brevity is all i can promise...

I am moving blogs, again...

2008-08-04T01:17:00.000-07:00

I've actually enjoyed writing in this blog.

Too bad I haven't kept it updated.

Hopefully I'll try the same concept again.

Good-bye.

The glories of Tucson

2008-07-15T12:24:00.000-07:00

The fellowship I get in Tucson is so life-giving.

It is one of the things that I will miss greatly in Hawaii.

Summer

2008-07-04T16:29:00.000-07:00

Transition times are hard on me.

One thing that always disappears is writing/blogging.

I want to change that. Perhaps I'll start another blog...

Memorization

2008-05-12T23:57:00.000-07:00

2 things you should memorize:

1) Word of God [context (and source) for understanding truth]
2) Historical dates (context for understanding human actions and culture)

a reply to ryan's post on faith

2008-05-05T12:36:00.001-07:00

I concur, good sir.

I want to be found with empty, open arms of faith.

For, "does he speak and not act?"

will I graduate with only a developed mind?

2008-05-03T22:50:00.001-07:00

As far as I know there is no correlation between intelligence and courage.

Strength of mind means nothing without strength of heart.

The last 22 things I've eaten

2008-04-30T20:02:00.000-07:00

1. Chick-fil-a chargrilled chicken breast on Paradise bread
2. Chick-fil-a breakfast burrito
3. Boisenberry yogurt with granola
4. Chick-fil-a chargrill on Paradise bread
5. Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
6. Quaker Oats cereal
7. Paradise California Turkey Sandwich
8. Yogurt with Raisen Bran
9. Oatmeal
10. Leftover Mullet house hamburgers
11. Chick-fil-a bought us pizza!
12. Oatmeal
13. Soup with Paradise bread
14. Zachary's pizza (D-butz b-day)
15. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
16. Oatmeal
17. Hamburgers at Mullet (Vision night)
18. Soup
19. Oatmeal
20. Soup
21. Chipotle burrito
22. Oatmeal

Future Grace

2008-04-29T12:17:00.000-07:00

Things I long to be:

-An effective teacher
-A spiritual father (and grandfather)
-A bold herald of the Gospel of Jesus

A prayer when being hard-pressed

2008-04-28T11:38:00.000-07:00

May I sacrifice more for Christ,

then I would when times are easy.

In the furnace, all that is not precious

falls away.

A Leader's Job: Think

2008-04-25T23:49:00.000-07:00

Poor leadership: characterized by reaction to urgencies.

Great leadership: proactive emphasis on the long-term goal.

Essential ingredient: time alloted for deep reflection.

Exercise

2008-04-23T08:11:00.000-07:00

I exercise for the sake of generations, physical and spiritual.

I want to be strong for my wife, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Hope

2008-04-22T15:25:00.000-07:00

Hope never looks back over its shoulder.

To do so would be fear,

fear that the finish line is not worth it.

"For no matter how many promises God has made, they are 'Yes' in Christ." II Cor. 1:20

2008-04-20T11:17:00.000-07:00

Sundays I have committed to not asking God for anything.

I have received everything in Christ.

My response is thanksgiving and praise.

The only good servant is the invisible one

2008-04-20T09:30:00.000-07:00

A good servant longs to do his job so well you don't notice him.

He anticipates needs, fulfills them, and escapes thanks.

How can we help people be born again?

2008-04-14T20:55:00.000-07:00

The biblical answer [is] plain: Tell people the good news from a heart of love and a life of service.

-John Piper

The restless rest of hope

2008-04-11T14:48:00.000-07:00

sweet, lingering;

it wakes me up sometimes in the

middle of night--

hope always has the taste

of glory in its mouth.

"Live with all my might while I live" Jonathen Edwards

2008-04-10T13:02:00.000-07:00

The glory--

that longing, in my fingers,

washing these metal pans.

On my breath,

rubbing on Chick-fil-a nuggets!

Spirit, bust outa me!

longing for the harvest

2008-04-08T15:38:00.000-07:00

if we would be partakers of the fruits,
we must labour;
if we will gain the prize,
we must run the race.

Revision: Anchor of the Soul

2008-04-05T23:38:00.000-07:00

It's hook, the promises of God--

secured by the sufferings of Christ.

Chain your tossed-so-easy heart

to this glorious hope.

"Have no fear of sudden disaster, or the ruin that overtakes the wicked" Prv. 3:25

2008-04-04T13:21:00.001-07:00

It's so easy to lose everything.

A misplaced mouse-click.
An ill-timed sneeze on a freeway.
Blood clot to the brain.

The anchor of the soul

2008-04-01T18:25:00.001-07:00

Hope.

Its hook, the promises of God;

its weight, the sufferings of Christ.

Be not tossed by the winds of the world.

how to write well

2008-03-30T23:14:00.000-07:00

1) Read things exciting and challenging.

2) Write. Responding, searching, expressing, theorizing...

3) Share. Be encouraged.

4) Rewrite. Work for the right words.

5) Repeat. Always repeat...

Success

2008-03-27T09:58:00.000-07:00

How are the people around me doing?

How can I help them succeed, even if it means not getting what I want?

Glory

2008-03-26T18:26:00.000-07:00

Dark.
Open your hand.
Heavy...
It's gold.
How do I know?
Trust me...
they'll try to snatch it,
that's how you know.

The rest of that Schaeffer quote is too good not to put down...

2008-03-25T21:30:00.000-07:00

"But many in the present generation dare not do this because on their own basis reality leads them to meaningleness."

Mental obesity...

Silence is scary.

2008-03-25T21:25:00.000-07:00

“No one seems to want a place for quiet, because when you are quiet, you have to face reality."

Francis Schaeffer

The (non)burdensome commands of Christianity

2008-03-25T19:11:00.000-07:00

Have somebody else do all your work!

Stop being anxious!

Spend time with the one who loves you!

Live forever!

Be forgiven!

In my post-modern poetry class reading John Ashberry

2008-03-24T15:54:00.000-07:00

I wonder if weeping
would be an appropriate response
to the celebration
of chance and accident around me.

Vulgarity is never sweet.

"Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate..." Mk. 15:15

2008-03-24T07:43:00.001-07:00

Pilate makes God sick:

"You are neither cold
nor hot. So...I am about to spit you out of my mouth."

Rev. 3:15-16

Stravinsky "Poetics of Music"

2008-03-24T00:25:00.000-07:00

In art, [and] everything, one can build
only upon a resisting foundation.
Whatever constantly gives way to pressure,
constantly renders movement impossible.

"I want to know Christ, and the power of his resurrection..." Philippians 3:10

2008-03-24T00:01:00.001-07:00

(Easter)

"Too much," said Death

as the King wrestled those keys

back and hop-skipped into life.

All you can eat life! Here!

Why 22

2008-03-23T22:41:00.001-07:00

Less words = more thought & creativity per word.
Less words = less time.

If this works, I'll add another word
when I turn 23.