Jared Lee’s Blog

I remember when a person could say – “i’m hacked off” and it meant something.

I remember when only the cool kids could afford parachute pants.

I remember when mc hammer had money.

I remember when the new kids on the block were a band.

I remember max headroom.

I remember the pet shop boys.

I remember when Michael Jackson was  stinkin’ awesome!

wow – I’m an old fart

After a long trip to North Carolina to see family and friends, we are finally back home. I do consider this home. Mainly its because my bed and my office are both here, but its also because this is where we belong right now. And we like it too. Funny story, about getting home though. » Read the rest of this entry «

You have got to watch this video!  A pastor I admire a great deal has just appeared on CNN talking about Sex.  Bell  has a lot of great ideas, and CNN calls him the next Billy Graham.  Some will want to argue with me because some of his theology is different than mine, but you know what?  he is doing a lot more to redeem and reform his culture than I am.

Take a look at the Video.

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Ok, It is rare for me to ever recommend a book.  But this is one EVERY Christian should read…  No Every person.  My wonderfully wise wife found this treasure and we have been reading it with the boys.  The Jesus Story Book Bible is a children’s Bible like many others, it tells the stories we are all familiar with in a way kids can relate to.  But in every single story, this insightful author points the readers to Christ.  Last night as we read the tower of Babel and the story of the birth of Isaac, Gage, Shea and I were all reminded that these things happened because everything was not quite right in the world, and God had a plan to send a child who would make it better.  These Stories really are all about HIM.  Too easily we get lost in the story and forget that, at least I do.  Read the book, I cannot stress it enough.  It is not just good for kids, its good for you too.

I plan to subscribe to this magazine as soon as possible.  I just discovered it here on online.  They say that they are for “people who give a damn.”  What an excellent tag line!  They cover politics, culture, the environment, and other important stuff we all talk about everyday.  But most importantly, their bent is toward I what I call “redemption.”  Sure I have friends who will think these guys are flaming liberals because they promote cars that run on vegetables, but you know what?  I want one of those cars!  Save the air, save gas, and you still don’t have to eat your veggies!  Now instead of feeding them to the dog under the table you can take em outside and dump em in your tank!

Seriously though, it is about time for a magazine like this that works toward true change in the world with an eye toward making it better.  Thanks guys!  I look forward to seeing what you can do!

I just had a great lunch and a good time of fellowship with a family considering seminary.  We were asked to take them out, show them around and answer any questions they might have.  I am always a bit hesitant at moments like that, because I rarely pull any punches with my words.  For all I know they could be thinking they never want to see St Louis again and I am about to thrown out of school.

I doubt it though.  I spoke fairly of Covenant, though in reality every place and community has its share of scars, and I am happy to make them known.  Of course I also did my best to extol the virtues of Covenant as opposed to RTS.  Lets just say that  if my new friend leans toward fundamentalism, I just talked him into RTS.

Anyway, this great lunch was sandwiched between two things that were not so great.  » Read the rest of this entry «

I feel like I have really accomplished something today.  I had my first chance in months to sleep past nine.  I woke up, showered (of course) and even spent an hour outside with Shea so Lyra could finish some school with Gage.  Shea was particularly tired and refused to allow anyone to do anything other than pay attention to him.

So after coming inside I settled in for a period of leasurely moving the heritage website from my test server to its official home at heritagewildwood.org, well, not really — my intention was to place it at heritagepca.com but alas, that was not to be.
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and I should have been in bed hours ago. Thing is I have this problem. When I have a tons of stuff to do, i just want to get it done. I cant sleep when there are things sort of just hanging over my head. Hebrew starts Thursday. That means I have to finish up the new heritage site, finish a redesign of this site I manage, give seekingdaily a makeover, and learn the Hebrew alphabet. I would kinda like to spend some time with my family in there too… » Read the rest of this entry «

Well I am not really supposed to work at all today, but i told them i would come in to cover lunches while the other banker is on vacation. The beauty of being only a part timer is that i can work a little extra during my school breaks and look like a hero. Not that I really care, but maybe that will help my next performance evaluation.

I am later than I had hoped to be because I spent the morning working on our churches website. I am redesigning it and it takes awhile to get everything right. But thats the way it goes sometimes. You want to know the most frustrating thing about this website? » Read the rest of this entry «

that was the title of Jimmy Buffett song. I am really not sure exactly what the song was about, but frankly that’s not the point. Everything Jimmy Buffett ever did or said makes me think about not doing anything at all. And that where i am off to. See the Lizard, do nothing, sleep… a rose by another name -

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