i spent most of the morning pulling my hair and swearing under my breath and then in one last minute of brilliance it all came out in a screaming run around the the house. what a game.
more here and here.
Showing posts with label soccer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soccer. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
48559 Day 296
i spent most of the morning pulling my hair and swearing under my breath and then in one last minute of brilliance it all came out in a screaming run around the the house. what a game.
more here and here.
Friday, June 18, 2010
48059 Day 291
life is a little hectic right now...today was so full that i had to go grocery shopping at 7:45 am. lot's to do in the next week before we take off for maine.
also, there was a soccer game today =) tons of words will spent on the referee, and i suppose it is warranted...hope it doesn't overshadow the awesomeness of coming back from a 2-0 deficit. pretty amazing.
Friday, June 11, 2010
47459 Day 284
for me, nothing beats the world cup...except when the giants are in the playoffs. but i actually think this event is better than the olympics, march madness, or whatever other sporting event one might throw into the mix. interestingly, the world cup always occurs in the middle of some large life transition: '94, finished jr high and headed off to high school...'98, graduated high school headed off to college (actually watched part of this WC on a huge tv in a dorm during my orientation weekend instead of going to a party)...'02, graduated college headed off to grad school...'06, move to Colorado...'10, turn 30. it'll be interesting to see what's on the table in '14, not too many of these "natural" life transitions left.
Sunday, March 07, 2010
38159 Day 188
soccer
a few pics from our intense game this afternoon. ok, maybe not that intense, but so good to be playing again!
Monday, September 29, 2008
14659
sports thoughts...
- the red sox have their work cut out for them this october to pull off the repeat, but it's going to be fun to be here while they try.
- the giants will likely to do one dramatic thing this off season (no sure yet what it's going to be)
- i finished second in my yahoo winner's league. this is a small miracle considering the hole i got myself in during the may-june stretch of neglect my team experienced. my two great regrets on the season: i contemplated adding carlos quentin to my opening day roster and i didn't...i ended up trading for him much later in the season...could have had him for free. also, i had ryan ludwick for a day in april and then dropped him...and he went on to have a ridiculous season. if i had kept those two guys, i might have pulled off the repeat! nonetheless, i still won my college buddies' league for the second year in a row.
- the premier league is off and running and arsenal is once again at the top of the standings...and once again we'll see if they can actually stay there this year.
- usc broke our hearts this week =( otherwise, i don't really care about football.
- amy and i got to go to a Revolution game this saturday. so much fun! (mls soccer for those who are wondering). if anyone wants to help kick in for season tickets for '09 let me know (only 700-900 bucks).
peace
Monday, November 05, 2007
09159
old guys skating =)
- other updates: no podcast for a few weeks because we're doing some different things teaching-wise that don't translate well on the podcast fomat. it will return in december!
- the durango herald soccer team met it's demise in the playoffs yesterday...3-2 overtime loss...bummer, but a fun season!
- that's it for now...keep checking the link from last weeks post to see updates concerning the niece!
- other updates: no podcast for a few weeks because we're doing some different things teaching-wise that don't translate well on the podcast fomat. it will return in december!
- the durango herald soccer team met it's demise in the playoffs yesterday...3-2 overtime loss...bummer, but a fun season!
- that's it for now...keep checking the link from last weeks post to see updates concerning the niece!
Monday, September 10, 2007
07759
some updates:
- we had a sweet prayer time last night for our farmington crew, commissioning the people and the place (hot stuff billiards and spa!)...the new campus starts sept. 19th and everyone seems to be really excited about it.
- yesterday i played my first game for the durango herald's adult league soccer team...we got killed, but it was a lot of fun! i thought i was in shape from all of the running i've been doing, but not even trails can prepare you for 80 minutes of soccer...i'm pretty sore today =)
- fantasy baseball is all but over (even though there are three weeks left in the season)...current standing are rmps59 106.5, tex boys 82, enraged echidnas 81.
