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A Video

Here is a video I worked on. More to come! Team Christmas - Teen Angst - watch more funny videos

December Baby

I've been married a year this month! What an awesome year with my super-awesome wife! I also rode the train and skateboarded to work today and it was awesome! I feel great, and a little sweaty. This may become a regular thing though -- it's way more fun than sitting in my car! A lot of notes this month... Find a group of people on an adventure and join them. All you need is: an adventure, a map (bible), a tour guide (someone who's been where I want to go or lives there). Paul was still trying to take hold of that for which Christ took of him (Philippians 3:12) -- he was never "there." We should never "arrive" either. If we have, we're just coasting (moving off of past momentum and wanting progress with no effort). Telling God "I want" can be the first and most important step of faith. 2 Corinthians 10:5 "We Demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every tho

Two videos

Here are two videos I want to share. The first is "Thanksgiving?" a sketch by the super-talented Peter Harmon. We've worked together on a bunch of stuff and I think this one's pretty good: Thanksgiving? - watch more funny videos And the second is one my good friend Bryan Mayer made. It's got a real pro wrestler!   http://apps.facebook.com/crashthesuperbowl?page=watch&video=3728

Response to "Mercy and Justice"

I just listened to this amazing sermon from Christine Caine at Seacoast Church. She heads up A21, an organization that is working to totally end human trafficking by the end of the 21st century. She has some really, really incredible things to say. Usually I write good quotes from sermons down, but she said too many and too quickly so I wasn't able to write down much. Just do yourself a favor and listen. This is especially poignant because I was at a friend's community group meeting last night and we prayed for God to "light a fire under my butt." This prayer is birthed out of a conversation with a coworker that made me realize I'm not living a life that proves God is real. I hear stories about people who do, and it's amazing, but I want that for my self and for my family.  I feel like God is doing something awesome here... "Doubt dies unborn if it's never spoken."

Justice and Mercy

For some reason I was thinking about this this morning... A lot of times in the bible, God says he desires mercy and justice: Micah 6:8 "He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Proverbs 21:3 "To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice." Hosea 6:6: "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." It occurred to me this morning that all of this was a set up, or foreshadowing, for the Messiah, and a true example of God's character. God had mercy on us by forgiving our sins, but He is still just, and our sins required payment. The Messiah came and paid for the sins, and thus came this very physical picture of mercy and justice. He exemplified the thing He desires from us. God set the example just like any father should for his children (because we all know "do a

October is My Favorite Month...

...for weather. Although this month was hotter than I would have liked. Yesterday was November 5th and it was in the 80's...crazy. Here are some of the things I learned in October:   PRAYER God's desire to pursue us is greater than our desire to hear from Him "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." - 2 Corinthians 10:5 Remember this when you're praying and getting distracted   COMMITMENT TO TRAINING  2 Corinthians 3:17 - Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty Liberty is not found doing your own thing, but being where the Spirit is, with others Are you available/ expendable for Christ? Will you go anywhere in the world He tells you? Will you do any job, no matter how base? Will you work for/under anybody? Have a volunteer spirit. God isn't being done a favor by us working for Him, He's doing us a favo

Mourning September

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Anyone ever heard of that band (Mourning September)? They had a song on The Effect Radio that I thought was awesome, so I bought the CD, only to discover that the rest of the CD sounded different, and not in a good way. It was a pretty monotonous CD, except for this one song, which was their single:  Brings me back to my emo days... September flew by. I was hoping that the end of summer would lead to a less-busy year, but not so! It was here and over before I knew it. Being busy is both a blessing and a curse...I'm busy because I have lots of things to do with lots of friends, but when you're busy, time flies by way too fast. I want to find that balance between being busy for the right reasons and resting. It's October now, which is my favorite month as far as the weather goes. Let's hope it moves a little more slowly than this year so far. Here are my notes from September's desk calendar: "Deep-fried Twinkies are an abomination agains

End of the Month Calendar Notes

Here are all the notes I wrote on August's calendar. Check the blog a couple months past to see what I'm talking about. So sad...summer is over in the cultural sense. It's okay though, because fall is rad and you can still surf in California. Not as many notes as last time:  Listen to: Shmunks For You (punk/hardcore band) "Only do those things that only you can do." - Dawson Trotman The definition of humility is embracing your unique design. What do I do well and with satisfaction? We have fewer miracles today because we don't try to depend on God, but rather on ourselves. The deeper the Israelites got into the desert during their 40 year wandering, the more miracles occurred. The tougher life gets and the more we depend on God, the more we'll see Him work. These notes based on a sermon by Jamie Winship from Luke 5: One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of G

Green Acres is the place for me?

