Of Chaos and Order - Ship's Log

Let’s do a little recap.

Last night was our Leader’s Kickoff gathering.

There’s a big update about our Italy trip coming!

Back in August our neighbors pulled out a gas-powered scooter their adult son had enjoyed as a kid.

I’ve had a downward swing in writing lately, but in the overarching spread of this website, one month of abscence in nearly four years ain’t bad.

Some of our more joyful Sabbath celebrations recently have been shared with friends.

The biggest event on our June calendar was our trip to Puerto Vallarta to celebrate Viktoria’s 18th birthday.

We’ve been steadily shaping the backyard since April.

So, Graham’s been wanting to ride his bike to school for a couple months, but we weren’t ready to let him cross the busy road to his school on his own.

The past month I’ve been wrestling with how to proceed after the OCL Postulancy.

Graham’s birthday occurred in two steps.

Amie, Jaynee (Grandma) and Graham went on a Mother’s Day weekend trip to Denver.

For the end of Spring Break and the beginning of April we received the most snow all winter!

Since Royal’s birthday we’ve gotten much more interested in dressing up.

I have been so tired this week.

Thanks to Simon Willison for the suggestion to watch Hrishi Olickel’s explanation of his use of LLMs to achieve rapid prototypes at a fraction of the cost.

With today’s #OCL cohort gathering, I’m just about halfway through #postulancy.

When one attempts to notice God’s voice, it’s rare to hear audible words.

I’ve wondered how #ai might be a useful writing assistant.

I’ve built a website for one of my favorite food trucks in the Black Hills, Savour Pinoy & Sushi.

I haven’t written as much on my website of late.

We reserved our 10th anniversary adventure trip yesterday night.

In the space of a few hours I’ve done work across at least three technical domains that are usually each their own jobs.

Today is Amie and Amanda’s first women’s DBS since the holiday break.

The Order of the Common Life #ocl postulancy began this week and the week prior I began to meet with Westminster staff to discuss chapters of the book “God In My Everything.”

I’m struggling with feelings of incompetence and humiliation.

Meditating today on some of the injustices which MLK Jr sought to overthrow, I’ve felt ashamed that my whole life hasn’t been swallowed up in the fight as I feel it ought to be for the cause of #justice.

Two days I’ve had lunchtime commitments: #SpiritualDirection and lunch with a friend.

I’ve begun to slowly add a few rhythms in January as a precursor for the start of the postulancy.

We’ve managed the twelve days of Christmas in our household again this year.

Christmas was another wonderful, exciting and exhausting day.

On Christmas Eve we joined Westminster’s nativity skit.

We rode the 1880 Christmas train again this year.

This year Amie convinced me to get a smaller Christmas tree, but the process was equally fun (and less back-breaking).

Royal has been attending a ninja class for a few months.

My office had become a dumping ground for all the odds-and-ends that float around our home.

I’m grateful that Amie and I spent a little time last night talking about goals for 2024.

I’ve enjoyed this holiday season more than last year by a wide margin.

Christmas accomplished.

Christmas is almost here!

Today I used two skills from high school.

I hit a milestone today.

“Evicted” by Matthew Desmond calls to mind a frustration I’ve had for many years.

I’ve been reading the book “Evicted” by Matthew Desmond.

One week until Christmas!

My second day off was spent with my sons, and that’s made these some of my favorite days.

Graham and Royal sang in a little choir production from their school tonight.

It’s been awhile since I posted any pictures.