- thanks to rmac for sending me the new caedmon's call cd...derek webb is back with the band (at least for the recording of this album) and upon first listen at least the results are pretty fantastic.
i think that's it for now. peace
- we had a sweet prayer time last night for our farmington crew, commissioning the people and the place (hot stuff billiards and spa!)...the new campus starts sept. 19th and everyone seems to be really excited about it.
- yesterday i played my first game for the durango herald's adult league soccer team...we got killed, but it was a lot of fun! i thought i was in shape from all of the running i've been doing, but not even trails can prepare you for 80 minutes of soccer...i'm pretty sore today =)
- fantasy baseball is all but over (even though there are three weeks left in the season)...current standing are rmps59 106.5, tex boys 82, enraged echidnas 81.
- thanks to rmac for sending me the new caedmon's call cd...derek webb is back with the band (at least for the recording of this album) and upon first listen at least the results are pretty fantastic.
i think that's it for now. peace
Monday, August 13, 2007
07459
- yesterday was the second annual (it's kind of cool to have a second annual something) CTK Durango Boat Day! we all went up to Lake Vallecito and played in the water and feasted on great food and had a wonderful time together.
- other news and notes: the premier league started it's new season this weekend...arsenal got off to a good start with a 2-1 victory...lot's of good music coming out this week: new dave and tim, new caedmon's call with derek webb...crowder coming soon...
...but more importantly: i get to see amy in 3 days!
- other news and notes: the premier league started it's new season this weekend...arsenal got off to a good start with a 2-1 victory...lot's of good music coming out this week: new dave and tim, new caedmon's call with derek webb...crowder coming soon...
...but more importantly: i get to see amy in 3 days!
Monday, July 23, 2007
06959
sports thought of the week...
- probably no one else cares about this kind of stuff except for me, but i thought i'd share it anyway...in light of the past week's events in the sporting world i have an observation to make: if soccer is ever going to make headway in the USA now is the time...
...consider the following: baseball is staring the steroids era right in the face at the moment as barry bonds is nearing and certain to pass hank aaron's all-time home run record. baseball is extremely successful right in terms of revenue, but faith in the integrity of the game is extremely low. football is far and away the most popular sport in america but it's image is being dragged through the mud by shady characters like pacman jones, the cincinnati bengals, and now the michael vick/dog fighting scandal. add to that the huge story of the weekend: an nba official with mob ties is accused of point shaving and gambling on games he was reffing...this is perhaps one of the biggest scandals in sports histoy and the implications run deep (in particular, the outcome of the spurs/suns series is even more fishy than it was a couple months ago).
...and then, in the midst of all this, here comes david beckham...i don't think soccer will ever occupy a similar position in the american mindset like "the big three." but, if ever there was a time for soccer to make a move, it would seem like there is no better time than now.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/greg_lalas/07/23/mls.stories/index.html
- probably no one else cares about this kind of stuff except for me, but i thought i'd share it anyway...in light of the past week's events in the sporting world i have an observation to make: if soccer is ever going to make headway in the USA now is the time...
...consider the following: baseball is staring the steroids era right in the face at the moment as barry bonds is nearing and certain to pass hank aaron's all-time home run record. baseball is extremely successful right in terms of revenue, but faith in the integrity of the game is extremely low. football is far and away the most popular sport in america but it's image is being dragged through the mud by shady characters like pacman jones, the cincinnati bengals, and now the michael vick/dog fighting scandal. add to that the huge story of the weekend: an nba official with mob ties is accused of point shaving and gambling on games he was reffing...this is perhaps one of the biggest scandals in sports histoy and the implications run deep (in particular, the outcome of the spurs/suns series is even more fishy than it was a couple months ago).
