Ten Commandments
Jun 27, 2005 Uncategorized
//MOOD: Great
//NOISE: Bear in the Big Blue House
OK, so the Supreme Court has finally ruled that the Ten Commandments should not be displayed in the courthouse. I think this is a good thing, and before the Christian pundits get all up in arms I want to refer you back to a previous post of mine and quote a great passage of Scripture:
1Timothy 2:1 I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. As you make your requests, plead for God’s mercy upon them, and give thanks. 2 Pray this way for kings and all others who are in authority, so that we can live in peace and quietness, in godliness and dignity. 3 This is good and pleases God our Savior, 4 for he wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. 5 For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and people. He is the man Christ Jesus. 6 He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message that God gave to the world at the proper time. 7 And I have been chosen—this is the absolute truth—as a preacher and apostle to teach the Gentiles about faith and truth.
Extended Family
Jun 26, 2005 Uncategorized
I never had cousins living close when I was growing up. We would see them maybe once every year and a half if we were lucky. That’s one of the reasons I am so jazzed that my sister and her family have moved to Lansing! Just yesteday, they moved into town. Hopefully, my kids will grow up getting to know their cousins much better than I got to know mine.
Weather Woes
Jun 26, 2005 Uncategorized
//MOOD: Cold
//NOISE: Riv band playing
I spent the week in Orlando. It was muggy and rainy. Luckily the rain kept it from being too hot. Then I came back to Michigan and it was hotter and muggier. So weird.
But luckily Eddie keeps Riv at a brisk 50 degrees, so I am doing fine now.
Dancing
Jun 24, 2005 Uncategorized
//MOOD: Dancible
//ITUNES: “Don’t, This Way” - Seventy Sevens
I am trying out this service called You Tube that Dave recommended to me. If it works, I won’t have to use up my server space with videos. Let me know if you have any problems watching this video.
Basically, I was looking through my unedited videos and I realized I had a lot of my kids dancing - especially Coley. This is a mix of many of those clips.
Old Video Archives
Jun 24, 2005 Uncategorized
I am moving my videos into Movable Type to make life easier.
Click here to see an archive of all videos before I started doing this.
Chuch Decor
Jun 24, 2005 Uncategorized
//MOOD: Pissed
//NOISE: Me saying “Get it?”
We need one of these urinals in our building.
Quote of the Day
Jun 24, 2005 Quotes
//MOOD: Heavy
//NOISE: Click Clump Crash
From Dave Berry:
Nobody should take this personally, but: As a nation, we could stand to lose maybe 117 trillion pounds.
Brawny Man
Jun 24, 2005 Uncategorized
//MOOD: Glad to be home
//NOISE: Home
OK, so this is freakin hilarious.
Quote of the Day
Jun 23, 2005 Quotes
“The cleaning crew is finally on the plane and i told them they only have two minutes because these people want to go home.”
- Northwest gate lady
4 Things
Jun 23, 2005 Uncategorized
//MOOD: Hmmm.
//NOISE: Hmmm.
What do you think of these four statements, which a friend of mine proposed in a doctrinal conversation today:
1) God is completely sovereign over all things.
2) We are genuine moral agents, making choices have consequences and for which we are accountable.
3) The primary use of this doctrine is for pastoral comfort (ie - “Do not be afraid”).
4) Why divide on anything outside of this? If we can’t reconcile other issues, who cares?
Quote of the Day
Jun 23, 2005 Quotes
//MOOD: Thoughtful
//NOISE: Discussion
Chinese proverb: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
Transparency
Jun 23, 2005 Uncategorized
//MOOD: 6.0
//NOISE: Pavi talking
I have talked a few times on the transparency issues pastors face. Here is an interesting perspective summarized like this:
Quote of the Day
Jun 22, 2005 Quotes
//MOOD: Laughing
//NOISE: Jim Pace talking
I am in a meeting right now about the future of GCM. Then, I read this quote which seemed immensely appropriate:
“Look closely at the present you are constructing. It should look like the future you dream of.”
-Alice Walker
Hostile Takeover
Jun 21, 2005 Uncategorized
//MOOD: Applrific
//NOISE: People talking
I am sitting in a circle with 21 pastors right now and there are 9 Macs, 4 Dells, and 1 Vaio.
Serving
Jun 19, 2005 Uncategorized
//MOOD: Great
//NOISE: Chirp
This morning I met someone named Lindsey. She was being trained in how to do the visual presentation stuff for Riverview.
Very cool.
She started coming to Riverview 3 weeks ago. After she was around for two weeks, she decided to plug in and serve. She saw the announcement about needing help and decided to help.
Very very cool.
Memory Lane
Jun 18, 2005 Uncategorized
//MOOD: Nostalgic
//NOISE: Kids watching “Little Bear”
I just had the biggest stroll down Memory Lane. My dad is cleaning out his basement and he found ten boxes labeled “Noel.” He decided to bring them over to my house to sort through. Amazing. Here are some of the more cool things I found:
* A Bible my parents bought for me after I became a Christian
* A long letter of reproof from my mom (well deserved, I may add)
* Lots of High School pictures
* A plaque of the first verse I ever memorized: Acts 4:12 (I got the plaque at VBS)
* A whip
* 5″ floppy disks
* Tons of books
* My high school yearbooks
* Dozens of cassettes, including Run DMC and Madonna
And my favorite thing:
* A box full of hundreds of pictures from my summer in Africa. I had thought these were lost forever. In fact, I was recently lamenting to my dad how much I wish I hadn’t lost them. It was so awesome to go through the pictures and relive the experiences.
Then it occured to me: that trip was 15 years ago! I am officially old.
