the Holy Spotlight

Today was an ordinary Saturday, aside from the Wii hacking, glass buying, and seeing the Romantics for the first time in concert. I managed to break the glass pane I bought right as I left the store and had to go back to the same guy to get another... sometimes I surprise even myself with my lapses of coordination.

You can tell you're an engineer if you get your kicks by spending time trying to find a way to interface the wireless controllers of your game system with 20 year old console games being emulated on your laptop computer. I can now use my Wii remotes to control applications on my computer, including older Nintendo games that are running through an emulator. The more technology changes,... the more it stays the same. 4 arrow keys, A, B, Z, and Start buttons, and you've got yourself a game system; all these have been around for 20+ years.

It's been about a week since the memorial service; it's hard to tell how much of what was a very heart-impressing sermon have stuck. The one con, perhaps, of getting so much serious instruction one day a week is that much of it seems to be in one ear and out the other. Sure, you can remember it for the day, but it's amazing how hard I have to think sometimes during the week, ... what was preached last Sunday? I take some comfort in noticing that I am similarly amnesiac when it comes to other events as they happen, but it's still a bit unnerving that things which seem to grip me at the time also seem to fade with alarming rapidity.

John 14:26 - "But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."

I'd take that text to be as applicable to me during my week as it was to the apostles. The Spirit's principle work is to shine a spotlight on Christ, both through His written word and in its verbal exposition through preaching. Maybe that's why things I've heard on His day seem to come to mind through out the week. Maybe that's why I most most enjoy a service that is centered around around said Word, not liturgical ceremony, a preacher's funny stories, music, the Eucharist; they're all very poor substitutes.
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9 days till I get exported.