...and then, in the midst of all this, here comes david beckham...i don't think soccer will ever occupy a similar position in the american mindset like "the big three." but, if ever there was a time for soccer to make a move, it would seem like there is no better time than now.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/greg_lalas/07/23/mls.stories/index.html
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- no pirate stories this week but i did have a little brush with fame. i went to the MLS (that stands for Major League Soccer...rmac...) up in Denver. this was a cool experience for a couple of reasons...one, we got to drive through the center of Colorado, which i haven't done since i've moved out here. what an amazing and beautiful state! two, in Denver they (not sure who "they" is, but they are rich, that's for sure) have built a huge soccer complex, at the heart of which lies Dick's Sporting Goods stadium...a soccer only facility that is truly awesome. we were in the corner, but only three rows from the pitch (or field, fyi). three, david beckham made an appearance and at one point was only about ten feet away from me. here are a few pictures...
...the stadium...
...a little bit of goodness...
...the "becks"...
- we continue to enjoy all the visitors who are making their way to and through durango this summer...that's been a lot of fun!
- finally, for those of you who listen to the podcast, this week we finished up James/Colossians and next week we start an overview of the Old Testament.
peace
...the stadium...
...a little bit of goodness...
...the "becks"...
- we continue to enjoy all the visitors who are making their way to and through durango this summer...that's been a lot of fun!
- finally, for those of you who listen to the podcast, this week we finished up James/Colossians and next week we start an overview of the Old Testament.
peace
Monday, July 16, 2007
06759
- today my parents have been married for 30 years...way to go mom and dad!
- soccer news: i'm going to the MLS all-star game on thursday up in denver at the beautiful new Dicks Sporting Goods Stadium...it's supposed to be a pretty incredible facility. also, David Beckham was introduced by the LA Galaxy this week. i wanted to point something out...on thursday the NYSE finished up over 200 points, the highest one day increase in several years..."experts" said this had to do with a spike in retail sails...hmmm....maybe i'm just reading too much into it, but that was also the day that Beckham arrived in LA and had his new jersey revealed.
- story time...
the other day at the manna house i could tell that my friend james was feeling lonely. he was sort of following me around all morning, and then finally he asked me if i wanted to play frisbee with him that afternoon. i like to toss the disk around a little bit and, again, it seemed james just wanted to hang out with someone so naturally i said, “sure.”
later that afternoon we met up at the park and discovered that neither one us had a frisbee. we decided to go on a quest downtown to find a disk (by the way, if you are ever in durango and you need a frisbee for your dog there are a number of establishments that you could acquire one at on main street in the old town section).
we were not successful (since the only disks we could find we for dogs to catch) so i said, “hey james let’s go to the Steaming Bean and get a smoothie.” james, for whom everyday is National Talk Like A Pirate Day, said, “Arrggh.”
we sat down at the counter and i ordered a smoothie (peach delight..highly recommended). the following conversation then took place:
james: “so what is this place?”
steve: “it’s a coffee shop.”
james: “but what’s this thing you just ordered?”
steve: “a smoothie.”
james: “arrggh...that’s like with ice cream, yeah?”
steve: “no...it’s fruit and juice.”
james: “but no coffee.”
steve: “no, it’s a smoothie.”
james: “arrgghh...but this a coffee shop.”
steve: “yes.”
james: “then why didn’t we go to an ice cream shop.”
steve: “because you can get good smoothie’s here.”
james: “even though it’s a coffee shop?”
steve: “yes.”
james: “arrgggh...that don’t make no sense.”
steve: “would you like a smoothie?”
james: “no...i’ll just get a cup of coffee.”
it was kind of funny to try to explain to james what kind of place i had taken him to...that you could order coffee and smoothies. the lightness of the moment though was short lived. you would think that it would be way faster to pour a simple cup of black coffee than to make a smoothie but in fact it took the worker longer to get james his cup of coffee than it did to make my drink. i wasn’t sure how to handle this, and james didn’t seem to mind (maybe he’s just used to it), but it seemed ridiculous to me.
that incident aside i had a great time that afternoon hanging out with my pirate friend, james.
- soccer news: i'm going to the MLS all-star game on thursday up in denver at the beautiful new Dicks Sporting Goods Stadium...it's supposed to be a pretty incredible facility. also, David Beckham was introduced by the LA Galaxy this week. i wanted to point something out...on thursday the NYSE finished up over 200 points, the highest one day increase in several years..."experts" said this had to do with a spike in retail sails...hmmm....maybe i'm just reading too much into it, but that was also the day that Beckham arrived in LA and had his new jersey revealed.
