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Well folks, it was finally time to move Trying To Follow the blog to it’s rightful location at TryingToFollow.com. You probably got here by typing in the old url http://blog.iamnotashamed.net, but if you don’t mind taking a minute and bookmarking this new URL, it would be much obliged.
There’s a few obvious reasons for the switch to TryingTofollow.com:

It’s easier to remember
It’s shorter
I’m now more ashamed then I once was

Mainly, I intended to switch the url several years ago, but I …

I wanted to do NaNoWriMo again last year, but just didn’t have the time. Then, Createspace had a free Pro Plan deal going on and so I registered a book name, but I don’t have any material. Basically, what I’m saying is I’ve got a book-writing itch (or at least compiling). Yeah, crazy or a waste of time, but something to keep my mind occupied, so humor me.
I’d like to compile the best posts from the blog that I’ve written over the years. Something simple, concise, and covering a wide …

This is a Public Service Announcement. Back Up your Computer Hard Drive!
In the last month we managed to fry two hard drives on my wife’s macbook. The first one lasted a year and a half and suddenly stopped working and after getting it replaced (fortunately under warranty) the replacement fizzled out just a month later (right after we’d reconfigured everything the way we liked it). Fortunately, neither of us are in school anymore and so nothing immediately essential was lost. I’ve also backed up our music files recently enough that …

We actually read a chunk of the book. Let me know what you think.

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After a brief review, I present to you, the Top 10 Posts from 2008. I started with the most commented on posts, and then sorted through for the ones I felt carried quality content. That said, some of the best content is within the comment sections of some of these posts, so do hope on over and join the conversation. (In no particular order)

My December Experiment: Female Pronouned God
My attempt to think about things differently

To Christians in California, Arizona and Florida (Vote NO on Marriage Amendment)
My opinion on Prop 8 …

The end of the 200_ Glasses. So sad.
2008 was a great year. While 2007 was full of changes (new parents [baby], new city, new house, new jobs, new friends, and new community), 2008 was about enjoying our new place with the knowledge that we’d finally settled down for the long haul. It was great to spend a summer knowing that we’d see all the same kids running around next summer. Making friends knowing that we weren’t going to pack up and move the following year. It was good to know …

So, I’m excited to have another published piece in Geez Magazine. Here’s the article (you’ll have to get your own copy if you want to see it in print)…
On Raising Activist Children
I want to raise my children valuing the importance of relationship and community.
I want them to see giving as far more enjoyable and valuable then receiving (yes, even at Christmas time).
I want my children to know, and lend me insight, into the paradoxes of Jesus’ teachings: Love your enemies, deny yourself, seek first the kingdom, faith like a child …

Well, I had nothing in the brain to write for this week, zero posts lined up, so I went ahead and redesigned the whole website. I’ve been working on a few design projects and it inspired me to clean this site up as well. I’m hoping to utilize images a bit more as you’ll see if you go to the home page. Maybe this clean new design will entice some of you email and rss voyeurs to stop by every once in a while.
I think I kept the old design …