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Now that I am on the Hill and have some more interesting landmarks to remark on, I referred back to wikimapia. As I have covered before on the CHILL site, wikimapia is a user based collaborative geographic doodad.

Near to me you find such wonders a street marked “DO NOT PARK HERE!”

Nice.

I am all over this bill.

A vastly simplified flat rate home office deduction ($2500 or the profit from your home-based business, whichever is lower), replacing the current complex prorated system that requires exclusive use of part of the home.
A telecommuting tax credit that gives employers up to $2400 credit for each employee who starts telecommuting during the year.
An exclusion from employee income of employer-provided telecommuting equipment including computers and broadband access equipment, making such equipment a tax-free fringe benefit.

Via Web Worker Daily

You know, they really shouldn’t kid. I can see some merits in this, actually no I can’t. Or can I?

No, no I can’t. I would be willing to be this puppy is actually out there somewhere. I wish I would have taken a photo of the God-Mobile at the street fair in Kent. Their banner said “Two Questions to know if you are going Hell!”

Good stuff, go ahead…disregard the thousands of years of writing in the bible, the years of Christ’s lessons, and the role of wisdom, personal communication, and Love. Just two questions.

If you got them right do you go to Heaven? Can you go right then?

Bumped into a fellow Ex-Doxa person today at the Mall. It seems She is looking for a Church to check out as well.

She mirrored Kate and I’s feelings about not being ready to sign up for Mars Hill West until we get to experience their actualy Church. We are all about keeping the ties of our community open and active, but just not feeling called to Mars Hill.

This passing encounter with a Sister made me think about the need to have a reunion-type get together for us Doxa people. Everyone that wants to come, just to share a meal and hang out. Keep it informal, make it 100% open regardless of where people are going.

I am starting to think there are some wounds that need to be healed out there. Loving our community of believers could help.

No, this is not my annual all night sleep over featuring Knights Tale, that is in September.

Operation Night Watch is the Soup Kitchen we help out at from time to time (first Monday of the Month). Joe heads up the deal and a few volunteers help out. We head in, cook up some food, then serve it. Good times, the folks there are very nice and it does a lot for me to maintain community with part of Seattle that get’s cast off so often.

Today we made some Stew, Mashers, and had some assorted Veggies. Burgers from Dicks and Pastries from local cafes are also a mainstay. Good grub, all and all.

Sidenote, we call this stuff service. What is the point of having a Church Service, who does it serve? I envision having our Church Gatherings plug right into service roles in the City. It seems money is never in short supply, but people and volunteers are limited.

More on this later. I am massively tired now.

Keep it real.

Firstly:

Look at that guy! Its Devin, one of the few people that oscillate in the 48th Shade of the Color Pink that I know.

Secondly:

Kate, I, and some of people are checking out a place in Capitol Hill that seems about 80% down…which is pretty good. Especially on my scale of downness, where George Washington was only 48% with “Wearing Wigs and Wooden Teeth”.

Church on the Hill (as it is called) is headed up by Jason Hudson and meets on Sundays. It is small and the people there seem to have a real Love of Christ, stick to scripture, and smell good.

Kate and I have been praying about finding a new place to hang out spiritual hats (mine is a beanie!) and this place seems pretty slick. More to come on this place, but I am feeling good about it (it was recommending by some people I really respect and appreciate).

Third:

Went to Tacoma on Saturday with Devin and Kate to catch a friend of mine’s band play.
Colin Simpson’s band Starboard Morning and they are good.

Ok, for those that don’t know, I am very supportive of people’s projects. I will try and attend about anything I can. But these guys were good. Read more about them here

They are a kind of Folk, Rock, Irish type thing and I would highly encourage purchasing their tunes.

The church I go to is merging with another Church, which all fine and dandy, however most our programs are in suspension for now. Post merger the these aspects I most liked about Doxa, may be toast.

Which is unfortunate, but sometimes you need to break some eggs to make an omlette.

Gone (most likely) will be the artist programs, for example. Let me say the plan is to use the space previous set aside for Arting it up, and use it instead for kids. That is hard to argue with.

But it leaves me thinking, we had started to make some way in the artist community. So, we need to find an alternate means to filling that need and continuing that ministry. Solution, go buy our own space. In theory, we could get 15-20 folks and buy a space, setup shop as a non-profit co-op and get bizzay with the community.

This appeals both to my love of control and decentralized, federated community groups.

There will be more on this shortly.