- story time...
the other day at the manna house i could tell that my friend james was feeling lonely. he was sort of following me around all morning, and then finally he asked me if i wanted to play frisbee with him that afternoon. i like to toss the disk around a little bit and, again, it seemed james just wanted to hang out with someone so naturally i said, “sure.”
later that afternoon we met up at the park and discovered that neither one us had a frisbee. we decided to go on a quest downtown to find a disk (by the way, if you are ever in durango and you need a frisbee for your dog there are a number of establishments that you could acquire one at on main street in the old town section).
we were not successful (since the only disks we could find we for dogs to catch) so i said, “hey james let’s go to the Steaming Bean and get a smoothie.” james, for whom everyday is National Talk Like A Pirate Day, said, “Arrggh.”
we sat down at the counter and i ordered a smoothie (peach delight..highly recommended). the following conversation then took place:
james: “so what is this place?”
steve: “it’s a coffee shop.”
james: “but what’s this thing you just ordered?”
steve: “a smoothie.”
james: “arrggh...that’s like with ice cream, yeah?”
steve: “no...it’s fruit and juice.”
james: “but no coffee.”
steve: “no, it’s a smoothie.”
james: “arrgghh...but this a coffee shop.”
steve: “yes.”
james: “then why didn’t we go to an ice cream shop.”
steve: “because you can get good smoothie’s here.”
james: “even though it’s a coffee shop?”
steve: “yes.”
james: “arrgggh...that don’t make no sense.”
steve: “would you like a smoothie?”
james: “no...i’ll just get a cup of coffee.”
it was kind of funny to try to explain to james what kind of place i had taken him to...that you could order coffee and smoothies. the lightness of the moment though was short lived. you would think that it would be way faster to pour a simple cup of black coffee than to make a smoothie but in fact it took the worker longer to get james his cup of coffee than it did to make my drink. i wasn’t sure how to handle this, and james didn’t seem to mind (maybe he’s just used to it), but it seemed ridiculous to me.
that incident aside i had a great time that afternoon hanging out with my pirate friend, james.
Monday, June 25, 2007
06459
ok, rmac and others, you're all spared a long post...too many other things to talk about...some more important than others...
...on saturday, the original team that met so long ago in the johnson's living room in salinas got together to mark our first year in durango...it was a really cool time of remembering what's happened and seeing how far we've come in this first year...i think the overall theme was: "i can't say anything has gone as i've expected, but i love that and i wouldn't trade this year for anything."
...last week i got sicker then i've been in a long time and so my run this saturday is somewhat in jeopardy...i'm still leaning towards running, but last week was a major setback...
...fantasy baseball update...this league has turned into a two team race between myself (aka rmps59) and the Enraged Echidnas (if anyone knows what "echidnas" means, i'd love to know)...as of today i'm at 95 points, Echidnas is at 91.5, but we constantly flip flop between first and second...
...soccer update: arsenal's best player, thiery henry, jumped to the spanish league this week, which means arsenal is in trouble and not likely to improve on last years third place finish...also the US beat Mexico yesterday 2-1 to win the Gold Cup...the US is now 9-2-1 against Mexico in this millenium...the average US citizen probably has no idea that this is the case.
...i just got the new Project 86 album "Rival Factions"...it makes me feel so good to hear Andew Schwab's voice again, so full of energy and rage, with fresh material...i'm not normally too into the "hard" music scene, but i love this band...it's been too long Project...
...finally, after much urging, i saw the movie "Freedom Writers"...it got me...i'll admit it...very inspiring..
...finishing "The Book of Lost Things," and starting "The Blogging Church," and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" the new novel by Khaled Hosseini (author of the Kite Runner)
...i guess that was kind of long...oh well...hope everyone is enjoying a summer as beautiful as the one we are having in Durango...peace!
