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Monday, February 21, 2005

Finally...An Update

I've been meaning to get out here for the last two weeks and have struggled to find the time and energy to do so. Lots of little things that eat up my free time plus a new outlet for my thinking have conspired to keep me away.

Cycling
I took 3rd again in the second race in the Tundra Time Trial Series for an overall place of 3rd. Not too bad considering I was racing in Masters 35+ but it was hard to not do better. I would have won in the Cat IV catagory. Looking at some of the guys who were flying made me feel like I was behind but once I talked to them I found out they all started back from their off season earlier than I did because they didn't try to race past the end of September. That means they have about four weeks more trianing under their belts than I do. That made me feel a bit better. Next year I want to shoot for the overall podium and one of the really cool glass-blown trophies. I'll probably changge my training routine at the end of next year to try for this. It will mean I won't finish the MTB season this year and Claxton will be an early season century rather than the last ride of the year but I be set for the next race season with excellent early season form.

Bass
Things are coming along. I still have a lot of improvement to make on keeping a steady rhythm but I am learning a lot about creating good bass lines. I'm beginning to do some real basic improvization within a chord which has been a lot of fun. I long to play with folks but I need to improve more before I do. I've found that the most difficult thing in making music with others is communication. If one person knows a song they don't always do a good job communicating the info everyone else needs like key, chord progession and time. People just want to play and they don't always like to take the time to help others play with them. It shows me that creating in community is a lot harder than creating individually in some ways but it always seems to be a more satisfying experience.

Emerging Church
We're still looking for a church home. I've come to the conclusion that I really would like to find an emerging church to worship with. An church we previously attended contacted me. The guy was a deacon at the church and he and I had a good relationship when we left. I felt comfortable letting him know some of my struggles and he's willing to look at the EC movement to see what it holds. I doubt that the church will adopt this model but the fact that there's someone else will to talk with me about it is encouraging. I've been spending a lot of time out at The Ooze talking with others interested in the Emerging Church movement and doing ministry to a postmodern world. It makes me long for a congregation that shares these values in doing church creatively.

Hopefully, I'll update again soon. Thanks for reading.

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