Wednesday, March 31, 2004
modern day liturgy, getting me through the week
Blessed be Your name in the land that is plentiful
where Your streams of abundance flow, blessed be Your name.
Blessed be Your when I'm found in the desert place,
Though I walk through the wilderness, blessed be Your name.
Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise.
When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will praise.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be Your name.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed by Your glorious name.
Blessed be Your name when the sun's shining down on me,
when the world's "all as it should be." blessed be Your name.
Blessed be Your name on the road marked with suffering,
though there's pain in the offering, blessed be Your name.
Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise.
When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will praise.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be Your name.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed by Your glorious name.
Words and Music by Matt and Beth Redman
Amen and Amen. Blessed be Your name.
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where Your streams of abundance flow, blessed be Your name.
Blessed be Your when I'm found in the desert place,
Though I walk through the wilderness, blessed be Your name.
Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise.
When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will praise.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be Your name.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed by Your glorious name.
Blessed be Your name when the sun's shining down on me,
when the world's "all as it should be." blessed be Your name.
Blessed be Your name on the road marked with suffering,
though there's pain in the offering, blessed be Your name.
Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise.
When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will praise.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be Your name.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed by Your glorious name.
Words and Music by Matt and Beth Redman
Amen and Amen. Blessed be Your name.
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Monday, March 29, 2004
my blog pic o' the day
Friday, March 26, 2004
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
How we doin? and other cheesy lines
I find myself day in and day out picking some cheesy joke and running into the ground with customers all day long. And they all laugh, smile, or something to that effect. Some of them mean it and others are simply being courteous. Every wednesday I say something like "well, we're half-way there aren't we?!" monday: Ready for a good week? Hope this gets you off to a good start!" Random rainy cold day "Are you enjoying this balmy weather we're having?" -consistently gets great laughs...gosh I'm funny!!!-
I say all of this to simply confirm that I am made to host a children's show. I'm cheesy, energetic when caffeineted, and very very very repetitive. All of these are required for the aforementioned position. As a bonus, my voice cracks a bit from time to time (it never really stopped, but it is much better than when I was 11), and the general tone of my voice is comparable to several muppets. I say this not in a self-loathing way...I see it as an assett.
On a more serious note, lately melissa and I have been a bit lonely...pretty normal stuff really. But what I've realized is that for the first time in my life I have to build relationships without the crutch of a conventional church. See a conventional church facilitates this by creating an environment not too different from high school or college, where you can fall in with a crowd of sorts... easily land with people like you who are looking for friends or at least acquaintances. And since we land with similar people we automatically like them (unless we don't like ourselves at all...and even then I think we like others who are like us). Voila, instant party invitees. Or inviters. But if you step outside of that, it's very refreshing and difficult. Strange too. I don't think Church as we've Known it intends for any of these "benefits." It's just kind of an unintentional perk.
I hope that in the end at least 2 things will happen.
1. I'll become close friends with people who are very different from me. We may not share interests. We may not like each other sometimes. But we will be friends anyway. We will share a story. THE Story.
2. I'll become friends with people who are like me...except they do not share my faith (since I have now traveled outside a Christian circle and into the real world). They may or may not be interested in my faith. But we will like the same bands, tv shows, games, or something else trivial and perhaps enjoyable.
and I'm sure combinations of the two will also occur.
That's what I'm thinkin'. What do you think? We ARE half-way through the week.
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I say all of this to simply confirm that I am made to host a children's show. I'm cheesy, energetic when caffeineted, and very very very repetitive. All of these are required for the aforementioned position. As a bonus, my voice cracks a bit from time to time (it never really stopped, but it is much better than when I was 11), and the general tone of my voice is comparable to several muppets. I say this not in a self-loathing way...I see it as an assett.
On a more serious note, lately melissa and I have been a bit lonely...pretty normal stuff really. But what I've realized is that for the first time in my life I have to build relationships without the crutch of a conventional church. See a conventional church facilitates this by creating an environment not too different from high school or college, where you can fall in with a crowd of sorts... easily land with people like you who are looking for friends or at least acquaintances. And since we land with similar people we automatically like them (unless we don't like ourselves at all...and even then I think we like others who are like us). Voila, instant party invitees. Or inviters. But if you step outside of that, it's very refreshing and difficult. Strange too. I don't think Church as we've Known it intends for any of these "benefits." It's just kind of an unintentional perk.
I hope that in the end at least 2 things will happen.
1. I'll become close friends with people who are very different from me. We may not share interests. We may not like each other sometimes. But we will be friends anyway. We will share a story. THE Story.
2. I'll become friends with people who are like me...except they do not share my faith (since I have now traveled outside a Christian circle and into the real world). They may or may not be interested in my faith. But we will like the same bands, tv shows, games, or something else trivial and perhaps enjoyable.
and I'm sure combinations of the two will also occur.
That's what I'm thinkin'. What do you think? We ARE half-way through the week.
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Saturday, March 13, 2004
okay...if you say so.
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
what a week
oh my crap. what a week it's been! I finally caught the starbucks bubonic plague (it's been going around up at John's Creek). Getting up at 4 am while having a horrible sinus headache is no fun. it's been kind of a sore throat, sinus headache deal. Glad to say I'm coming out of it.
We had a rockin' party for Leo's birthday this past saturday. It was a really good time. Leo had a blast. Today is his birthday so his mimi and papa (melissa parents...in town from OH) took him to build-a-bear for his special day. He was pleased.
I get two days off in a row starting tomorrow. It's been six weeks or so since this has happened. this is GOOD.
I haven't had many philisophical blogs lately...it struck me as I read one of greg's recent blogs that I too have kind of landed...when your in transition you never stop processing theory. Then you land and theory is present, but it's more being lived than thought about. Anyway, I'm still processing (who isn't), and still thinking about things but that's just not at the forefront of my mind/life right now!! Does this make sense?
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We had a rockin' party for Leo's birthday this past saturday. It was a really good time. Leo had a blast. Today is his birthday so his mimi and papa (melissa parents...in town from OH) took him to build-a-bear for his special day. He was pleased.
I get two days off in a row starting tomorrow. It's been six weeks or so since this has happened. this is GOOD.
I haven't had many philisophical blogs lately...it struck me as I read one of greg's recent blogs that I too have kind of landed...when your in transition you never stop processing theory. Then you land and theory is present, but it's more being lived than thought about. Anyway, I'm still processing (who isn't), and still thinking about things but that's just not at the forefront of my mind/life right now!! Does this make sense?
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