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I have loved computers since I was in high school in the late 1960’s.  I took a course on programming in Fortran IV and have never looked back.

Until I have to look back because they are crashing in front of me.  Back in the old days you could fix a program with just a few lines of code.  Much like fixing old cars. 

Nowadays we deal with myriad lines of code, and an expert is needed.  Or at least someone who will keep updating the program! 

My latest experience?  I’m using a free word processing software.  I’ve got the formatting of a 120 page document in front of me.  My computer is gaming compatible.  And the program crashes.  Not once, but multiple times.  At that point I take the advice of many computer technicians.  Reinstall the program.

That works better.  At least I can save a document.  But, the small changes I have made with each draft are not getting saved.  I have almost become paranoid.  What next?

My wife has taken the attitude that if a computer program is going to crash, Ron can make it happen.  I don’t think she’s far off!!

Just reading Carey Nieuwhof, one of those current Canadian entrepreneurs who is attached to the pastoral thing here in Canada.  He made a suggestion that might just need time to stick to and with me.  But the idea is something I have come to see in this subscription based age.

Why not have newcomers (and old-comers) become subscribers to the church?  Instead of asked for a tithe, they could subscribe a certain amount each month.  This could push them to be sacrificial in their giving or at least regular in their giving.  This wouldn’t preclude projects that would be above and beyond the subscription.

A thought . . .

Purpose in pen, paths in pencil.  Live with a whirlwind.  Love with no limit. 

Just some thoughts I have encountered these last few days.  And yes, there are specific examples in my mind, and probably in yours as well!

While we while our time away, I thought I would just share one of those once in a while times.  I was on a message board (old term, but still the same thing as “thread”, “bulletin board” and way too many other terms).  These were librarians who have a love for books and words.  So, here is a fun one on pun ones!

“It’s hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally.”