I recently finished overhauling our church website.  I decided to drop the freebie deal that our denomination provides (which is a good deal, by the way), and post a leaner, simpler, easier to navigate site.  It funnels all prayer requests to our staff, automatically updates its church calendar from my computer (yea Mac!), and honestly looks friendlier than the format we had before (no offense, web developers in Springfield).

I am loving simplicity lately.  I am finding that the more we simplify, the easier it is to focus on and accomplish what’s important.

I was listening to Dino Rizzo’s podcast yesterday, and he was talking about this very thing.  He said that he loves drive throughs and pay-at-the-pump, and he never longs for chaos in his life.

Dino, my brother, I offer you a heart-felt “amen.”

What I find, though, is that everything tends toward chaos.  We must be intentional and strategic in our efforts to make things simple.

What are some areas of your life that you can simplify?

(By the way…  if you’re wondering, I used iWeb to create our new church site.  Talk about simple.  That’s why I love Mac!)

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(The Salt Lake Tribune/AP, 15.08.08) A cookbook written by Father Epifanios Milopotaminos, the cook on the secluded Mount Athos sanctuary gives us a rare glimpse into life in this community of some 1,500 monks in 20 monasteries that strictly limits outside access, including barring women. Published in April, ”Cooking on Mount Athos” (so far available only in Greek) offers 126 unpretentious, tasty recipes. ”It’s a clean diet that people once ate across the eastern Mediterranean. It’s the same way meals were prepared 100 years ago, or 50 years ago,” Epifanios says. FOR MORE LOOK AT: http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_10218542