http://joshuawagneronline.com On Life, Stories, and Music Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:09:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As some of you no doubt saw these past few days on my Twitter feed, my grandmother passed away on Friday after a massive stroke.  I still don't know what to think or do, even after her memorial service last night. The biggest shock for me was the fact that my ... http://joshuawagneronline.com/2010/01/this-fragile-life/ Just wanted to tell everyone merry Christmas from me! Hope your holidays are merry and bright, as the song says. Enjoy your (hopefully) off time from work and enjoy your family and friends.  And thank God for his blessings and love. [ Photo from jerry7171 ] http://joshuawagneronline.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-to-you/ For my readers, I've been very slack on my posting recently.  It's been 2 months since I posted last.  That's too long. In any case, I think my blogging hiatus was a little needed for me, if a little abrupt.  I've been working at a new job, coding new themes on ... http://joshuawagneronline.com/2009/12/long-time-no-post/ One of my favorite parables is the story of the prodigal son. The story goes like this: A father had two sons.  The younger was, well, young and thought he knew better.  He wanted his inheritance, and his father gave it to him.  He went away, blew all of the money ... http://joshuawagneronline.com/2009/10/coming-to-myself/ Two great apps that I've found recently are iSlayer's iStat programs. These little apps are basically a window into your Mac's inner workings. The iStat Pro is a dashboard widget that displays all sorts of good information about how your Mac is running.  Anything from RAM usage, to Drive stats, to temperature ... http://joshuawagneronline.com/2009/10/istat-menus-and-istat-pro/ So, what happens when you are in the midst of a struggle? You do all you can.  You fight for it. This can be said of any struggle really.  At least any struggle that truly matters.  (Figuring out the difference between important ones and unimportant ones is another matter) When the job is ... http://joshuawagneronline.com/2009/10/do-all-you-can/ One thing I've been realizing lately is that awareness by itself is not enough. It is not sufficient to just be aware of a problem.  If I am aware that I have cancer and yet do nothing to kill and destroy it, the cancer will still kill me.  Only when I ... http://joshuawagneronline.com/2009/09/awareness-is-not-enough/ Sad fact: leaders in the church don't always get fed. Who leads worship leaders into worship?  Who preaches to and teaches the pastors and teachers?  Who mentors the mentors? Burnout is a very bad thing.  But we too often do so much for the sake of the kingdom that we forget to ... http://joshuawagneronline.com/2009/09/who-ministers-to-the-ministers/ Thought I would share my current desktop image. I've been finding some cool space art online and this one I decided to use for my desktop.  I love science fiction scenes, and have ever since Star Wars caught my attention when I was a kid. Found anything cool for your desktop image? [ ... http://joshuawagneronline.com/2009/09/september-wallpaper/ Sometimes the way forward is just that; forward.  Sometimes the next thing you need to do is the thing that you should have been doing all along.  Most times, we know where the next step is, we just don't want to take it.  We feel like we can't, or aren't ... http://joshuawagneronline.com/2009/09/sometimes-you-just-have-to-do-it/