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<![CDATA[Tonight I went and saw The Avengers with a bunch of friends and fellow staff from work. The movie was pretty rad and one of the best movies I&#8217;ve seen in a very long time.
Seriously, go see it!
Okay, that is all. Now it is time for bed.
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<![CDATA[<p><a href="http://static.isaiahfranco.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/149457_10150747011319818_518379817_9833107_1224573785_n.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1438 alignright" title="Avengers, assemble!" src="http://static.isaiahfranco.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/149457_10150747011319818_518379817_9833107_1224573785_n-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>Tonight I went and saw The Avengers with a bunch of friends and fellow staff from work. The movie was pretty rad and one of the best movies I&#8217;ve seen in a very long time.</p>
<p>Seriously, go see it!</p>
<p>Okay, that is all. Now it is time for bed.</p>
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<title>Nothing #NovemberBlogFest</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Isaiah</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[I decided not to post anything yesterday because I couldn&#8217;t think of anything special to write about.
And for tonight&#8217;s post, I still can&#8217;t think of anything worthwhile that needs to be shared.
Well, I take that back. There are some things I could write about but it would just sound like I&#8217;m  [...]<div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><hr /><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://www.isaiahfranco.com/?p=1430">Nothing #NovemberBlogFest</a>!  Consider leaving a comment!</p><p>Thanks for reading!</p></div>]]>
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<![CDATA[<p>I decided not to post anything yesterday because I couldn&#8217;t think of anything special to write about.</p>
<p>And for tonight&#8217;s post, I still can&#8217;t think of anything worthwhile that needs to be shared.</p>
<p>Well, I take that back. There are some things I could write about but it would just sound like I&#8217;m complaining. Today was just one of those days, ya know? One of those days where it&#8217;s only 10:17 PM and I just want to go to bed so that I can wake up in the morning with a fresh start. And now all I want is to sit on the couch with that special someone and laugh at Sheldon and Leonard. Is that too much to ask?</p>
<p>i</p>
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<title>Gremlins #NovemberBlogFest</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Isaiah</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[Today we got hit with all kinds of tech gremlins.
It wasn&#8217;t fun.
But God is good and I don&#8217;t think many people noticed.
His Word was still preached.
His Name was still praised.
What am I so upset about?
i
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<![CDATA[<p>Today we got hit with all kinds of tech gremlins.</p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t fun.</p>
<p>But God is good and I don&#8217;t think many people noticed.</p>
<p>His Word was still preached.</p>
<p>His Name was still praised.</p>
<p>What am I so upset about?</p>
<p>i</p>
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<title>The dumbest guy in the room #NovemberBlogFest</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Isaiah</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[I consider myself a relatively smrt person. I like to learn new things all the time; especially when it comes to technology. I don&#8217;t like to feel like a dummy. Sure, there&#8217;s a bit of ego there driving me and pushing me to want to be knowledgeable.
Tonight I was the dumbest guy in the room.
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<![CDATA[<p>I consider myself a relatively <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcGQpjCztgA" target="_blank">smrt</a> person. I like to learn new things all the time; especially when it comes to technology. I don&#8217;t like to feel like a dummy. Sure, there&#8217;s a bit of ego there driving me and pushing me to want to be knowledgeable.</p>
<h5>Tonight I was the dumbest guy in the room.</h5>
<p>I was fortunate enough to sit in a room and record the <a href="http://www.churchtechweekly.com" target="_blank">Church Tech Weekly</a> podcast with <a href="http://twitter.com/mikesessler" target="_blank">Mike Sessler</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/thesoundbooth" target="_blank">Van Metschke</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/jdboreing" target="_blank">John David Boreing</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/sanchezkj" target="_blank">Kevin Sanchez</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/jasoncole" target="_blank">Jason Cole</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/fohdave" target="_blank">Dave Stagl</a>. The cumulative amount of brain-power in that room was astonishing. I&#8217;m telling you, these dudes are ca-razy smart!! I was speechless most of the night and kinda just sat there and tried to soak it all in.</p>
<p>After we recorded the podcast, we all headed over to <a href="http://www.saltgrass.com/" target="_blank">Saltgrass Steakhouse</a>. Holy crap! That was <em>the</em> best Porterhouse I&#8217;ve ever had. The steak was great, but the discussion going around the table was even better. I got to hear story after story from these guys who have been doing this for years. And let me tell you, their stories are fantastic!</p>
<p>If I wasn&#8217;t before, I sure am now a firm believer that getting together with other like-minded people is so important. We could have sat there talking for several more hours if they didn&#8217;t kick us out. Plus, Dave and I have flights to catch in the morning. I am so looking forward to the next time when we will all be in the same room again. NAB anyone?</p>
<p>i</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. I realize that isn&#8217;t huge news. Being here at WFX has given me a lot of new things to think about:
Better ways to interact with my church leadership.
