tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110021142024-03-23T12:49:31.526-05:00the story i find myself inLearning.Breathing.GrowingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger345125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1163380007894738822006-11-12T19:00:00.000-06:002006-11-12T20:47:21.726-06:00time to moveyes - blogger has been so good to me - but now it is time to change. here is the new home:
<a href="http://myyearnedforwholeness.wordpress.com/">My Yearned-for Wholeness</a>
make the change : see ya on the other side!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1163338048022436362006-11-12T07:25:00.000-06:002006-11-12T07:27:28.060-06:00deacons SHUT OUT seminoles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2532/592/1600/756121.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2532/592/320/756121.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>
GO DEACS!! we are on a roll. we haven't won in tallahasee since like the 50's and last night we CRUSHED the noles, 30 - 0. that's what i'm talking about...oh yeah - did UT win last night...NO! ha! thats what they get for not showing the wake game.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1163293997695350592006-11-11T19:09:00.000-06:002006-11-11T19:13:17.723-06:00so lame!so because i live in texas and UT is playing at the same time as Wake i dont get to watch my boys play. so lame. UT sucks...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1163265622180674602006-11-11T11:19:00.000-06:002006-11-11T11:20:22.183-06:00blogger vs wordpressso i am in the process of trying to decide to switch to wordpress or stay with blogger. anyone have any thoughts? pro's / con's ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1163264176348254102006-11-11T10:52:00.000-06:002006-11-11T10:56:16.370-06:00my wife is amazing!yep - this morning i was awakened to breakfast in bed! yum!! i was out late at my bass players bachelor party where we played poker til like 2am. the good news is i won 50 bucks! so needless to say i was tired this morning. and to have the first thing when i wake to be my wonderful wife bringing me coffee and waffles with peanut butter and chocolate chips. yes it was amazing. and she is amazing.
here's to a great saturday!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1163080764954452082006-11-09T07:57:00.000-06:002006-11-09T07:59:24.976-06:00isn't she beautiful?thanks to <a href="http://chrismarlow.blogspot.com">marlow</a> for the heads up on this: rob bell is doing a 2 day seminar for pastors. oh yeah. i'm there...anyone else going? michigan is january - YES!
here is the info: <a href="http://www.isntshebeautiful.org">isn't she beautiful?</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162762010179550202006-11-05T15:25:00.000-06:002006-11-05T15:26:50.196-06:00denison witmerso if you are a denison fan or if you have never heard him - you gotta go here:
<a href="http://happybirthdaydenison.com/">Happy Birthday Denison Witmer</a>
33 songs. free. download the tunes. donate some cash to charity (if you desire). happy b day denison!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162733334323406402006-11-05T07:27:00.000-06:002006-11-05T07:28:54.353-06:00a new member to the blog familyyes - your favorite little brother and mine - TIMMY is bloggin at: <a href="http://whenyouthoughtyoudneverstandout.blogspot.com/">When You Thought You'd Never Stand Out</a>. read with caution because he 'does what he wants'. glad to see you are bloggin bro...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162697163881858332006-11-04T21:17:00.000-06:002006-11-04T21:26:03.900-06:008 - 1<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2532/592/1600/Photo%2058.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2532/592/320/Photo%2058.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>
yep! my boys pulled it out and it is the first time we have been 8 - 1 since 1944. GO DEACS! the only bad thing is the upcoming schedule...hopefully they can keep the streak going! much love to <a href="http://jasongore.blogspot.com/">gore</a> for the football.
GO DEACS!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162685522700775012006-11-04T18:09:00.000-06:002006-11-04T18:12:02.716-06:00a great finish to the bday extravaganzayes - my boys WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS on national tv tonight - GO DEACS!!!
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8 and 1 - here we come!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162682314704674962006-11-04T17:18:00.000-06:002006-11-04T17:18:34.706-06:00My Celebrity Look-Alikes<a href="http://www.myheritage.com" title="MyHeritage Celebrity Look-alikes" alt="MyHeritage Celebrity Look-alikes" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.myheritagefiles.com/G/storage/site1/files/21/50/67/215067_1296769ed1d454ej89aj01.JPG" width="500" height="574" border="0" ></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162682011858702342006-11-04T17:11:00.000-06:002006-11-04T17:13:31.876-06:00My Celebrity Look-Alikes<a href="http://www.myheritage.com" title="MyHeritage - trace your ancestors" alt="MyHeritage - trace your ancestors" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.myheritagefiles.com/G/storage/site1/files/21/49/36/214936_89416524c1d454odmz0x01.JPG" width="500" height="574" border="0" ></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162612405275537582006-11-03T21:39:00.000-06:002006-11-03T21:53:25.300-06:00birthday surprises!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2532/592/1600/logo_in.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2532/592/320/logo_in.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>
so amanda planned a wonderful evening for me!! i am so blessed and so loved by the best person in the world! i had no idea what we were going to do this evening - but it has been incredible!! we ate dinner at this restuarant called <a href="http://www.bistromoderne.com/index2.html">bistro moderne</a> and it was so great!! the funny thing is i ordered some wine that costs A LOT of money....oh well - its a birthday, right?
