Monday, November 26, 2007
I love my job!
ok, so for those of you that may read this from the far corners of the world...
this is a taste of some of the incredible talent that i have the priviledge of working with each week, and more specifically, each sunday.
...a little in house video about the parking at Buckhead...
Enjoy!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Pet Lovers Unite!
ok, so i have some pretty crazy cats (2 actually) thanks to my good friend and coworker, Erin.
but i have never seen anything like this at my house...
...although, mine have been known to scale walls to get up to the top of my cabinets. and Buddy, my boy, always gets into the dryer while i'm folding my laundry...
...crazy cats...
Monday, November 19, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Oh Yeah!!
can you read it?
the Police...
that's right! THE POLICE!!!
...so, what did YOU do this weekend?
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Lighten up!
ok, so looking back on my blogging thus far, it's way too serious. i just found out about break.com and thought that i would post a little something for your viewing pleasure...
...i know that guns kill, but it's still pretty cool when they blow up apples and ketchup and stuff...
thanks, Los!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Why are we all here together?
ever wonder?
why we're all here, in this world where it's so easy to feel alone. there are people everywhere you look and yet we can choose to be completely isolated from each other. in fact, it's easier to be on our own.
...but God had something else in mind for us...
i went to 7:22 tonight. it's this really amazing Bible Study/church service/movement that happens on Tuesday nights for singles here in Atlanta. and it just so happens that now it takes place in the very building that i work in everyday. so, i went. i had no excuse not to really, and i need the community. it's too easy in my job to lose that. which seems so strange for me to even write because i work for a church. but the nature of my job is that i spend all week trying to put the most amazing music and worship together along with our entire team and yet i rarely get to really worship, myself. so i went...
Jarrett Stevens spoke about community and the importance of being in community with each other. he focused on Acts 2 and about the first church and how they lived together and had constant fellowship with each other. he talked about how important it is for us to talk to each other. and to be sure that we have people in our lives that we can really open up to and be vulnerable with.
this is one of my soapboxes actually, so i thought that i would share a rambling of mine from a letter that i wrote to a friend.
"...Feelings are so powerful on their own, but they come to life when they are spoken. There is something so vulnerable and real about sharing your heart with another person and having them stay and listen and still want to be with you. It’s completely validating and it bonds you together for life. This is one of the sweetest gifts that we can share with each other on this earth. Listening, hearing, and staying. I think sometimes that it’s the perfect gift because it’s just as immeasurable for both people. The one sharing feels understood and accepted, and the one listening feels such a sense of pride and selflessness in helping to make the other person feel understood and loved. Intimacy between people is difficult, but when it’s done correctly and continuously between two souls, it is like heaven on earth. I think that was God’s intention in giving us to each other. He could have given each of us our own world to live in. It would have made things much easier for Him and for us. We would have had no trouble living just for Him. But instead, He put us here together and gave us ways to help each other and to love each other, and He uses so much of our relationships with each other to let us understand our relationship with Him. And then in turn, because of our relationship with Him, we are better able to relate to and love each other..."
how smart is our Father in Heaven?!?
why we're all here, in this world where it's so easy to feel alone. there are people everywhere you look and yet we can choose to be completely isolated from each other. in fact, it's easier to be on our own.
...but God had something else in mind for us...
i went to 7:22 tonight. it's this really amazing Bible Study/church service/movement that happens on Tuesday nights for singles here in Atlanta. and it just so happens that now it takes place in the very building that i work in everyday. so, i went. i had no excuse not to really, and i need the community. it's too easy in my job to lose that. which seems so strange for me to even write because i work for a church. but the nature of my job is that i spend all week trying to put the most amazing music and worship together along with our entire team and yet i rarely get to really worship, myself. so i went...
Jarrett Stevens spoke about community and the importance of being in community with each other. he focused on Acts 2 and about the first church and how they lived together and had constant fellowship with each other. he talked about how important it is for us to talk to each other. and to be sure that we have people in our lives that we can really open up to and be vulnerable with.
this is one of my soapboxes actually, so i thought that i would share a rambling of mine from a letter that i wrote to a friend.
"...Feelings are so powerful on their own, but they come to life when they are spoken. There is something so vulnerable and real about sharing your heart with another person and having them stay and listen and still want to be with you. It’s completely validating and it bonds you together for life. This is one of the sweetest gifts that we can share with each other on this earth. Listening, hearing, and staying. I think sometimes that it’s the perfect gift because it’s just as immeasurable for both people. The one sharing feels understood and accepted, and the one listening feels such a sense of pride and selflessness in helping to make the other person feel understood and loved. Intimacy between people is difficult, but when it’s done correctly and continuously between two souls, it is like heaven on earth. I think that was God’s intention in giving us to each other. He could have given each of us our own world to live in. It would have made things much easier for Him and for us. We would have had no trouble living just for Him. But instead, He put us here together and gave us ways to help each other and to love each other, and He uses so much of our relationships with each other to let us understand our relationship with Him. And then in turn, because of our relationship with Him, we are better able to relate to and love each other..."
how smart is our Father in Heaven?!?
Momma said there'd be days like this...
when was the last time you had one?
...lie back, kick off your shoes and tell me all about it...
it'll do ya good, i promise!
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Isn't she lovely?
...isn't she wonderful...
this is a picture of one of my favorite people...Ellie Phenix...i used to nanny for her. from the time she was 3 months old until she was about 3 and a half. this picture was taken by my new favorite photographer, Daley Hake.
...check out his work and his blog...
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Sucker!
ok, so apparently the last post i put up was NOT written by George Carlin. actually, when he found out that he was credited with it, he called it "a load of sh**". nice...
my boss really enjoys killing my joy when i find little "nuggets" like this and usually sends me a link to "snopes" proving that i was wrong.
anywho...
i still like the quote!
it was written by a Dr. Bob Morehead, former pastor of Seattle’s Overlake Christian Church.
the piece was titled, The Paradox of our age
just wanted to give credit where credit was due...
and i STILL like the quote...
thanks, Danny
my boss really enjoys killing my joy when i find little "nuggets" like this and usually sends me a link to "snopes" proving that i was wrong.
anywho...
i still like the quote!
it was written by a Dr. Bob Morehead, former pastor of Seattle’s Overlake Christian Church.
the piece was titled, The Paradox of our age
just wanted to give credit where credit was due...
and i STILL like the quote...
thanks, Danny
Friday, November 9, 2007
something to think about...
this was written by George Carlin soon after losing his wife. a friend sent it to me...
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned
how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...
Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak, and give time to share the precious thoughts in your
mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. If you don't send this to at least 8 people....Who cares?
George Carlin
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned
how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...
Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak, and give time to share the precious thoughts in your
mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. If you don't send this to at least 8 people....Who cares?
George Carlin
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