Better ways to love on my volunteers.
Better ways to use my audio consoles.
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<![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. I realize that isn&#8217;t huge news. Being here at WFX has given me a lot of new things to think about:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Better ways to interact with my church leadership.<br />
Better ways to love on my volunteers.<br />
Better ways to use my audio consoles.<br />
Better ways to build stronger relationships.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve also had plenty of time to think about aspects of my personal life. I&#8217;ll be honest, I still haven&#8217;t taken the advice given to me and started to pray for Andrea. I haven&#8217;t gotten over my pride issue. I haven&#8217;t begun to feel clean. And I still worry about the future.</p>
<p>I feel like I am failing at life.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not growing. I&#8217;m not maturing.</p>
<p>I am busying myself. I am distracting myself.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s like I don&#8217;t want to face some of these areas that can be painful. I&#8217;m avoiding dealing with them. Like what if I pray for Andrea and I see that she is happy with her life? Deep down, don&#8217;t I want her to be unhappy for the pain she caused me? What if I ask God for help with something and He actually helps me out? Deep down, don&#8217;t I want to be able to say I did it all myself? What if I surrender my private thoughts? Deep down, don&#8217;t I want to be able to think about anything I want? What if I let go of trying to control the future? Deep down, don&#8217;t I want to be in control of everything?</p>
<p>Even as I write this, I&#8217;m starting to see a pattern: <strong>control</strong>. Everything in this list is about control. Deep down I still can&#8217;t let go and stop trying to control everything.</p>
<p>Okay, people reading this, I guess I need some serious help with this. Because I&#8217;m too freaking prideful to ask for myself, I need people to intercede on my behalf. I need to give up the thought that I have control. I need to just let it go. I need to rest in God taking care of everything I need.</p>
<p>Wow, this went in a completely different direction than I thought I was going when I started.</p>
<p>i</p>
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<title>Tired #NovemberBlogFest</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Isaiah</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[November Blog Fest]]>
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<![CDATA[I am le tired (FYI, some language, but funny).
I&#8217;ve been going since 9am.
Most of it was extrovert time.
1 extrovert hour = 1.5 regular or introvert hours.
So if my math is correct, I&#8217;ve been up and going for almost 24 hours.
That&#8217;s a long day.
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<![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZMwKPmsbWE" target="_blank">I am le tired</a> (FYI, some language, but funny).</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been going since 9am.</p>
<p>Most of it was extrovert time.</p>
<p>1 extrovert hour = 1.5 regular or introvert hours.</p>
<p>So if my math is correct, I&#8217;ve been up and going for almost 24 hours.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a long day.</p>
<p>It was great getting to hang with other tech directors that I&#8217;ve only spoken to on Twitter.</p>
<p>And we found out who is <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/JasonCole/status/134453716739821569" target="_blank">the grilled cheese champion</a>.</p>
<p>Though he may not have been the crowd favorite.</p>
<p>But it was still a long day.</p>
<p>Nothing deep or spiritual here.</p>
<p>Sorry.</p>
<p>G&#8217;night.</p>
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<title>Today I learned&#8230; #NovemberBlogFest</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Isaiah</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[Today I learned&#8230;
that no matter what size church you work at, you deal with the same crap. It&#8217;s only the size of the pile and the amount of people shoveling that is different.
it&#8217;s bizarre when people now look at me and ask my opinion on something.
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<![CDATA[<h4>Today I learned&#8230;</h4>
<p>that no matter what size church you work at, you deal with the same crap. It&#8217;s only the size of the pile and the amount of people shoveling that is different.</p>
<p>it&#8217;s bizarre when people now look at me and ask my opinion on something.</p>
<p>even though I&#8217;m very introverted, I still don&#8217;t like being alone.</p>
<p>that I feel pretty good about Sandals&#8217; tech.</p>
<p>you can pretty much walk to anything you need in downtown Dallas.</p>
<p>Texas is flat.</p>
<p>Kevin scares me. I will now call him Mr. Toad.</p>
<p>I would not survive in a place with extreme humidity.</p>
<p>Yelp can be your best friend when you&#8217;re in a new place.</p>
<p>that being lonely sucks.</p>
<p>that the time change plus being in a different time zone is really screwing with my body.</p>
<p>talking on the phone with a close friend makes me super happy.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>i</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[I&#8217;m knocking this one out early since I woke up thinking about it.
