Connections

Taking a Break!

This blogging thing has been a wonderful journey.  It all started in November 2006 with this post and I have been going strong ever since.  I have met a ton of people that I would not have had the chance to meet otherwise. I have had some heated yet friendly debates via comments. I have admitted to having a blog addiction.  It's hilarious when I go to a conference and people watch to see all the bloggers that I follow.

However....the thing that got me into blogging was writing.  This was long before I knew about technorati, stats, and the pursuit of becoming a known blogger.  I will have to admit somewhere along the way, I lost my passion to write in the mix of getting a post (mostly not very good ones) out and  aggressively checking my sitemeter.

Because it is 2009 and the chance to make some changes....I will be making some changes to this blog.  I'm not sure yet what the changes will look like, nor when I'll be back to blogging regularly. However, please take some time to subscribe to the RSS feeder if you would like... so that you will get the first post in your email when I'm back.

I have met many of you over the years, but I would really like to get to know some of you who have visited recently.  Either way...If you would like, please email me at richbutler@crccsc.org and let me know who you are. 

Thank you so much for stopping by richbutler.org.  I appreciate all of your comments, your friendships and your readership.  I will be back!

Christmas 2008 Moments

Here's a few pics from this season. I can't believe it's over. Enjoy!

Saving Christmas!

UNtil we meet again in a few days, enjoy this short film from the guys at Buckhead Church. This thing is incredible!
Saving Christmas from buckheadchurch on Vimeo.

When Officials Attack

Picture looks worse than it really was...but still! Read the story here!

Random Christmas Thoughts

Blogging has been slow round here due to the rush of things going on the last few weeks.  I'm hoping that in a few weeks richbutler.org will look a little simpler and more like me, but until then enjoy the same ole' blog. 

There are a few things on my mind this Christmas:

1. I wrote about my Christmas awakening here.

2. Rethinking my personal goals and how I did in 2008.  I'm ready for 2009!

3. Been enjoying some new music lately.  You need to check out Kristene Meuller.

4.  Been using some artists/painters in our services lately. We will silent auction the paintings with proceeds going to missions.  I will post pictures soon...they are amazing.

5. No one has Christmas lights on their house this year.  Have you noticed?  More people have said that this year feels nothing like Christmas....I agree.

Getting ready to fill my mug with hot chocolate, get some warm clothes on and go see the few Christmas lights that are actually up in my city!

What do you think?

Rick Warren asked to pray the invocation at the Inauguration.  Read more here.

What are your thoughts on this?

WOW!  Nothing like the power of testimony.  Check out I AM SECOND [dot] ORG

Life Change

God has been doing some amazing things lately in the lives of people in our city. Tonight we celebrated David Walker's CD release of Closer than Angels.  We have also been capturing some Life Change testimonies of some people at CRCC. They are not uploaded to youtube yet (but will be in a few weeks), but you can check them out at Event Reels.  Click on Boxes of Love and Lorraine Cole testimony....wow! 

Adam, the man behind Event Reels is a very talented guy who can capture some wonderful videos for your church.  Also, he is very efficient in making sermon bumpers tailored for your next sermon series. Check him out !

Only thing worse than getting rained on...

The only thing more frustrating than getting wet on a rainy day is having all of your technology devices not work right. I just had my Treo bite the dust...so I traded it in for a HTC Touch Diamond.  This thing is now locking up.  I am typing this on my 3 year old MacBook that now has to be plugged in at all times or it dies. I have a love/hate relationship with technology.

This is what I would twitter if I twittered:
....just hit cord with my knee...computer dies....hate computers.
....just yelling on my Treo speaker phone at Thaicoon's, while everyone around me watches...the regular phone speaker is out.
....why is my new HTC is locking up. My fingers are too chubby for the touch screen too.
....I may have a magnetic strip in my fingers and ear that wipes out the performance chip in my phone and computer.
---arghhhhhh!
....Jesus heal my phone!

CD Release @ CrossRoads!