I made it to the second day!!!!
So......as you can see my three entries for yesterday catches me up to today.
Woke up late today...not as late as I would have liked, somebody was showing the house at 11 am.
Kristin and I went and had a late breakfast with Tom at Harold Waites (Never been??? It's a Waco must....try any of their omelettes...to die for!)
We are getting ready to go down to Austin to provide moral support and a lot of cheer to our friend Jana as she attempts her first Marathon. I think its her first anyway.
We will miss our friends once we move......sometimes I wonder if we are making the right decision.
But I know it's right.
Comfort is a funny thing.
Routine and rut can seem synonymous at times.
The funny thing is that we are not leaving because we hate it here....not really.
I mean I could always get another job......
It's just that it's time for a change.
Phoenix will provide a rebirth of sorts, ironic really.
Our new phase....a new day....
12.2.05
11.2.05
New Links
You might have noticed that I have added a couple of new links on the side bar.
The first is in the music section for a band named Eisley.
Very impressive young group of musicians from somewhere here in Texas.....I think.
They toured with Coldplay....pretty cool for some young'uns.
The second link is under the Authors section.
YES!! The Author's Section.
If you have never read Steve Martin's work run out to your local Book Proprietor and buy them.
Pure Drivel is Pure Fun. Short stories that are as hilarious as the man himself.
Shopgirl is a beauty of a novella. Winsome. Edgy. Funny. Provoking.
But my favorite has to be The Pleasure of My Company .
I absolutely loved this book. It was thoughtful and simple.
Martin's storytelling always has an edge to it, satirical mostly, but there is as much heart in this last book as any I've read in a while.
And I read a lot.
Do yourself a favor and pick it up. You won't regret it!
The first is in the music section for a band named Eisley.
Very impressive young group of musicians from somewhere here in Texas.....I think.
They toured with Coldplay....pretty cool for some young'uns.
The second link is under the Authors section.
YES!! The Author's Section.
If you have never read Steve Martin's work run out to your local Book Proprietor and buy them.
Pure Drivel is Pure Fun. Short stories that are as hilarious as the man himself.
Shopgirl is a beauty of a novella. Winsome. Edgy. Funny. Provoking.
But my favorite has to be The Pleasure of My Company .
I absolutely loved this book. It was thoughtful and simple.
Martin's storytelling always has an edge to it, satirical mostly, but there is as much heart in this last book as any I've read in a while.
And I read a lot.
Do yourself a favor and pick it up. You won't regret it!
Praise Habit
I have some incredibly talented friends.
It may seem like name-dropping, kind of like the time I met Ray Charles in DFW. I tell that story, or the one in which I was actually in a voice class with Ben from Growing Pains (his name was Jeremy), to see how people react.
I am weak. And human. I like people to like me.
But that's not what this is about.
Back to my incredibly talented friends. Their names are David, Mike, Mike, Jason, Jeremy and Jack.
Jack is cool when he has his 70's Pimp 'stache in full bloom. But I digress.
They comprise the Rock Oddity known as the David Crowder*Band (I did it the way they do it, unless any of them actually reads this at some time).
They are incredibly talented as musicians, both individually and corporately, but I might consider them more lucky than talented.
Let me explain.
They are not lucky in the sense that they are not good at what they do, nor are they lucky because they have become popular without hard work (i.e. Reuben, Kelly, Clay, Fantasia and any other Reality TV Celebrity).
They are lucky because they get to Praise God with their work.
They make music that delivers souls to the stars.
They travel all around the country (the world is theirs too.....Asians love David Crowder!) and lead hundreds of thousands of people in Worship.
Why can't we all be so lucky?
No...really.
Read Praise Habit. It is a book by one of those incredibly talented and lucky musicians.
Praise is not something we do. It is something we are.
We cannot turn it off or delay it until the appropriate time on Sunday.
It saturates our being and leaves us light-headed and wanting more.
God is available in large doses at all times.
All we must recognize is the pervasiveness of the One Creator God.
Are there truly "God-Forsaken" places?
I don't think so.
Christ came to die on a Cross for everyone, everywhere and every time.
Make Praise your Habit.
It may seem like name-dropping, kind of like the time I met Ray Charles in DFW. I tell that story, or the one in which I was actually in a voice class with Ben from Growing Pains (his name was Jeremy), to see how people react.
I am weak. And human. I like people to like me.
But that's not what this is about.
Back to my incredibly talented friends. Their names are David, Mike, Mike, Jason, Jeremy and Jack.
Jack is cool when he has his 70's Pimp 'stache in full bloom. But I digress.
They comprise the Rock Oddity known as the David Crowder*Band (I did it the way they do it, unless any of them actually reads this at some time).
They are incredibly talented as musicians, both individually and corporately, but I might consider them more lucky than talented.
Let me explain.
They are not lucky in the sense that they are not good at what they do, nor are they lucky because they have become popular without hard work (i.e. Reuben, Kelly, Clay, Fantasia and any other Reality TV Celebrity).
They are lucky because they get to Praise God with their work.
They make music that delivers souls to the stars.
They travel all around the country (the world is theirs too.....Asians love David Crowder!) and lead hundreds of thousands of people in Worship.
Why can't we all be so lucky?
No...really.
Read Praise Habit. It is a book by one of those incredibly talented and lucky musicians.
Praise is not something we do. It is something we are.
We cannot turn it off or delay it until the appropriate time on Sunday.
It saturates our being and leaves us light-headed and wanting more.
God is available in large doses at all times.
All we must recognize is the pervasiveness of the One Creator God.
Are there truly "God-Forsaken" places?
I don't think so.
Christ came to die on a Cross for everyone, everywhere and every time.
Make Praise your Habit.
40 days
Hello friends, neighbors, lovers and saints........
This Lent I am going to take something on rather than give something up.
If I was brave I would give up something that I love....like television.
But since we both know that would never happen.....I've decided on something more creative.
Since my New Year's resolution of writing twice a week did not happen as discussed I have decided to kick the stakes up a notch. SO.....rather than just being lazy and tired (as if I needed an excuse for not completing my New Year's promise) I will now enter the depths of purely pagan activity if I find myself straying from my writing duties.
So I will write......one entry for every forty days of lent. I will be away from my computer on some days, so I will make that up at some other time. One possible reason for not having the computer available is that the wife and I are moving to Arizona!! I have told some friends....and there are some mixed emotions about leaving Waco, but this feels like the right move to make. Other than UBC, and the friends therein, I will not miss Waco.
I might end this update a little early so I can do some brainstorming for some stuff to write for the few days that I have missed thus far......the first one might have to do with Sunsets & Sushi.....until later.
This Lent I am going to take something on rather than give something up.
If I was brave I would give up something that I love....like television.
But since we both know that would never happen.....I've decided on something more creative.
Since my New Year's resolution of writing twice a week did not happen as discussed I have decided to kick the stakes up a notch. SO.....rather than just being lazy and tired (as if I needed an excuse for not completing my New Year's promise) I will now enter the depths of purely pagan activity if I find myself straying from my writing duties.
So I will write......one entry for every forty days of lent. I will be away from my computer on some days, so I will make that up at some other time. One possible reason for not having the computer available is that the wife and I are moving to Arizona!! I have told some friends....and there are some mixed emotions about leaving Waco, but this feels like the right move to make. Other than UBC, and the friends therein, I will not miss Waco.
I might end this update a little early so I can do some brainstorming for some stuff to write for the few days that I have missed thus far......the first one might have to do with Sunsets & Sushi.....until later.
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