July 28, 2008 - 18:28
This article from the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel Website talks about the Archdiocese of Milwaukee getting it's first Married Priest. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=776571 I read the article and find it disturbing. Why is ok for someone who is a married Minister in another faith to decide to convert to Catholicism and they can be ordained as a priest but that anyone is Catholic already can only become a priest if they decide to pursue that avenue before getting married? Even Deacons can only be married if they were married before they became a Deacon. Let me clarify my point here. I don't have a problem with this married priest coming to our diocese. I think that the entire restriction from having married priests is wrong. In the article they explain how this is allowed and in it they quote Pope Paul as saying that celibacy is not required by the nature of the priesthood. It is a redical sign of commitment but it is not essential. So if one Pope in the past has said that it is not a requirement then why is the Catholic Church so against allowing this when it would probably help our priest shortage around the world?
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July 26, 2008 - 18:07
Well I am busy next weekend and the weekend after is the 3 Day so this was the last opportunity to get out and do a nice long walk. I got up early Saturday and it the road at 6:30 intending to do 20 miles. I ended up running out of time due to some family things that needed to get done and ended up with 19 instead. I was pretty tired at the end but was still mobile. I think that I am going to be much better prepared for this year and am really looking forward to Chicago.
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July 26, 2008 - 09:12
Pit stop 2
Originally uploaded by ocnetgeek
A nice view of the cudahy water tower from stop 2 at the corner of packard and somers. Mile 8
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July 25, 2008 - 18:07
Some time ago I wrote that I was looking at making a switch and I just wanted to follow up to note that I did indeed make the switch this time. I have been using a Macbook as my primary workstation for over a month now and I really like it. I am still figuring out how to do many things on OS-X but I find it to be a very usable and powerful OS that I am enjoying getting to know. The Macbook is a much nicer laptop than any Windows laptop that I have ever used in the past. One of the things that I was a little apprehensive about was my Calendar and contacts since I had previously used my Windows Smartphone to Sync my Home and Work Outlook Accounts so that I had my Calendar with me all the time. I found a nice little utility for the Mac that talks to my Windows Smartphone and lets me sync it with Ical and Address book on the Mac.
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July 20, 2008 - 18:42
Well my walk today was short because I was already tired from spending the day at Six Flags with the Family. The sun and heat take their toll. It was good training being there though since it forced me to spend time out in the Sun and heat. After we got home from there I took a short 5 mile walk to get some more miles in.
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July 19, 2008 - 16:44
Spent this morning working on things around the house and decided that I needed a nice walk this afternoon to regain my sanity. I decided to walk a path that I had driven lots of times before but I had never walked. This is kind of fun since when you are walking you get a chance to pay more attention to detail than you do when you are driving. I ended up walking 10 miles today and it was not too bad. I want to walk more but time is a luxury I just don't have enough of right now. The 3 Day is only 3 weeks away now but I am satisfied that I started walking early enough that I should be fine this year.
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July 12, 2008 - 13:31
I took the afternoon off today so that we could go up to the opening night of Lifest. Lifest is a Christian Music Festival that is celebrating it's 10th year this year. This is our 5th year going. Last year we camped for all 5 days but this year we are only going one day due to other family activities. Even going for one day is still worth it. The lineup tonight was pretty good. The music for the night started out with the Robbie Seay Band. I had only heard of some of their music previously but they were good live. As is with many of the artists here, some of the best times of their shows is when they break out from their music and get everyone singing some common Worship music with them. I always love that part of being at lifest. Especially later in the evening when the mainstage is packed and you get 10,000+ people singing together. The second artist tonight was Natalie Grant and she was good also. Once she started playing, I recognized quite a bit of her music. After Natalie was done they took a short break and then they had a couple of people speak about the teenager that died at lifest last year. Her Pastor and Youth Pastor talked about her and how it was hard to bring the youth group back again this year but that she would have wanted it that way. We never know when/where things will happen so we have to live life to it's fullest. One of the things the Pastor said rang very true for me as well. He said that he had done many funerals over the years, and that the funerals that were the hardest was the ones where there was not a lot of Jesus. I understood immediately what he meant. I sing at Funerals sometime and I do find that it is very hard when it is very apparent that the funeral is something that the Family is going through because they feel that it is something that has to be done. A funeral is supposed to be a Celebration of a person's life and a chance to say goodbye and acknowledge that they have won. As a Christian, dying merely fulfills our final hope that we are taken home to be with our Savior, Jesus Christ. We grieve because we are still here and we do not have that person in our life anymore, but we will be with them again when we finally go home as well. The final artist of the night was the Newsboys and we have seen them many times but never get tired of their energy and message. I am a little bummed that we could not camp this year but everything happens for a reason so I can live with it.
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July 8, 2008 - 09:07
Things have been pretty crazy lately so I have not had time to walk as much as I would like to be at this point. I have still trained a lot more than last year though and I am sure that I will be ready for 8/8. I made it a point to finish work early today so I could get out and get some time walking. I ended up doing just under 11 miles and it felt good. I have gotten to the point that I really miss my walking. A nice 5 mile walk is really relaxing. The 10+ mile walks are not as relaxing but I still enjoy the time out.
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