Monday, March 26, 2007

04959

- CTK update...the pickles era is coming to an end. the restaraunt is closing down and as it turns out the change is happening quickly. our last sunday will be april 8th. then it's on to the Durango Rec Center...which is actually a really, really nice facility. it does not have the characer that pickles had, but it will be a good transition place while we search something that fits our "style" a little better. also, the rec center is going to save us money each month and so chip and i are closing in on some office space.

- thanks to rmac for the shipment of reading materials...i have some good stuff to check out.

- video editing has been a private hobby of mine for the last year or so, and now i'm getting to use it in some cool ways. i made a training video for volunteers at the manna soup kitchen and i like the way it turned out. i also just started working on a video for a meeting we're going to have in california in may highlighting what's been going on here. these kinds of projects are a lot of fun for me!

- one more week until baseball season!!!

- on another sports related note i've discovered a soccer game that takes place everey tuesday here in town. i played last week and it was a lot of fun, although my play was pretty poor (i had three great moments and a lot of frustration). my touch is really bad at this stage of my life. i socred twice (typical steve 18 yard shots from the the top of the box) and also had an assist on the sweetest goal of the game (a back-to-the-net heel pass right to the feet of the guy who scored). otherwise it was a lot of bad traps, passes a few beats behind players, and a lot of sucking wind. but i'll be back tomorrow!

Monday, March 19, 2007

04859

...i'm really excited about our church right now...we're in an interesting place...there are definitely some big challenges (the real potential of having to move to a new location, families/people going through some big and hard stuff, etc.), but momentum continues to build: we are experiencing some definite buy-in from those who are currently involved...our efforts to be a part of what's happening in the community are paying off...our small groups remain a major focus (with a new morph in the groups on the way)...and i truly believe that people are experiencing God authentically in a community of people who are true and real. this is all good stuff!!!

...david crowder fans: check this out and be excited: www.remedyiscoming.com

...had the fantasy draft today...pretty intense hour and a half...i got the top pick! (took pujols: no bainer). as usual i loved my first 8 picks and then frustratedly tried to do the best i could the rest of the way. nonetheless, i like my team...

...finally, i just got back from an awesome week in arizona at the giant's spring training...it's always fun to watch a lot of baseball (4 games in 4 days), but the real highlight was hanging out with the fam...enjoying some major anouncements together...and, of course, spending time with amy...here we are having our day in the hot sun, watching the giants beat up on the rockies!!

Monday, March 12, 2007

04759

- church last night was pretty great...we heard about what's going on in each of our small groups and chip cast some vision for our groups and why they are so important to what w are doing...it was a cool moment. unfortunately, the moment was not adequately captured for podcast publication...but believe me, it was awesome.

- i'm off to AZ in the morning to check in on my giants. and to do other important stuff =)

Monday, March 05, 2007

04659

here's some house keeping and pop culture updates.

1) to the right you will notice two new links...one is to the CTK-Durango Podcast...the other to waiting for rescue's myspace page (new song on there by the way...check it out).

2) currently reading: Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places by Eugene Peterson

3) last five books i've read...The New International Commentary on Ecclesiastes by Tremper Longman...Sex God by Rob Bell...The Ankeny Briefcase: A Collection of Short Fiction edited by Jordan Green (see the Burnside Writer's link for more info)...Off Road Disciplines: Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders by Earl Creps...and Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing by Benjamin Nugent (for the second time and it's just as interesting this read as last).

4) currently watching: 24...i've become hopelessly addicted to this show.

5) songs i've been wearing out..."Road to Joy" by Bright Eyes..."Thriller" by Fall Out Boy..."I Need You" by waiting for rescue (yes i listen to my own songs)..."Dude I Totally Miss You" and "The Government Totally Sucks" by Tenacious D..."Oh, It's Love" by Hellogoodbye..."Dark Blue" by Jack's Mannequin..."Life Less Ordinary" by Carbon Leaf..."Lazy Eye" by Silversun Pickups...and "Light Up Ahead" by Further Seems Forever.

6) looking forward to going down to AZ for spring training next week.

7) currently fascinated by a recipe for something called "pineapple fire and ice"

peace!