Hey all you Ivory Star fans...

Wow...those guys REALLY are excited about the weather...

The following video clip is from the first minute ever aired on The Weather Channel.

The Swarm

The following video is from my brother's back yard. This past week, he had a swarm of bees show up and form a hive in his tree for no particular reason.

He called the local extension office, which gave him a list of honey bee keepers, and he called down the list, and someone showed up with a box and got a bunch of free bees. Lucky keeper.

Cute...or is it Qute?

Check out this video over on Omaha.com.

Those poor boys...they didn't even see it coming...

Wow...that's....wow...

A follow colleague in the Nebraska Synod (Pastor Sara Spohr) shared this video with me via email, and I must say....it's....different. It's kinda funny, but at the same time, it's kinda like looking at a car accident or something....



The info on this video from YouTube says: They say it's from 1993 Miss Douglas County Arizona, for the Arizona State Beauty Pageant.

Elijah took a fiery chariot....

....and this priest took a whole lot of balloons.



Both probably ended up in heaven. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Read the news story here.

Upgrade didn't happen as planned

Bummer. I couldn't upgrade to the latest version of my blogging software like I wanted to. Looks like there's a couple of errors in the lines of code, and I can't figure out how to fix it.

I'm thinking about changing to WordPress (a different kind of blogging software), but sadly, from what I can tell, there's no easy migration plan between Nucleus and WordPress (that means I wouldn't be able to easily put all of my old posts into the "new" blog).

I've liked Nucleus for the most part, but lately, I've heard that other people are getting the following error:
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Connect Error

Could not connect to MySQL database.

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I get the error, too, and it's no fun.

Hmmm....looks like I'm going to have to work on this another day.

Here Goes Nothing...

I think I'm going to try and update my blogging software right now...

So if, for some reason, FrontRowLutheran.com goes down, well....now you know why. It'll be because I unintentionally messed something up.

:-)

Congratulations to Benjamin J. Ahles-Iverson!

The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is over, and we have a winner of The Lutheran Pool sponsored by FrontRowLutheran.com.

The winner is Benjamin J. Ahles-Iverson, who is a senior at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.


Above: Ben's Facebook Picture

As the winner, Ben has earned exclusive bragging rights for winning The 2008 Lutheran Pool sponsored by FrontRowLutheran.com, and he also earned this shout-out post here on FrontRowLutheran.com.

And here is what Ben would like to shout-out to everyone. Ben writes:

First, I would like to shout out a big ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!!!!!!!!!

Every time I watch the Chalmers shot, I'm amazed that it still goes in. I probably could watch the game again and still be as excited as the first time I watched it.

I was sure I was going to be heart broken yet again this year. Davidson looked like they might do it. North Carolina looked like they might do it. And Memphis should have done it. BUT!!!! Kansas had to beat two No. 1 seeds in the tournament - a tournament for the ages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Again, congratulations to Ben, and thank you to everyone who played!

Sermon/Bulletin from Maxine Bals' Memorial Service--Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Below is the sermon I preached at Maxine Bals' Memorial Service on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Madison, Nebraska. You'll need to click on the [Read more of this post] link to see the entire sermon.

Or download a PDF version here.

You can also download the bulletin from Maxine's Memorial Service here.


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Sermon from Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008

Below is the sermon I preached on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Madison, Nebraska. You'll need to click on the [Read more of this post] link to see the entire sermon.

Or download a PDF version here.

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Sermon from Easter Sunrise Service, March 23, 2008

Below is the sermon I preached at the Madison Community Easter Sunrise Service, March 23, 2008, at the Former First Presbyterian Church in Madison, Nebraska. You'll need to click on the [Read more of this post] link to see the entire sermon.

Or download a PDF version here.


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Sermon from Good Friday, March 21, 2008

Below is the sermon I preached on Good Friday, March 21, 2008, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Madison, Nebraska. You'll need to click on the [Read more of this post] link to see the entire sermon.

Or download a PDF version here.


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Sermon from Maundy Thursday, March 20, 2008

Below is the sermon I preached on Maundy Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Madison, Nebraska. You'll need to click on the [Read more of this post] link to see the entire sermon.

Or download a PDF version here.


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The Lutheran Pool Sponsored by FrontRowLutheran.com

It's back, baby! The Lutheran Pool sponsored by FrontRowLutheran.com! Pick your brackets and see if you can win two fabulous prizes: exclusive bragging rights and a shout-out post right here on FrontRowLutheran.com. Open to all!

As far as I can tell, if you want to play, you've got to be a member of Facebook.com (it's free, and seriously, if you're not on Facebook, you're not really on the Internet).

The winner out of all the brackets on Facebook's 2008 CBS Sports.com Tournament Brackets will win $10,000 (which is $15,000 less than last year's grand prize of $25,000...cheap skates...we must be in a recession or something).

The official rules say you'll have to go to www.facebook.com/brackets to sign-up.

If you're already signed up, you should be able to join The Lutheran Pool Sponsored by FrontRowLutheran.com at this link.

Sign-up NOW! Your picks must be submitted by 11:00 AM ET on March 20, 2008.

And have fun!

Sermon from Sunday, March 16, 2008

Below is the sermon I preached on Sunday, March 16, 2008, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Madison, Nebraska. You'll need to click on the [Read more of this post] link to see the entire sermon.

Or download a PDF version here.

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You can't make this stuff up...

Check out this story from FoxNews.com:

Sheriff: Charge Boyfriend in Case of Kansas Woman Pried Off Toilet After 2 Years

I appreciate that the Ness County Sheriff's name is Mr. Whipple.

"Don't squeeze the Charmin!"

Cool Smart Glasses

These will be great when they get the technology shrunk down...

Bring on the Semantic Web

Here is an interesting news story about the future of the Internet.

Looks like fun...

...until you wipe out and get road rash all over your face.

Then it probably isn't as much fun.