wednesday worship

it’s been quite a long time since my last “wednesday worship” post. but i just got the new israel houghton album, and i couldn’t resist sharing a little something with y’all.
so try to follow me here…
1) there are a couple of christ tomlin albums that i really like from a few years ago. [...]

friday favs

favorite music video: ok go made the music video with the treadmills. now they’ve released this little gem. you’re welcome.

favorite russian singer: mr. trololo

favorite website
unevengoogle.com
favorite throwback video: because it was so good the first time i posted it.

what are your favorite things?

rock of escape

read 1 samuel 23:28
the niv and kjv call it “sela-hammahlekof.” the message calls it “narrow escape.” the nlt cals it “the rock of escape.”
there is something so beautiful about this to me. it’s very poetic. like my french host-father who saw my hanson cd and thought the title “middle of nowhere” [...]

dang saul

“don’t ask God for patience, cause he’ll just put you in some situations that will make you learn to be patient.” well i’m pretty sure that’s close to how it works.
i’ve read through the book of job. a group of my friends and i studied job in a seemingly neverending twelve-week guided study. [...]

experience (un)necessary

read 1 samuel 17:32-37
the world is so different now than it was when the bible was written. how are we supposed to be able to apply meaning and direction from these ancient texts to our lives today. i’m reading the bible online on my laptop, i heated my coffee up in a microwave [...]

sunday night after church

1. i got more sleep last night than i have in about a week. not quite 7 hours, but still felt good.
2. amelia sleeps better in her pack-n-play than she does in her crib. i don’t know why. but my inlaws are in town, so they got her room, and she moved [...]

my $300 plaque

read 1 Samuel 15:20-23
“…but i did obey God…” saul seems to think that he’s done the right thing here. not only the right thing, but he feels like he has gone above and beyond the call of God, thought of a better way to use the resources that God clearly told him how to use [...]

soccer

which sport is the most boring to watch?

football fever

the world cup is on. they’ve built the stadiums, they’ve mowed the grass…
though i don’t think i’ll be able to watch much of it, because of my schedule and whatnot, i’m excited about it nonetheless.
i was in france in 1998 when they won the world cup on their own soil. the [...]

swagger wagon

last fall we bought a minivan. we got it used, with quite a few miles on it, knowing that we would most likely have to repair it sooner or later. well, when we pick it up from the shop today (the second time since we’ve owned it), we will have invested an additional [...]