Category Archives: currently reading/listening to
Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes (turn and face the strain)
People deal with change in their very own, unique way. Some people truly hate it, some people get all giddy over it. I am the kind of person who acts like I hate it but inside I am secretly all … Continue reading
Jesus is not Ghandi
Last Thursday Dustin and I saw David Bazan perform a “house show” at our friend Josh’s place. There was about 50 of us nicely packed into the living room where Bazan strummed his guitar and played a great acoustic set … Continue reading
Bitterness Sucks.
Each year we do 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting at our church. This year the Pastors were asked to take 1 of the days and write a blog post on the verse/topic of the day. I thought I would … Continue reading
Get the heck out of here.
I just read that Ryan Adams married Mandy Moore. Mandy frickin’ Moore. This better not change the love-sick, depressing music I have come to love from Ryan Adams. How can an artist continue writing about love and loss after getting … Continue reading
Beauty
I am currently reading Captivating by Stasi Eldridge for a small group that I’m in. It’s not a book that I would necessarily read on my own, but I don’t mind reading it for the group. I finished the first … Continue reading
Filed under book worm, currently reading/listening to, in my opionation, more like Him, right?
Book Review: Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan has written eighteen books, three of which I have read. My goal is to read all eighteen. Until then here are 3 short reviews of the McEwan books I have read. Title: Saturday//Published:2005 Saturday is a “conscience” novel, … Continue reading
Filed under book worm, currently reading/listening to, in my opionation, new stuff, rad shizzz, right?, sad stuff
a mix fit for a president
Dear Mr. President, First off let me just say Congratulations on your historic nomination! I may or may not have voted for you, but it really doesn’t matter now, does it. I was thinking of ways to welcome you to … Continue reading
Broken Cisterns-a quote to ponder today.
“Men are in a restless pursuit after satisfaction in earthly things. They will exhaust themselves in the deceitful delights of sin, and, finding them all to be vanity and emptiness, they will become very perplexed and disappointed. But they will … Continue reading
It’s about Process not Perfection
Dustin and I had an amazing conversation today about what we are both learning (with help from the Holy Spirit and Celebrate Recovery). Dustin was explaining how all his life he thought if he could just take care of sins, … Continue reading
Forfeiting Grace
Celebrate Recovery teaches that SIN is a symptom of a character defect. When we allow God to remove the character defect the sin will naturally go away. For example, a man may cheat on his wife and this is the … Continue reading