after dinner the next surprise was that she got us a sweet room at <a href="http://www.hotelderek.com/">Hotel Derek</a>. so we headed up then and when we got here she had decorated the room in a football theme dedicated to the one and only TAMPA BAY BUCS! whoo hooo!! also, she got a pumpkin cheesecake and put together an amazing book for me of tons of friends letters to me. thanks to all for your words - they mean much more than you will ever know. thanks amanda for doing all this hard work and getting people to write to me.
and to top it all off - tomorrow we have room service breakfast and 60 min massages in the massage suite! oh man. what an amazing bday. ok - time for the courvoisier...good night...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162589562799126322006-11-03T15:30:00.000-06:002006-11-03T15:32:42.823-06:00our houseyes the rumors are true - for the full update here: <a href="http://amandaandjasen.blogspot.com/">our story begins...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162516671505895272006-11-02T19:17:00.000-06:002006-11-02T19:17:51.506-06:00time to changeyes - we got a new look here at the story i find myself in. also - we are buying a house! more to come later...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162316550473551892006-10-31T11:31:00.000-06:002006-10-31T11:42:30.530-06:00oh snapdamien rice - new album november 14th. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! click <a href="http://damienrice.com/">here</a> for more info.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162307766159864182006-10-31T08:59:00.000-06:002006-10-31T09:16:08.093-06:00Rockharbor Podcastdont know if you are subscribed to these guys or not - but if you are interested in studying and discussing worship - they are in a 5 week study that began last sunday. go check em out <a href="http://www.rockharbor.org/resources/messages/index.php?page=current">here</a>, subscribe and join the discussion.
two nuggets from this week:
1 - worship isnt determined by what you say or sing. it's how you live.
2 - a worship series isnt designed to teach us how to sing better - it is designed to show us who God is and what are the ways he wants us to respond to him.
man these seem so fundamental but they pack so much weight. God help me to worship you with my life and not just with my words and songs...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162223611619719552006-10-30T09:10:00.000-06:002006-10-30T09:53:31.746-06:00sunday morning and shoesthis sunday was an amazing sunday. we are currently studying nehemiah and this week was on the topic of letting go. God was rebuilding the city through nehemiah and along the way there were some people who were trying to thwart his process - saying we want to live in the rubble and not change. hardened hearts to the process of renewal. a great message for our crowd.
in our meetings in planning for the service we came up with the idea to go ask people on the street what is the hardest thing they have ever had to let go of. then after that we asked them if they would let go of their shoes and donate them to our homeless ministry at the church. something that people probably have abundance of and something simple that other people are in need of. the response was great. of about 14 people we asked, 4 people gave us their shoes. so great!!
so yesterday morning we showed this video in the service and then our pastor taught on letting go and being a part of renewal and rebuilding and we gave our people a chance to respond...and it was amazing! at the end of the service we wheeled out 4 trash cans and asked people to donate their shoes and all 4 cans were filled! over 200 pairs of shoes. it was great because it all was genuine sacrifice. it didnt feel like people were guilted into responding. it was a celebratory time of sacrifice. as simple as we might think it is - for our people to give up stuff was so great! it makes me excited to see how we can continue to practically be a part of restoring and rebuilding God's kingdom here in houston.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1162062577969275092006-10-28T14:07:00.000-05:002006-10-28T14:09:38.013-05:00sweet.oh yes.<a href="http://www.rocafella.com/News.aspx?item=102662&sectionid=137">sweetness</a>
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i just hope it is as good as the black album. we shall see...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1161890470809292652006-10-26T13:54:00.000-05:002006-10-26T14:21:10.993-05:00new musical endeavorsso yesterday i wrote / finished my first song using logic and the good ol oxygen 8. for a listen - click <a href="http://web.mac.com/fpchouston11o5/iWeb/the%2011o5%20experience/Creations.html">here</a>. enjoy...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1161650733550955562006-10-23T19:40:00.000-05:002006-10-23T19:45:33.573-05:00save the cheerleader, save the world<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2532/592/1600/hro_1001_002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2532/592/320/hro_1001_002.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>
yes - i am addicted. cant wait for tonights episode. holler.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1161632279502080662006-10-23T14:36:00.000-05:002006-10-23T14:37:59.523-05:00(red) productsi know this has been around for awhile - but i am just now discovering it. it is a beautiful thing. for more info - click <a href="http://www.joinred.com/manifesto.asp">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11002114.post-1161551873192153662006-10-22T15:45:00.000-05:002006-10-22T16:17:53.676-05:00the album leaf (pictures)so yes - it was an amazing evening. the only bummer was the nasty smoke filled room + the delay for T A L to start due to computer/visual problems. but once that was fixed it was all good! they do some very sweet visuals with all their songs - all the visuals timed up perfectly to the songs. go see these guys on this tour if possible. so so great. here at the pics:
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these last two pics capture my two fav things of the evening:
1. the violin player. man he is amazing! he did a lot of looping and put some sweet effects on the violin. he is so tasteful too. what an incredible musician.
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2. the suitcase rhodes. as you can see we got to stand right at the front of the stage next to jimmy and watch him work his magic. i think the rhodes is my new fav instrument. he looped it many time which was brilliant - and as you can see he had his hands full with two other keyboards as well. amazing.
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