving fans who will tell their friends and support what you do.












Every man's marriage- a book about marriage and how to treat your wife. It talks about the desires of a woman and how as a husband we need to try and fulfill these needs.












Making small groups work- I have technically only read half of this book. It talks about how churches use small groups. It is a great book but is kind of long.













Unleashing the ideavirus- book by Seth Godin talking about viral marketing. Good book, gives guidance on how you can create a buzz about your product or service that will be conducive to viral marketing. This gave me the final inspiration to start our video podcast. Coming in Aug/sep.









The proper care and feeding of a husband- ok, I haven't read this one but my wife has. It is a horrible title for a good book. No woman wants to read a book with this title. It talks about how men have needs, needs to feel important and loved. The book talks about how if a woman provides these needs to her husband he will treat her better and as a result be a better husband. Or at least that's what I got out of it, having not read all of it.








Jesus CEO- This is a book about leadership and how Jesus was one of the best leaders. One of the points I can remember is how Jesus picked a really good team, the 12 disciples. And how he was able to communicate vision to the point that after he was gone, the 12 were able to carry on the vision.










Trump: Think like a billionaire- This book is about what the Donald thinks it takes to become extremely successful. He talks about characteristics of a billionaire. He also spends a fair amount of time talking about the apprentice show. Which if you have seen the show is pretty neat. A good book overall.











The Velvet Elvis- I am reading this book right now. It is by Rob Bell. It is about a new way of thinking about Christianity. Maybe more specifically about how we think about our faith has to keep changing. My understanding is that God is not changing but the way that we relate to God does change as our culture changes. I think this book asks more questions than I care to read. But maybe I will change my mind when I am done with it.







Simply strategic stuff- This is the first of three books in this series. It is an actual Book because it is not available as an audio book. I like this book because it has short chapters and you can apply what you learned. It is about church leadership. These guys also have a great podcast called the Simply Strategic Show. Great stuff.







that's my list. I think I have successfully read more books this month than I have in my whole life. Kinda sad but true. I was never much of a reader so to be able to listed to a book on my commute to work is perfect for me. Find something that works for you.

Shine on,
Tim

Annual Car Cleaning

Today my wife and I decided it was time to clean out my car. I thought this as a worthy event to blog. You may be wondering why, if so you have never seen my car. It is a filthy mess to say the least.

As we cleaned my car I documented some of the things that we found. The list goes like this:

8- rolls of paper towels
3- pairs of shoes
1- large bottle of hand soap
1- 4' florescent light
1- backpack
4- rugs
1- guitar stand
4- bicycle water bottles
150- Christmas light clips
2- pairs of winter gloves
1- metal detector
1- caulk gun
2- phone books
1- extension cord
2- lunch boxes
6- Tupperware containers
1- Tupperware container with moldy mashed tators
1- 2006 calendar
1- wedding invitation
1- Xbox wireless controller receiver
10- paper cups/bottled drinks
1- digital camera box
2- books
1- box concrete screws
2- quarts ammonia
1- ice cream maker
2- empty Go-gert packages
3- empty Capri-sun packages
2- concrete countertop samples
9- wood clamps
2- cargo straps
1- climbers chalk bag and ATC
1- battery powered ice cream scoop
1- box Delta faucet parts
2- bags concrete tint
1- sponge
1- can shellac
1- plywood carrier
1- 50' irrigation tube
1- trowel
1- feather board
8- coupon books
1- luggage strap
1- bike pump
4- insulated coffee cups

So I am a messy person.

Turns out the last time I completely cleaned my car was last August. So I almost made it a full calendar year.

It only took us 2.5 hours to get it clean but I think it will be worth it.

Check out some pictures below.

Shine on,

Tim and Genessa

Who we are

newberry family pic
Originally uploaded by seeyabye.

Or at least what we look like.

Shine on,
Tim and Genessa

I'm blogging

For all of you who want to know my secret to blogging, it is to let the templates do all the work.

Stay tuned to see if I can come up with any thing people might want to read.

Shine on,
Tim