...on saturday, the original team that met so long ago in the johnson's living room in salinas got together to mark our first year in durango...it was a really cool time of remembering what's happened and seeing how far we've come in this first year...i think the overall theme was: "i can't say anything has gone as i've expected, but i love that and i wouldn't trade this year for anything."
...last week i got sicker then i've been in a long time and so my run this saturday is somewhat in jeopardy...i'm still leaning towards running, but last week was a major setback...
...fantasy baseball update...this league has turned into a two team race between myself (aka rmps59) and the Enraged Echidnas (if anyone knows what "echidnas" means, i'd love to know)...as of today i'm at 95 points, Echidnas is at 91.5, but we constantly flip flop between first and second...
...soccer update: arsenal's best player, thiery henry, jumped to the spanish league this week, which means arsenal is in trouble and not likely to improve on last years third place finish...also the US beat Mexico yesterday 2-1 to win the Gold Cup...the US is now 9-2-1 against Mexico in this millenium...the average US citizen probably has no idea that this is the case.
...i just got the new Project 86 album "Rival Factions"...it makes me feel so good to hear Andew Schwab's voice again, so full of energy and rage, with fresh material...i'm not normally too into the "hard" music scene, but i love this band...it's been too long Project...
...finally, after much urging, i saw the movie "Freedom Writers"...it got me...i'll admit it...very inspiring..
...finishing "The Book of Lost Things," and starting "The Blogging Church," and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" the new novel by Khaled Hosseini (author of the Kite Runner)
...i guess that was kind of long...oh well...hope everyone is enjoying a summer as beautiful as the one we are having in Durango...peace!
Monday, June 11, 2007
06259
...i knew the last one was too long...zero comments...
- updates:
...had to break up a fight at the soccer field the other day...both players in the fight got suspended for a year...wow!
...the giants are pretty terrible...
...i'm training for a trail running series...i am doing a lot of running and eating a lot of food (my appetite has increased incredibly, but i still have gone down a notch on my belt)...the first race is June 30th, a 4 mile trail run a few miles out of town...it's been fun to have a goal to go with my workouts, otherwise i have a hard time doing things like running on a consistent basis...
...saw: ocean's 13...i liked it...i love the humor and the music in those movies...
...listening to: the ocean's soundtracks =)
...reading...finished: "Generation What"...started: "The Book of Lost Things"
...that's about it for now...peace!
- updates:
...had to break up a fight at the soccer field the other day...both players in the fight got suspended for a year...wow!
...the giants are pretty terrible...
...i'm training for a trail running series...i am doing a lot of running and eating a lot of food (my appetite has increased incredibly, but i still have gone down a notch on my belt)...the first race is June 30th, a 4 mile trail run a few miles out of town...it's been fun to have a goal to go with my workouts, otherwise i have a hard time doing things like running on a consistent basis...
...saw: ocean's 13...i liked it...i love the humor and the music in those movies...
...listening to: the ocean's soundtracks =)
...reading...finished: "Generation What"...started: "The Book of Lost Things"
...that's about it for now...peace!
Monday, May 14, 2007
05859
...there are all kinds of little events that can lift us out of whatever we might be dealing with at particular moments in life, and this week i had two of those moments that make you just a little bit happier to be alive...
...on tuesday night at small group, the daughter of one of the women in our group gave me a soccer ball wrist band...a small gesture, but it made my day, and so i wore tonight while i taught on james 1...i thought that was really cool...
...i aslo got the "new" elliott smith cd in the mail on friday...i say "new" because elliott died in 2003...he's been one of my favorite (if not my all time favorite) artist since the end of high school...his music, though dark, has always been a comfort and a window into my own life ever since i came across it.
...the album is called "new moon" and is mostly songs that didn't make it on "elliott smith" and "either/or" (from his days on the "kill rockstars" label...which put this album out)...like a lot of posthumus work and collections of songs that got cut from earlier records, there are a lot of throw away songs, but there are a couple great ones ("whatever: folk song in C", and "angel in the snow" in particular...along with the cover "13")...more important though was being able to hear an elliott song for the first time again...it was like talking to an old friend you haven't spoken to in a long time...