I&#8217;m prideful.
Not about everything. But enough. I have no problem asking God for guidance on how to handle a specific situation or for a need I might have that is out of my control. But when it comes to something that I &#8220;should&#8221;  [...]<div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><hr /><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://www.isaiahfranco.com/?p=1411">Pride #NovemberBlogFest</a>!  Consider leaving a comment!</p><p>Thanks for reading!</p></div>]]>
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<![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m knocking this one out early since I woke up thinking about it.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m prideful.</p>
<p>Not about everything. But enough. I have no problem asking God for guidance on how to handle a specific situation or for a need I might have that is out of my control. But when it comes to something that I &#8220;should&#8221; know or &#8220;should&#8221; be able to figure out, my pride gets in the way.</p>
<p>As an example, I need to recruit and train new audio volunteers. I&#8217;ve asked God for an idea on how to recruit more techs, but why didn&#8217;t I just ask God for the actual techs themselves? Wouldn&#8217;t that be easier? I guess I have to feel like I recruited them myself. Am I insane?? I could never do this by myself! So why does my pride control me? How do I get past this roadblock? Do I ask God to deal with my pride? I&#8217;m too prideful to ask God for that kind of help. What is wrong with me? Why can&#8217;t I just get over myself and ask for help?</p>
<p>Okay, here goes:</p>
<pre>God, I'm prideful. We both know that. Well, you knew it before I did. How do I let go of my pride? How do I let you take it from me? I'm afraid I'll feel less like I'm able to do what I need to do if I don't do it myself. I want to let it go, but I don't know how. God, take this stupid pride from me! I can't do any of this on my own. You give me all I need and then some. You are my provider. I'm scared to give up another area of "control." But I have to. I have to if I'm going to say I rely on you for everything. Right now I rely on you for some. Change my 'some' to 'everything.' Break me of this, God.
Thank you, Jesus.
Amen</pre>
<p>It might be a small step, but it is a step, right?</p>
<p>i</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Pastor Matt kickpunched me with the truth.
I don&#8217;t have my crap together.
I have a secret thought life.
I don&#8217;t feel clean.
But thankfully, I am clean.
You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. John 15:3
Jesus cleans me.
He&#8217;s not afraid of the filth that is my mind.
He touched  [...]<div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><hr /><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://www.isaiahfranco.com/?p=1403">Clean #NovemberBlogFest</a>!  Consider leaving a comment!</p><p>Thanks for reading!</p></div>]]>
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<![CDATA[<p>Pastor Matt kickpunched me with the truth.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t have my crap together.</p>
<p>I have a secret thought life.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t feel clean.</p>
<p>But thankfully, I am clean.</p>
<blockquote><p>You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. <strong>John 15:3</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Jesus cleans me.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s not afraid of the filth that is my mind.</p>
<p>He touched lepers and prostitutes.</p>
<p>How do I take my thoughts captive and surrender them to Him?</p>
<p><a href="http://static.isaiahfranco.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Clean.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1407 alignnone" title="Clean" src="http://static.isaiahfranco.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Clean-300x187.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="187" /></a></p>
<p>i</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Well, WFX is almost here.
I fly out on Monday afternoon and get back on Saturday.
I&#8217;m really excited to connect with other tech guys from across the country.
And I get to hang out with my good friends Mike (@mikesessler), Van (@thesoundbooth) and Kevin (@ksanchez).
This is going to be a lot of fun!  [...]<div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><hr /><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://www.isaiahfranco.com/?p=1400">WFX #NovemberBlogFest</a>!  Consider leaving a comment!</p><p>Thanks for reading!</p></div>]]>
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<![CDATA[<p>Well, <a href="http://www.wfxweb.com/" target="_blank">WFX</a> is almost here.<br />
I fly out on Monday afternoon and get back on Saturday.<br />
I&#8217;m really excited to connect with other tech guys from across the country.<br />
And I get to hang out with my good friends <a href="http://www.churchtecharts.org" target="_blank">Mike</a> (@mikesessler), <a href="http://www.thesoundbooth.com/" target="_blank">Van</a> (@thesoundbooth) and <a href="http://www.ksanchez.com/" target="_blank">Kevin</a> (@ksanchez).<br />
This is going to be a lot of fun! (Plus, there&#8217;s a grilled cheese cook off on Wednesday!!)</p>
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