more fun stuff.

we're going to wear these as julie wins "A NEW CAR!!!"

...or possibly we'll just get up insanely early in the morning to sit outside the cold door of some tv studio in hollywood. perhaps with coffee. perhaps with a bunch of other annoyoing drew carey fans.

good luck to us. :)

will i?

so here we have one of the songs i've gotten to really appreciating over the last... year (?) since i first heard it. aaron shust says it well: i will wait.





cheers, all...

my wife is the most

...beautiful woman in the world.

law

lets talk about law...

just listening to a derek webb cd, that's all. a new law.

-don't teach me about politics and government, just tell me who to vote for.-don't teach me about truth in beauty, just label my music.-don't tell me how to live like a free man, just give me a new law...

many of us don't want to live by the Spirit because it's not easy. really, what we're looking for is a new law. like the old law, just new. but we're condemned according to the old law... why would we want a new one?
he continues,

-i don't want to know if the answers aren't easy-just bring it down from the mountain to me-i want a new law
-don't teach me about moderation and liberty, i prefer a shot of grape juice-dont' teach me about loving my enemies-don't teach me how to listen to the Spirit, just give me a new law...

derek asks the question at the end of his song...
"what's the use in trading a law you can never keep for one that you can but cannot get you anything?"

here it is.



go, derek. i dig. let's take the hard road. let's take on the challenge, let's climb that mountain, let's not look for the new law. Jesus repeatedly says, as derek reminds us, "Do not be afraid."

one oldie but goodie favorite.

russ taff, from way back in the day, "take my hand."

nothing like today

more thinking...
and realizing that today in this moment, these seconds that tick by will never happen again. they've never happened before, and they never will again. memories we've got will never ever happen over again. just like today.
makes me think about what really matters. makes me tend to forget about that driver who failed to signal that he was turning.. causes me to absorb the lyrics sung by that radio, look people in the eyes, gaze out the window and breathe in the beauty of God's world around. what's God up to today? at this moment? what's He thinking about those eyes i just noticed? about that music? about that driver?
what really matters? ...because there will never be anything like today.

nope.

okay, cheers and merry holiday and stuff...

you're all wrong. julie and i got our tree up and decorated last weekend. the cats are already eating ornaments (and lights) and sipping fine tree-water.

we're poor and got a smallish tree. turns out our apartment is smallish and we've got a smallish little cove that was made for our smallish tree. sure smells good.

merry almost-Christmas, peoples!