Isaiah 6:1-13 / 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 / Luke 5:1-11

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

7 February 2010

As we move toward the conclusion of this post-Epiphany season of the church year, during which we’ve been “walking wet” week after week with Jesus, moving away from the physical event of his baptism and into the meaning and application of his baptism, for his life, the life of his hearers and followers, and yes, us, too …

… well, I wouldn’t blame you if you came away from the readings at least a bit confused this morning.

I mean … “Didn’t Jesus already have his disciples before this story, in the Gospel, today?”

Well, yes, he did … at least, three weeks ago, when we heard the story of Jesus … and his disciples … at the wedding in Cana.

But that story was from John’s gospel.

For most of this “ordinary time” after Jesus’ baptism, we have been reading from Luke’s gospel … which is where we are today, at the beginning of Luke chapter 5.

And today, where we find Jesus, after his unpleasant encounter with his hometown neighbors last week … now, today, he’s literally walking wet, by the sea, by the lake … gathering his disciples; those who would follow, who would … abide … with him.

After a very long time of creating the new theme, I am proud to say that after two days it is fully in place and functioning.

There are a ton of new and improved features that I have included in this update.  In this article I'll list the most noteable changes and additions, and then later there will be a readme with all of the changes.  If you don't understand what something is, you can comment and ask, or not worry about it.

Noteable Changes:

•  The site template has been recoded in HTML 5 and CSS4 to support the maximum number of web browsers.  However, this ends support for IE 6 if you still have it.  This change also fixes the issue where glitches in the site would appear when full site zooming was enabled in the browser.
• The overall look of the site has been redone to make it more sleek and new-agey looking.  It is also somewhate easier to use this way.
• The information bar on the left has been moved to the right.
• Behind the site there is a new background image.
• The date, login, zoom, and search have been removed from the very top of the site.  Search and zoom are now located under the menu (under the showcase for the home page), and login is located near the bottom of the right menu.  Login was moved as it is only necessary to use with staff members.
• The site now uses the gantry framework for positioning items.  This should speed up loading times on slower internet connections as well as make the site easier to code for.
• The top menu has been completely redone to be more sleek looking.  The framework behind it has also been changed from the original moomenu to Fushion Menu.  This should speed up the site on slow computers.
• The text size increaser now has two levels of increasment so people with bad vision may see the site easier without using their browser's zoom feature.
• Article titles now have a green border around them to clarify the order of articles on the site.
• The logo was redone as some people were unsure of what the original logo meant.
• The showcase area of the homepage has been redone to have only one item at a time.  A background picture was also added to it, the color was changed to green, and a gradient opacity was added to the church image.
• The whole site has been recoded to work 100% with javascript.  This is mostly due to the new top menu that supports javascript.
• The buttons for printing, emailing, menu items, ect.  have been redone to give a more sleek look.
• The frontpage can now support multiple pages of articles.
• For javascript and other like popups a new lightbox framework has been added.  This also applies to some images and videos that may appear in the future.  Due to this, the login module was completely redone.
• For our writers, the editor has been completely redone!  It now has great features such as spell check, and it's completely resizeable.  It also has a sleeker look and a bunch of other new features.  It also now has automated help if you need it.

There were so many more changes than this, but there isn't anymroe room.  I hope everyone enjoys the new features of the site, and as always, if there's anything you'd like to say, don't hesitate to leave a comment.