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Bite the Bullet and Restitution

Well...Dawn and I finally decided to bite the bullet and get our very own internet provider. I have never had to pay for internet before. Throughout college we could get it for free from the school. Then for a couple years I lived with people who had internet. And recently (for the last 3 years) I just would get internet from the neighbor's wireless. But those days of scamming internet are over.

Here's why. Dawn got a new latop of her own. Til now we just shared one. And now that we are both using the internet at home I figured it just is too much to be weighing our neighbors bandwidth down. And Comcast has a new deal now so now is the time.

Paying for internet is a little disheartening to me. I sort of prided myself in always finding free internet. It's like the feeling of knowing where free parking is downtown when everyone else is paying.

So because of all the years of using others' wireless, I'm leaving mine open for my neighbors as well. How's that for restitution?

posted by Tim Oas @ 12:58 AM 6 comments

Confessions of a Failed Evangelist

It has been quite some time since I have had the privilege of leading someone to Christ. You can count me in with the majority of evangelistic Christians in America. But I’m a pastor. Evangelism is supposed to be second nature to me. So this is my confession: I’m a failed evangelist.

For a couple years it didn’t bother me, but lately I’ve felt unsatisfied in my journey. I work for my church. I do “ministry” all day long. I’m involved in a lot of things through our church. I have tons of great Christian friends. I believe I’m in the right place at the right time. But something has been missing.

In the past I’ve had a lot of friends that aren’t Christians that would challenge me. They would ask questions. They would make fun of my faith. They would question my morals. But now I work for/with Christians, my family is Christians, and my friends are Christians. I have very few friends that aren’t Christian and it’s not right. I can really feel it.

I’m taking small steps to overcome this disease of mine. I’m in a rut and I need to get out of it.

posted by Tim Oas @ 10:23 PM 6 comments