Husband. Dad to 5. Student Ministry Pastor. Follower of Jesus. Yatta yatta.

I ACTUALLY YELLED YIPPEEE

January 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment


I confess. I just screamed in my office. I yelled YIPPEEE. Wow. Apple finally did it. They finally made my dreams come true and integrated the ipod, a phone, and a pda. I wanted a new phone that did this so bad. I currently carry all 3 devices to make this happen- soon I will be down to one. YES!!! They even put a camera in it, but I don’t care. I’m so excited I can’t believe it. I hope Jesus will forgive me… cuz this must make me some kinda materialistic pig. I guess I’ll go repent… and try to put it out of mind for several months since it doesn’t come out until June and it’s on Cingular… which means I’m gonna have to do some work to get this gig. My church pays for my cell phone since it’s used for ministry like 90% of the time, but we’re on Verizon. Oh… happy happy day. You can read the keynote address here if you are as FIRED UP as I am. Double good news… my contract with Verizon is up in February… I’m going month to month till June.

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IS GOD THOUGHT FOR THE IGNORANT?

January 8, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Recently, a guy named Richard Dawkins has joined some reason debate caused by the Intelligent Design voice of the president and others and made some noise in the press with a discourse against religion- all religion -called “The God Delusion”. It, along with a few other books on the subject, caused the front cover of Time magazine to issue an article entitled, “God vs. Science” on Nov. 5 of last year. The most interesting quote inside from my perspective is this one:

Most Americans occupy the middle ground: we want it all. We want to cheer on science’s strides and still humble ourselves on the Sabbath. We want access to both MRIs and miracles. We want debates about issues like stem cells without conceding that the positions are so intrinsically inimical as to make discussion fruitless. And to balance formidable standard bearers like Dawkins, we seek those who possess religious conviction but also scientific achievements to credibly argue the widespread hope that science and God are in harmony–that, indeed, science is of God.

Additionally… a friend of mine forwarded me this book review by H. Allen Orr. If you like reading about the philosophical and scientific community’s ideas on faith and religion, then this review will take you some time to read but will be worth it. It’s a well written, thorough, insightful, and intelligently read review of this New York Times best selling work (currently number 6 and 15 weeks long on the list). His examination of many traditional arguments for and against God based on what has been done in God’s name through history and the probability issues regarding his existence is worth the read all by itself. Maybe next time you get called on these issues by a skeptic, you might have a few intelligently skeptical questions of your own to ask in response.

As a believer, I think God must be smiling. Be it by pessimism or by passion, his existence and character is still pondered. Oh how we all need grace.

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SARAH’S DREAM HOUSE

January 5, 2007 by Leave a Comment
On our way to go snowboarding, we stopped in Lodi for java at Starbucks. While going through the drive through a friend of mine starts laughing. I asked what was so funny. He points to the right where we can see there is a house that has clearly been there for years. However, their front door now opens up 50 feet from the drive through window of a brand new Starbucks. We have a mutual friend, Sarah, who we’re pretty sure would figure a way to get the stuff piped into her tap water if her house was this close. I snapped a few pics so you can check it out for yourself:

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A WEEK IN PHOTOS

January 5, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Well, from Dec. 26th though January 2nd, we went to visit some family and friends in our old stomping grounds in Northern California.

The highlights were:

  • Several lunches, cups of coffee, deep discussions, and simple laughs with old friends dating back as far as my high school days
  • A run with my Dog through my old stomping grounds of cross-country training
  • Breakfast with Mom, time with family, and seeing my sister and her family from Oregon
  • Buying new pants- I lost 2 inches on my waist in the last 4 months. Yippee.
  • A day of snowboarding.
  • Tyler’s 7th birthday and bowling for the first time in years. Shannon beat me. She thinks people should know that. Now you are in the know.
  • Watched my first Pay Per View ultimate fighting championship at a friends house- that thing is crazy and it’s even more nuts listening to it in commentary from 4 off duty and 1 on duty police officer.
  • Caught a couple of movies
  • Spent New Years Eve with friends/family in SF- the first time we’ve been childless for that celebration in years.
Here’s some pictures. As always, click on them and they get bigger if you want a closer view:




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LIGHTING UP MY CHECKBOOK

January 4, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Welp, just got my SDGE bill. My contribution to the holiday season decor by leaving my lights on from dark to 11pm for 3 weeks for the enjoyment of my family and neighbors cost me an extra $100 in electricity. I can’t imagine what it must be costing the people whose houses make it in the paper as “worth” going to check out. What does it cost that guy who makes it in the national news and starts setting up in October? Must be a load of benjamins. If I ran SDGE, I think I’d put an add in the paper telling people how to get to those houses that are on display and run some kind of contest to see who can do the best light job of those who didn’t do one last year. As it is, they must look to December with exceeding joy.

I wonder what my new gas fire pit will cost me this spring/summer?

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