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I have no fear of drowning, It’s the breathing that’s taking all this work.

Back to Cali

Dear Friends,

At God’s prompting after 5 years here in Texas, I’m moving back to California. I’m currently pursuing a pastoral position at a local Acts 29 church, and would cherish your thoughts and prayers in this endeavor.

God has been preparing my heart for this transition for some time now, and although I’m excited for what He has in store, leaving will be bitter-sweet.

I will be leaving before the end of month, and wanted you to know that you remain in my thoughts and prayers.

I’d welcome any questions you might have, and would cherish any opportunity to see you before I leave.

I apologize for the brevity of this letter, and it’s short notice.

It is now and will always be my hope and prayer:

That you would know a love that surpasses understanding
That in Him you would find breath and life and every good thing
That you would lose your life to gain it

A dim reflection, Drew

Alive

Well I could sing unending songs of how You saved my soul I could dance a thousand miles because of Your great love.
I have a house to live in, a warm bed to sleep in, clothes on my back, food to eat, and a family that loves me. I can see, taste, smell, touch and hear. My lungs still draw breath.
For what I received I pass on to you as first importance; the God-Man Jesus died to save sinners, reconciling to life those who believe.
These things remind me of the God who saved me, who loves me perfectly, and whose greatest act of mercy reconciled me to life. Day by day realizing how little I deserve and yet how abundantly He provides. I challenge you to live ALIVE.  Fully aware of want and plenty, joy and sorrow, life and death.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, for by Him all things were created.  He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Dear Entrepreneur

Jason Calacanis (Engadget, Mahalo) and David Heinemeier Hansson (37Signals, Ruby on Rails) are the real deal.  Must watch! YouTube Preview Image

iptables love

Had a hard time finding an example iptables rule-set. Here’s one to get you started. This will keep everything locked down except the standard ports.
*filter

#  Allows all loopback (lo0) traffic and drop all traffic to 127/8 that doesn't use lo0
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -i ! lo -d 127.0.0.0/8 -j REJECT

#  Accepts all established inbound connections
-A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

#  Allows all outbound traffic
#  You can modify this to only allow certain traffic
-A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT

# Allows HTTP and HTTPS connections from anywhere (the normal ports for websites)
-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT

# FTP (active and passive)
-A INPUT  -p tcp -m tcp --sport ftp -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT  -p tcp -m tcp --sport ftp-data -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --sport 40000:50000 --dport 40000:50000 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

#MySQL (remote access)
-A INPUT -s 192.168.1.6 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 3306 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT

#  Allows SSH connections
#
# THE -dport NUMBER IS THE SAME ONE YOU SET UP IN THE SSHD_CONFIG FILE
#
-A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 22 -j ACCEPT

# Allow ping
-A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT

# log iptables denied calls
-A INPUT -m limit --limit 5/min -j LOG --log-prefix "iptables denied: " --log-level 7

# Reject all other inbound - default deny unless explicitly allowed policy
-A INPUT -j REJECT
-A FORWARD -j REJECT

COMMIT

Firerift Screencast

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Acts 19 – Joy in obedience

// Here are my notes from teaching this past weekend (02/14/10) over Acts 19.  I’ve also attached the discussion questions we used.

Acts 19 – Joy in obedience

We’ve been following Paul’s missionary journeys through Acts.  We pick up with Paul in Acts 19, while he’s visiting a busy port city called Ephesus.

Read Acts 19:11-20

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Entrepreneurial Aspirations

I share with you the result of too many books, and much introspection.  The traits and challenges of an entrepreneur.

The Traits

Self Starter
No one has to tell you to do something, you’re always analyzing problems, finding solutions, and working the plan.
Teachable
Recognizing you’re dumber than you think you are, and making every effort to address that deficiency.
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They shoot to kill

Phil Davis - Proverbs 11

Phil Davis designing through the Psalms

My take on the Apple iPad

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Here’s my take on the Apple iPad (more…)

iPhone 2G BW
iPhone 3G BW