http://danielrenstrom.com daniel renstrom Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:03:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every summer our church has a baptism service at a lake in the area.  This year Danielle stayed home with Eden since it was wicked hot out.  So Bennett and I went out to the lake, eat some hot dogs, and had a fantastic time.  Love those ordinances.   By the way, ... http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/07/22/lake-baptism/ A few days ago my friend Nick told me about this site.  It's a site that takes a bunch of text that you provide and creates “word clouds.”  Pretty cool. Then this morning I saw that Amos Lanka did a post about this site....so I had to try it out for ... http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/07/21/psalm-90/ http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/07/19/this-made-me-laugh/ I work on a staff at a church with a bunch of guys that love to golf.  So when we leave for a few days, we play golf.  I don't play that often, so when these opportunities roll around I get pretty excited.   To be honest though (this will be ... http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/07/14/going-golfing/ A few months ago I went to a Radiohead show in Charlotte. The lighting set up was amazing.   I found this article on Radiohead's website.  It's a description of how they did it. Interestingly enough a few weeks back I was at Buckhead church in Atlanta, and they had a similar setup. http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/07/13/radiohead-lighting/ I've always been fascinated by ordinary people. Anytime I'm on an airplane, I love to ask people what they do and where they live (assuming they aren't totally weirded out by me) . If the person lives overseas my fascination goes through the roof. Memoirs are usually written by famous/important ... http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/07/10/memoirs-by-not-so-famous-people/ I'm reading a book right now called Give Praise to God.  It's a pretty good book.  The best thing about it is all of the good quotes on corporate worship.  Here's one by Calvin that I thought was so cool.  I love the imagery of weight and majesty. "….we know by ... http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/07/08/calvin-on-musical-worship/ We just got back from a week at the beach with my mom's side of the family.  Every year since before I was born, that side of the family has gone on vacation together every summer.  This year we got 36 people (yes, 36 - 4 generations)  into a house ... http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/07/05/vacation/ Isn't this an amazing song.  And what a great idea to play some songs in Central Park. http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/07/04/your-love-is-strong/ Last night my cousins and I figured out how to use long exposure on my camera.     I love how the 50 mm 1.8 makes everything blurry, but the point of focus....cool stuff. http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/07/02/fun-with-pictures/