drought revisited

i haven’t given you photo archive entry in a while. here’s a good one.
when i was at fusion church, we did a series called “drought” that paralleled spiritual dryness with the drastic lack of precipitation we had in georgia at the time. when we were planning it, pastor tony kept saying, “i want […]

christmas hang-over

i noticed this morning that the los angeles morning news show my parents watch still has their christmas decorations up. i don’t know why that surprised me a little bit. i guess i just expected to see them gone as soon as christmas was over. don’t get me wrong, i didn’t want […]

Christmas songs cont’d.

here’s a beautiful, bittersweet song by john prine called christmas in prison. it’s perhaps off the beaten path a bit, but i like the ones that aren’t as well known, and aren’t necessarily all smiles and giggles… click below to listen.
christmas in prison - john prine
also, just in case you were wondering, i […]

shopping and whatnot

check out this post on my friend travis keller’s blog. it’s called “in response: ‘you hate christmas.’” pastor tony made mention a couple of weeks ago about christmas being too self-focussed, and how we should do things for people who can’t or won’t do anything for us in return. i think travis’s […]

“christmas song-a-day” hiatus

i’m sitting here in my office, eating my lunch at 2:30, sipping coffee from my new starbucks cup with pictures of ella all over it, watching a video of a great a capella group from indiana university called “straight no chaser” attempting to sing the twelve days of christmas. i actually caught myself laughing […]

Christmas-song-a-day #15

have you ever let a day get away from you? you know what i’m talking about: you have a million things to do, and you get on such a role accomplishing it all that you look at the clock and it’s one in the morning…and only five minutes ago it was 2 in the […]

christmas song-a-day #14

hark how the bells…seem to say…something…and some stuff…niner…
this tune was the free track on itunes a few weeks ago, so some of you may have already heard it. i give you carol of the bells by a group called the bird and the bee. it’s a little bit hard to mess up the […]

christmas song-a-day #13

christmas renders me introspective each year, perhaps this year more than any other, due to the new addition to my family. ron sexsmith’s maybe this christmas sort of lends itself to an introspective, reflective frame of mind.
i believe it appeared on the OC’s holiday mix have a very merry christmukkuh.
maybe this christmas - ron […]

Christmas-song-a-day #11

when jars of clay first came onto the scene two years ago (i made that figure up…i was in high school i think…), they had great success with their style that didn’t sound like anybody else. now, over the past several albums, they’ve progressively sounded more and more like a band that knows what […]

Christmas-song-a-day #10

a few days ago, my boy travis requested (nay, i say demanded) some james taylor for your xmas listening enjoyment. well, mr. travis (as you would be called here in the south), your wait is over. in fact, because you are so beautiful (albeit slightly extreme) i am going to afford you a […]