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So, sometimes I daydream.  I’ve noticed about myself that sometimes I daydream about the future of how things will be and there are sometimes that I think back to the past at how things used to be.  I’ve been going back fairly often lately about how life was for me growing up. I’ve even had a couple of conversations with people recently about how when we were kids there were no such things as car seats for kids or cell phones or even coffee shops as we know them today.  Read the rest of this entry »

There are times in life when you just feel like you could crawl up into your bed, duck your head under the covers and pray that you would just never have to come out again.  I know, that if you are reading this, that you’ve had a moment like this in your life.  If you are really honest with yourself you can find a time.  Maybe you didn’t literally crawl into bed, maybe you went to work or went to work out or bought one too many a drink at the local pub or maybe even simply turned on the TV and escaped into some fantasy land that you for a second thought you were part of.  But NCIS or The Office or Lost aren’t reality and after the half hour of your escape, they kick you our of their wonder land and you are still on your couch wondering why “it” happened.  Read the rest of this entry »

I am at a stripped down, bare bones, ready for remodeling place in life.  I just turned 30 and have come to the revalation that I am not getting younger.  I am not old by any means, but I think 30 is bookmark age in a mans life.  There is this American sociological stigma that by 30 you should have made something of your life.  Like having a successful career, being married with a couple of ninos running around, a house, a nice car and a savings account.  Well, I have none of that!  That’s right, not one single thing from that list.  It’s hard, I’ll admit.  I never thought that this is where I would be when I turned 30.  Read the rest of this entry »

There is a burning in me to see something great in my lifetime.  I think everyone wants to see something great in their lifetime.  What is it for you?  To see your child born?  To see your to be wife walk up the isle?  Or you to be husband standing there waiting for you to walk up the isle?  To see a sunrise from the top of a forteener in Colorado?  To see what it’s like on the inside of the barrel at pipeline?  A legitimate peace between Israel and Palestine?  U2 in concert from the front row in Ireland?  Your book published?  What is it?  What do you want to see that is great?  I have something burning in my chest to the point at which I feel as if it is about to burst into flames about something that I want to see.  Can I tell you what it is? Read the rest of this entry »

So I went on a little road trip this weekend.  A buddy and I took our 49cc scooters and drove from Tacoma, WA to Cannon Beach, OR taking all back roads due to the fact that we topped out at about 30 miles per hour.  A 200 mile trip never took so long on a motorized vehicle.  We packed our sleeping bags, sleeping pads, tools, snack food and other essentials, strapped them to the side of our hogs and away we went.  We stopped just outside a little town of Elma, WA for the night and slept in the back parking lot of the First Lutheran Church of Elma.  When we awoke in the morning, it was foggy, cold and our tummies were growling so we went into Elma and stopped for a nice breakfast at the Bee Hive Restaurant.  When we entered the locals all looked at us as if we were from outer space.  They have probably never seen two young men drift into town on bikes so small.  But soon after they continued their 12th cup of joe and forgot we even existed.  This is when something happened to me. Read the rest of this entry »

There is this hunger in the belly of my spirit for more of God.  I want Him, to be close to me, for Him and I to be more intimate with each other.  I want to know him and the power of His resurrection as Paul put it.  But I have this weird idea.  I want all that without actually being weird.  I want it to look natural, organic, real.  Not like I forced it to happen with religious jargon and listening to cheesy christian music or taking 12 easy steps to stop kicking my dog and getting closer to Jesus.  I want the real thing.  Which, when I think about it, I don’t think the real thing can happen but by being real, honest and being extremely aware of the need for Christ’s help. Read the rest of this entry »

There is a deep longing in the heart of God to give himself to us!!!!!!!!!  He awaits at the doorstep of out hearts knocking, hoping that we will answer the door, even crack it open so that he can pour himself in and give himself fully to us.  He is not holding Himself back from us, we are holding Him out.

I came to a greater revalation this morning to that old saying “garbage in , garbage out.”  You know the concept.  If you fill your mind and heart Read the rest of this entry »

Lets be honest, no one wants to make a mistake. No matter how small or insignificant that it may be, we don’t want them to happen.  People can get hurt, relationships bruised, money lost, and the list of repercussions goes on and on.  I have something that I think will help, but take it with a grain of salt and my only hope is that you will be blessed.

Mistakes happen.  No matter how hard you try to avoid them, they happen.  And they come at times that are inconvenient and can be quite unsightly and down right embarrassing sometimes.  And in my experience the more I try and not make mistakes the more of them I make.  Read the rest of this entry »

What is it about the words of affirmation from another that are so powerful? Why do our hearts almost jump out of our chest when someone looks us square in the eye and says something about us that we thought no one else knew but wish they did? How can a relationship with someone go so deep so fast in the midst of real community and honest talk of one another?

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My last entry I talked about intimacy with Christ and how I have returned to Him with a longing just to fall deeper in love with Him. Thinking more about that I was talking to a friend of mine the other day and he said something that really struck me. He actually heard what I am about to tell you from another friend of ours. He said “God wants to give us the desires of our heart, why don’t we give Him the desire of His?” Read the rest of this entry »