Don't Panic...

this post is for my friend sean. McD you are the only one who may actually read my blog and for that I am grateful. this one goes out to you. just giving you a little blog love!

p.s. keep growing the long hair dude...it's very rock and roll. Stay Strong!! also notice the coldplay title. One of their more underrated songs i think.

Hello, Goodbye...

i am wanting to be more faithful with my blog and because of that i feel all this pressure to post, even though i really dont have anything to post about. so i dont really know what is going to happen next...but i'll keep writing for a little.

-i feel like the weather is just toying with me lately. we'll have a really beautiful day followed by several days that make me want to never wake up. please make up your mind. actually let me make up your mind. it's time for spring. the winter has been too long in more ways than one.

-the Beatles have to be the greatest rock band of all time. no i am not saying the Beatles are my favorite band of all time, but their songwriting is timeless. something i hope mine is someday (hey we all can dream!!)

-i have the greatest wife in the world...no more comments necessary.

-i cant wait for baseball season to start, even though i am thoroughly intrigued right now by march madness. however soon...very soon the yankees will begin their 27th title run!!!

-although we in no way promote violence (nor do we wish people physical harm) my friends and i sometimes play a game called "if you had to punch..." we then proceed to name two people that we dont necessarily dislike, but just feel it would be invigorating to punch. we also may pick two people that it may be incredibly mean to punch and then yell at each other for being mean enough to say that you would actually punch them. but that is the fun of the game because you dont have an option, you have to punch one. so my question to you is if you had to punch bill gates or steve jobs who would you punch??
*please also feel free to leave a comment with your own "if you had to punch" scenario

awakening...

so it's been a while. and you know it's been a while when you log in and they ask you to recreate your account...yeah. alot has happened physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. too much to write in a post. too much to write in a book. sometimes i think too much to have in a lifetime. some days i feel i have already lived three full lives. its weird but you know what i mean. i think we all have experienced seasons that have made us feel that way.
anyway.... this weekend missy and i were apart of the lcbc youth staff retreat. we had the cool opportunity and privilege to be guided through the weekend by steve argue, a great youth ministry thinker and visionary. he lead us through exercises and discussions on what it means to live out imago dei personally and in community. in light of my first paragraph and the lifetimes i have lead, it was great for me to re-examine imago dei and how God has not only created me uniquely, but maybe more so has allowed me to go through very unique experiences that make me who I am, who He created me to be. it was something i really had not thought about in a long time. it was fascinating then to then connect my individuality to community, and to how i do ministry. it was encouraging in many ways to see my individuality, which too often i look at in a bad way, and see how God can and is using it for good. it was so good for me to realize that God is making all things new, even in me. even in all the bad that i have been through. and that i really am His new creation!

Warning
my apologies if any of this was scattered. i am writing this with many interruptions due to a house full of giggling and crazy seventh grade girls. missy's small group is over. it's a slumber party!!!