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That word would describe my blogging activity lately. I promise to start putting some more up. Not that what i have to say is soooo profound, but I will do so anyways.
I love New York City. There is no other place like it. Enjoy the video. These are still pictures.
New York city portrait, HD time lapse, April 2006, music by Moby from Max Moos on Vimeo.
Yesterday Ryan, our new High School Pastor, spoke on anger. It got me thinking about anger, the stuff I get angry about, the things I don’t get angry about, the way my anger often fizzles into nothing because of apathy or comfort. Then I started to get angry that we as the church allow some things to anger us and not other things. Ryan mentioned at the end of his talk about how the church is often viewed by those outside the church. It was something along these lines: ” We are known as gay haters and hypocrites”. In that this is not true for all people in the church, and not all churches, and not all followers of Christ, it is true for many in the church.
That all got me thinking about the way we deal specifically with homosexuality and the gay community. We have allowed the loud voices in some circles to get the attention and dictate to the world what “we” (Christians) believe. Here is my issue: We have spent so much time, energy, and resources ( including a ton of cash) on fighting an issue such as gay marriage, and all the while there are people in this world that don’t have food and clean water. We are choosing to spend all of these things on fighting something that most likely won’t accomplish what we want.
Here is what I am hoping. Can we be a people who are known for love? Love of all people. It is so easy to say: love the sinner not the sin, but that is often an empty saying that gives us a reason to continue our non-loving ways.
I hope that our anger is directed at things that God gets angry about. For me this is hard, but I pray that God will continue to break my heart for the things that breaks his heart.
What are your thoughts? What should a follower of Christ get angry about?
PREGNANT!!!!!
Liz and I are going to be Parents!!!!!!!!
Liz is 12 weeks pregnant. She is due on Dec. 4th. I am going to be a dad! A real DAD.
So… here is the question:
Brown baby or white baby? Red hair or dark hair? What do you think? Will the baby speak Spanish or English?
DEC. 4th – be praying for us.
As followers of Jesus Christ what are we to do or believe in light of our nation being in 2 wars right now. I have my opinions and my beliefs. What do you think?
I read on Greg Boyd’s blog about a top secret slideshow that the Bush admin. had concerning the wars and faith. Check it out here. ( who would have thought we would be going to GQ for this kind of info.?)
So what do you think? War & Christ follower? What does that look like? Where is the line? Are we God’s special chosen Nation?
Here are some old blogs I posted concerning this issue.
ok, so I have to admit that I was totally eavesdropping on a conversation this morning at Starbucks. Through eavesdropping I heard a conversation that was a little disturbing.
I overheard 2 guys talking, and it dawned on me that they are a part of the same local body (church) that I am. The conversation was steered toward 2 causes that we support. The rub comes when one guy was upset that we seem to support one cause more than the other. This may be true, but I don’t see it. BUT… the point is that both causes are doing GREAT things in the lives of broken and hurting people.
There is always someone that is upset. Always someone that can’t see the bigger picture. Always someone that is missing the good by focusing on the bad (or in this case not even the bad, but on their personal desires).
Sorry, but when I overheard his frustrations I couldn’t help but be bothered by the fact that he was missing the point completely. grrrrrrrrr…..
So technically I have a week off, totally and completely off. Yesterday I spent the morning reading at Starbucks, then I went and played ping-pong with my Old Man and my Bro. I know what your thinking… and yes… I beat them both. Badly. Then Liz and I took my parents to dinner for their 30th wedding anniversary (it was actually in Nov., but my mom couldn’t taste yummy food with her chemo treatments). Then I came home hung out with my wife. I loved yesterday.
So today… I had coffee with Joel, which is always a treat. After coffee I jumped back into A.J. Jacobs book, which I love. After reading for a while I decided to jump back onto the bike and head home. But… Nick called me in the middle of my ride, so we met up at my house and I we went to a gourmet lunch (del taco). After our lunch we went to Barnes & Noble. Nick worked and I read, and wandered, and read, and browsed, and read, and loved every minute of it. Then I was dropped off at home.
After such a great morning, I started to feel a little guilty. So I packed up the cable box (tear) and drove off to the UPS store. I also picked up a converter box (we are those people with a converter box!!!). Then I was a regular house husband and cleaned up around the house. Dishes? Done! Dusting? Done! Planting a Lime tree? Done!
To top it off.. I got to go on a bike ride with my wife. I love this not working business.
Is anyone willing to pay me to continue this? I will also clean your house and be a house husband for you too! Any takers????
So today has been crazy for me. I recently resigned from full time Youth Ministry. I loved my job, but the time had come for me to leave the church that I was at. So that naturally led to a need for a new job. The job search has been crazy and stressful. I have been trying not to worry or get stressed out, but I didn’t do as good a job as I wished.
But… It has come. I can now say that I have 2 jobs and am waiting to here back on the 3rd. First, I was working at Chili’s. I had gone through 2 training shifts and they were working with me in my many requests (not that many, but it was tricky). But, I just felt that Chili’s was not the best option for my wife and I right now. So I continued to search.
Today I filled out the paper work to become a Barista (AGAIN for the 3rd time) at Starbucks. I also had a phone interview with an organization that places foreign exchange students into American homes. I will hopefully be doing that on the side as a case manager. And… I accepted a job at Superstition Springs Community Church as the 5th & 6th grade director.
So I will be working at the Bux, SSCC, and possibly be doing the foreign exchange student thing. I am excited about the changes that are coming my way.
Its been awhile since I had to actively look for a job. Actually, this is the first time that I have ever had to pursue jobs and actually search them out. It is weird, scary, intimidating, and not so much fun. I guess it is all part of the journey (ha, get it).
In case you did not know, I put in my resignation at the church. It is a sad day, but I believe it is the right thing. Liz and I believe that God is closing this chapter of our lives, and moving us in a different direction. Now we are on the lookout.
If you happen to know of any jobs that would be a good fit for me, let me know. Anything helps.
In the meantime, its back to the crazy job search on the internet. It is crazy, some of the jobs out there…
