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Sunday, 16 March 2008

  • Today I got to go to the new building my church is working on and I got to write Scripture on the floor of the sanctuary.  My new church is a LOT bigger than the one we have right now, but I already love it.  It feels like it can be home.  I don't feel lost inside or like it is too big.  Don't get me wrong, I know it is huge, but it just doesn't feel that way (except when looking across the atrium or sanctuary) and I am so excited about what God is going to be able to do there.   Writing on the floor of the sanctuary (the writing will, of course, be covered with carpet eventually) was also a really cool experience.  What a wonderful way to take ownership of the building!  I am so blessed to be going to this church and I am excited to see what God does next.

Monday, 25 February 2008

  • Currently Listening
    AO
    By Article One
    Say it Again
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    I went to a Newsboys concert this weekend...it was superb!  I absolutely LOVE that group...have since I was thirteen.  There was a great Canadian group (Article One) that opened for them and they were really neat too.  They had a bit of a Tree63 sound with a violin that put Jars of Clay to shame.   The violin was absolutely amazing!  I could have listened to that guy all night.
    Anyway, I had a rather odd thought during the concert.  I am getting old (technically...never in spirit) and in a few more years if I am still going to those concerts, it will be a bit like my parents going to see the Rolling Stones in concert again (not that they would go to that sort of concert)...know what I mean?  Eventually, I am going to either grow out of this sort of thing, or be the strange adult amongst the high school and junior high kids.  I kind of relish the idea of being the strange adult, don't you?

Sunday, 17 February 2008

  • Currently Watching
    Man of La Mancha
    By Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews, John Castle (II)
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    "When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams -- this may be madness. To seek treasure where there is only trash. Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it
    should be."
    Man of La mancha

    To dream the impossible dream
    To fight the unbeatable foe
    To bear with unbearable sorrow
    To run where the brave dare not go

    To right the unrightable wrong
    To love pure and chaste from afar
    To try when your arms are too weary
    To reach the unreachable star

    This is my quest
    To follow that star
    No matter how hopeless
    No matter how far

    To fight for the right
    Without question or pause
    To be willing to march into Hell
    For a heavenly cause

    And I know if I'll only be true
    To this glorious quest
    That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
    When I'm laid to my rest

    And the world will be better for this
    That one man, scorned and covered with scars
    Still strove with his last ounce of courage
    To reach the unreachable star


    We watched the musical "Man of La Mancha" today for family movie night and it was wonderful.  The songs are strong and catchy and the story is uplifting and entertaining.  I highly recommend it to anyone who has missed out thus far.  Check your local library.

Saturday, 16 February 2008

  • Currently Listening
    Portable Sounds
    By Tobymac
    Made to Love
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    Whatever happened to a passion I could live for
    What became of the flame that made me feel more
    And when did I forget...
    That I was made to love you
    I was made to find you
    I was made just for you
    Made to adore you
    I was made to love
    And be loved by you

    ~Toby Mac

    ....When did I forget?....

Monday, 11 February 2008

  • Currently Listening
    Coco
    By Colbie Caillat
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    I just thought that I would update you all on my job status...


                I am a doctor.  I put my hand on foreheads that are too hot to do math today.

                I am a dentist.  I examine braces that are too tight to do math today too.

                I am a taxi service. I make sure all seatbelts are buckled on the way to the pumpkin patch, the firehouse, the zoo, the airport, the hospital, and the farm to see the new baby pigs.

                I am an actor.  Learning your times tables can be fun.

                I am a mom. I clean up throw-up.

                I am a detective.  I know whose paper it is where there is no name on it.

                I am a decorator.  I wallpaper in yellow butcher paper.  I accent with green beanbag.

                I am a repairman.  I know how to put cardboard under a desk leg so it won’t wobble. I can remove the thirteen staples that have just turned into one after being pounded in the stapler. I mend bruised feelings and bicycle chains and broken shoelaces.

                I am a librarian.  I know exactly where the book with the great white shark on the cover is in the library.

                I am a coat rack.  I hold sweaters so you can slide, lunch money so you can slide, and glasses so you can slide some more.

                I am an electrician. I can make circuits that are parallel and circuits in series if I study the drawing in the teacher’s manual at recess right before the kids come in.

                I am an athlete.  I can run to the bathroom and back in two minutes.

                I am a mailman. I send home important newsletters about school photos so that your mom can call me and ask why she never heard about Picture Day.

                I am a musician.  I can play both parts to “Heart and Soul.”

                I am a mathematician.  I know that 32 kids – Brian = easier day.

                I am a businessman. I loan money for lunch at a reasonable interest rater.

     

    -Written by Phillip Done in his book 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny

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