April 2012
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December 2011
1 post
Checking out Path. I am a sucker for well designed social network apps…
October 2011
2 posts
50/50, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and my hope for Rob...
Last weekend, I was down in Leesburg and had just about exactly 2 hours off between two different events I was attending. I decided to head to the movie theater and try and catch something that would magically fit just inside that window, and I actually found something- the film 50/50.
This was a movie that I had seen previews for, but I never really connected with them. However, my wife had...
“At the end of the day I just ultimately see myself as a like a friend, as a...”
– Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) on transparency in songwriting and performing
September 2011
3 posts
August 2011
3 posts
July 2011
3 posts
June 2011
12 posts
WatchWe went to Wal-Mart today. It was definitely not in Butler Plaza…
WatchSea otters at the Vancouver Aquarium- one is grooming, the other is celebrating something. They were later seen holding hands while sleeping!
“Sonny! Kick your boots off, Sonny!”
– Alex Miller, as God in the burning bush during a Western version of Moses’ call story
WatchFor some reason, I have always been a sucker for sad songs (especially breakup songs- even though I am very happily married!). This is the latest one that has been rattling around in my head. Its an older song from Ray LaMontagne, but I am relatively new to his stuff, so this is the first time it has really stuck for me. The main line, “I still don’t know what love means.” What a...
Father's Day
I have been spurred to write this on two accounts. First, I will not be around on Father’s Day, so I certainly want to wish every father, my father and father-in-law especially, Happy Father’s Day! This is going to be my first Father’s Day since getting married, and it really makes you think about it a little differently, even if I am not a father (though there is much love to my...
December 2010
1 post
A Look Back at the 10 Things I Was Looking Forward...
In looking back over my blog, I realized I only wrote 2 posts all year! Busy year, I guess. However, that made it super easy to find my year-end post from last December cataloging the 10 things I was looking forward to in 2010. I figured before I write up the 10 or 11 things I am looking forward to in 2011, I should maybe reflect on the year and those predictions and see how it all went.
1. Final...
June 2010
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February 2010
1 post
A few random thoughts... Especially to Gator...
As is usually the case, the first time I sit down to work on a sermon, I end up thinking about everything else. The problem this time is that I only have 8 days, and I still have yet to pick a passage. However, maybe if I do a mental dump, it will clear the way.
1. Lent is hard. It is hard to give things up. It is hard to fill the space you give up with good things. It is hard to stay focused for...
December 2009
2 posts
10 things I am looking forward to in 2010
Here follows a list of 10 things I am looking forward to in 2010. They are in no particular order.
1. Final Season of LOST. Seriously, this is probably what spurred me to write this list. I am in the midst of rewatching as much LOST as possible to try and be ready to comprehend whatever will happen come February 2. If one of the unanswered questions includes “What is the island?” than...
“Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much...”
– E.B. White, 1960
November 2009
3 posts
October 2009
1 post
“This week’s been great- a laptop, a PS3! That’s what grades will do...”
– Overheard from a middle school boy in my complex
September 2009
4 posts
“A Christian leader is a person with God-given capacity and God-given...”
– Dr. J. Robert Clinton, School of World Mission
A Call to Worship for Pentecost
Leader: When You created humanity in Your image, and we sinned and broke our covenant with You.
People: You were with us and did not abandon us.
Leader: When Moses led our people to the Red Sea, and Pharaoh’s army pressed in behind.
People: You were with us and did not abandon us.
Leader: When You became incarnate in the unlikely and fragile form of a child.
People: You were with us and did not abandon us.
Leader: When we overlooked Your message of love and grace, and we crucified Your Son.
People: You were with us and did not abandon us.
Leader: When we saw the empty tomb, and did not understand Your triumph over death.
People: You were with us and did not abandon us.
Leader: When Jesus returned to heaven, promising another in His place.
People: You were with us and did not abandon us.
Leader: So today, as we celebrate the giving of Your Holy Spirit to dwell inside of us always, we declare-
People: You are with us and will never abandon us!
“It’s called empathy. Read it and weep. And then I will weep.”
– Shawn McWhinnie
“In great deeds, something abides.”
– Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain