Wes came to church last night. He brought his grandparents and I haven't heard whether or not he enjoyed it. (I had to leave church early and go to the Motley Crue concert.... old habits die hard). Now before you start thinking Wes is softening by coming to church, let me assure you that the only reason he was there was because I made him. I have a little power over him and I used it, however we did hang out together and I introduced him to a lot of people. I love helping him with his social interactions. He is a great guy as you get to know him better.
After hearing a discussion about small groups (he heard this in our weekly staff meeting that I also make him go to), Wes said that he wanted to start a small group for agnostics. A place for people who have doubts about Christianity, God, etc. can go and interact with one another. I told him if he put it together I would do whatever I could to help. He is working on it. I am hoping he will let me go at some point and interact with this group.
Our latest conversation came around this question: "Who created the flood of Noah?" Wes says that if God did it then He is guilty of premeditated murder since God planned it for over 120 years as Noah built the ark. How would you answer Wes? I will tell you what my answer was and our interaction in a future post.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Living in a 130 year old house..
Our house is literally falling down. Yes, you read right. In the midst of all of our remodeling, our house has decided to fall a little bit. About a half an inch to be exact. Let me explain...
Last week when I was painting, I noticed that the cabinets had pulled away from the wall. About 1/32 of an inch (which doesn't sound like much, but it is noticeable) and that there was some sagging in the walls. I then went looking and found several cracks in our plaster walls that indicated that something moved. Upstairs in our guest bedroom, there is about a 1/2 inch buckle in our floor by our radiator heater. So I did more investigating and discovered that one of the floor joist's in our basement has been cut (years ago) from the foundation and there has never been a support put under the floor in this location after it was cut. Soooo after all of the work being done on the house, the old place decided to give a little where there is no support.
I will fix it, but it scared the bejeebers out of me a little until I figured what the problem was.
Our remodel is going fine other than this and will look incredible when it is all done. I just thought I would write about the joys and dilemma's of working on a 130 year old house.
Last week when I was painting, I noticed that the cabinets had pulled away from the wall. About 1/32 of an inch (which doesn't sound like much, but it is noticeable) and that there was some sagging in the walls. I then went looking and found several cracks in our plaster walls that indicated that something moved. Upstairs in our guest bedroom, there is about a 1/2 inch buckle in our floor by our radiator heater. So I did more investigating and discovered that one of the floor joist's in our basement has been cut (years ago) from the foundation and there has never been a support put under the floor in this location after it was cut. Soooo after all of the work being done on the house, the old place decided to give a little where there is no support.
I will fix it, but it scared the bejeebers out of me a little until I figured what the problem was.
Our remodel is going fine other than this and will look incredible when it is all done. I just thought I would write about the joys and dilemma's of working on a 130 year old house.
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