Relevant Conference - Beth: A Work in Progress

Friday Fragmenting

By Beth On November 11, 2011 · 21012 CommentsFriday+Fragmenting2011-11-11+17%3A11%3A53Beth · In Family, Friday Fragments, Memes, Travel

Time to deposit a few of the blogging fragments that have been rolling around in my brain for the past week (or longer). Got some fragments of your own to dump? Go see the lovely Mrs. 4444, by clicking the button above, and link up. It’s fun! In addition to the faith-based sessions at the Relevant Conference there were a number of “savvy blogging and social media” type sessions of which I took advantage. One of the speakers was talking about blog design, page layout, etc, and she expressed the opinion that our headers should be 120 pixels or less. The purpose for this is to make sure that you have content (and paid ads if you have any) above the fold. In other words you shouldn’t have to scroll down to find the beginning of the blog content. I made a slimmer header but I just don’t like it! Maybe it would be okay if I could figure out how to use one of those carousel things beneath it to feature [...]

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He Is Enough

By Beth On November 9, 2011 · 2028 CommentsHe+Is+Enough2011-11-09+20%3A20%3A19Beth · In Uncategorized

The last night of the Relevant Conference we were treated to a concert with Shaun Groves. Some thing that he said has been one of the thoughts that were BIG take-aways for me. He was talking about the children of Israel wandering in the desert for 40 years. God gave them manna (which being a good Southern boy … he assured us meant chicken and biscuits) to eat but told them exactly how much to gather each day. Do you know the story? He commanded them to get a specific amount each day so that everyone would have not too much, not too little, just enough! Then there came a day when some hard headed Israelite woke up early and, finding no one watching him, he gathered some extra manna. Just in case God ever stopped being good and sending it every day! So he saved his extra manna against that potential rainy day, and God, seeing his lack of trust, turned the manna into a stinky maggoty mess! There are some [...]

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Where Do I Even Begin ….

By Beth On October 28, 2011 · 1848 CommentsWhere+Do+I+Even+Begin+....2011-10-28+20%3A27%3A37Beth · In Blogging, Family, Travel

After a season in which I have struggled mightily THIS has been a week of abundant blessings! I heard from J. I had fun traveling to Kansas City with Bert. I LOVED the train! Meeting Stacy has been amazing! We could truly be best IRL friends if we lived closer. And Relevant? There aren’t words big enough to describe Relevant and the impact that it is having on my mind and heart! But I promise … I will try to describe it for you soon. I’m going to finish enjoying it first! J called Monday night while we in Kansas City. Woke me from a VERY sound sleep so I don’t remember a whole lot of what he said. I do recall that his friend and roommate indicated that J had bad enough altitude sickness at one point on the trek that they were afraid they would lose him. (No wonder God was waking me up at night to pray for him! And HUGE thank yous to those who joined us in prayer!) He sent [...]

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