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I was on an awesome vacation with Katie's family last week on the East Coast. I've gone east several times this year, and every time I miss it more. The green, rolling hills of Pennsylvania and sultry coasts of the Carolinas in particular seem to be calling me home. And that's the best way to put it -- it feels like home. It's got me thinking, and rethinking, about a lot of things: why I am where I am, what I'm doing here, how long I'm supposed to be here? Basically, God's call; because I do feel called to the entertainment industry and Los Angeles, at least for now. But I can't help but long to go to my eastward home. But what is home? Are we really ever at home on Earth? Isn't Heaven supposed to be our home? A man told Jesus he would follow Him wherever he went. Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." So to follow Jesus, means we really have no home on Earth

Ryan's Roses

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I'll admit it: I've been on a bit of a Top-40 kick lately, which means whenever my CD player doesn't work or I get tired of the CD's I have in my car (I won't lie, sometimes I even turn to it on purpose...), I will listen to the two Top-40 stations saved on my radio buttons. Because we're in Los Angeles, one of them is hosted by Ryan Seacrest, which is a big step from Two-Girls-and-a-Guy on 95SX back home. Every once in a while, he does this thing called Ryan's Roses where he calls up a dude who is suspected of cheating by his girlfriend/wife. They call him and tell him he's received a dozen free roses, asking him where he wants them delivered, to whom and what he wants the card to say. If the guy gives him to his lady, then he's probably not cheating, but if he gives them to someone else, he probably is. Yesterday I was listening and this is the first time I've ever actually heard the Ryan's Roses thing, although I've heard abou

If my calendar could talk...

I have a calendar on my desk at work. I listen to a lot of sermons and have a lot of thoughts throughout the day, so I usually write them down on my calendar. I used to use sticky notes, but decided it would be more environmentally friendly since this big piece of paper is in front of me all day anyway, and blankly ripe for writing. At the end of the month, I write down all of the worthwhile stuff in a little notebook, and this month's seemed particularly good because I have been listening to a lot of sermons on manhood. Here's some of the stuff: Manhood = we will see, we will act. We are strong for one reason: to give it up for something greater than ourselves. Women's magazines have so many things for them to be doing all the time (how to cook, how to lose 10 pounds by Friday, how to please your man in bed). The reason is because women are so devalued in society, so they either have to do everything to have purpose, or they have to become sexual creatures. We need

Know Thy Refrigerator

I woke up this morning to a puddle around my refrigerator. At first, Katie and I thought it was broken (or at least I did). Turns out, something pressed in the spout on our Brita filter and the water leaked out everywhere. At least it was filtered water that I found all over our floor -- maybe it's cleaner now... Anyway, in my clean up, I learned that the shelves in the door of our refrigerator are removable! It got me thinking about how refrigerators aren't the kind of thing we really explore when we get one, so we don't even know what we have. It's not like a new car where you drive it and try to find every cup holder or figure out how to fold down the seats in three different configurations (Honda Fits are amazing...). Or like a new camera with fifteen different picture settings. Or even a washer/drew where you always wonder what would happen if you try Permanent Press. Which reminds me, I have to go change my laundry. Excuse me... Resuming this a day later...any

Twenty Four

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I've been thinking about this song today: In particular, these lyrics: I want to see miracles, see the world change Wrestled the Angel, for more than a name For more than a feeling For more than a cause I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You And You're raising the dead in me  It's been tough for Katie and me to get out of bed lately, and I think the reason is because our days lack something spectacular to look forward to. It's not that we don't have good things -- we have an awesome and new marriage, tons of friends, creative projects to work on, good jobs and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to beat -- but it's still not enough to make us excited to wake up (I know, that game came out 5 years ago, but I am always two steps behind in video games). Anyway, I think this is all because we were created to see God work, and if we aren't seeing God work in tangible ways, then there is something crucial missing from our daily lives. And

Shelf & Pot-rack

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 Here are pictures of a shelf/ pot-rack I made recently: This was quite the project. I didn't pre-drill some of the screws and ended up cracking the wood. I thought it wouldn't be strong enough to hold any pots, but put it up for a book shelf. Turned out to be pretty sturdy! Learning lessons in carpentry...always pre-drill with wood! Pictures taken with a Canon 60d, 50mm lens.