...so, 2 small things that helped make my week...
...other thoughts...lots of other good new music is set to come out this year...i continue to enjoy reading just about anything Eugene Peterson writes...i like my new job supervising soccer games...my small group is the best!
peace
...on tuesday night at small group, the daughter of one of the women in our group gave me a soccer ball wrist band...a small gesture, but it made my day, and so i wore tonight while i taught on james 1...i thought that was really cool...
...i aslo got the "new" elliott smith cd in the mail on friday...i say "new" because elliott died in 2003...he's been one of my favorite (if not my all time favorite) artist since the end of high school...his music, though dark, has always been a comfort and a window into my own life ever since i came across it.
...the album is called "new moon" and is mostly songs that didn't make it on "elliott smith" and "either/or" (from his days on the "kill rockstars" label...which put this album out)...like a lot of posthumus work and collections of songs that got cut from earlier records, there are a lot of throw away songs, but there are a couple great ones ("whatever: folk song in C", and "angel in the snow" in particular...along with the cover "13")...more important though was being able to hear an elliott song for the first time again...it was like talking to an old friend you haven't spoken to in a long time...
...so, 2 small things that helped make my week...
...other thoughts...lots of other good new music is set to come out this year...i continue to enjoy reading just about anything Eugene Peterson writes...i like my new job supervising soccer games...my small group is the best!
peace
Friday, November 17, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
02659
alright, boutry, enough of this silly soccer stuff. tell us something of substance...something important...something about your church, for crying out loud!
ok, here it is...i'm the small groups pastor, so i must tell you that my small group is amazing. it is quickly becoming one of my all time favorites. we have all kinds of interesting people, people who are quite open about their brokenness, and they have all jumped in and gotten real with each other very quickly. this is encouraging to me because this is our church! more than anything else we want people who take relationship and mission seriously and i am really starting to see that take shape.
i can't help myself...the fort plays on thursday...
i've been playing a lot of cribbage lately. i am still a master!
finished reading"tempting faith" by david kuo...fascinating tale of the seduction of power (and a lot of other things as well).
last but not least: it's cold and starting to snow!
ok, here it is...i'm the small groups pastor, so i must tell you that my small group is amazing. it is quickly becoming one of my all time favorites. we have all kinds of interesting people, people who are quite open about their brokenness, and they have all jumped in and gotten real with each other very quickly. this is encouraging to me because this is our church! more than anything else we want people who take relationship and mission seriously and i am really starting to see that take shape.
i can't help myself...the fort plays on thursday...
i've been playing a lot of cribbage lately. i am still a master!
finished reading"tempting faith" by david kuo...fascinating tale of the seduction of power (and a lot of other things as well).
last but not least: it's cold and starting to snow!
Saturday, November 11, 2006
02559
you know it's going to be a good day and you're in the right place for a soccer match when the last song they play before kickoff is dave matthew's "two step." and it was a good day for the fort lewis men's soccer team. they took out all their frustations from last week and put five in the back of the net...four of them off beautiful set pieces. it was a clinical (if anti-climactic) showing by a confident team. next weekend they go to pensacola florida to defend their championship. good luck boys!
the hooligans!
the hooligans!
Sunday, November 05, 2006
02359
when you see or experience unbridled joy it can be a disarming experience. today i witnessed one of the most amazing sporting events of my life. the fort lewis men's team is ranked #2 in the nation, won the national championship last year, and in the last two years has only lost once. that loss was earlier this season to midwestern state (from witchita falls, tx). the two faced off today in the "sweet sixteen" round of the div. II playoffs.
2000 people packed into Dirks Field. It was one of the most intense environments i've ever seen...it was easy to forget that the crowd was so small (compared to say 60,000 at an nfl game). the fort controlled the ball most of the first half. i was standing with the fort lewis "hooligans" and the goons were getting restless as chance after chance presented itself with no results. then about 30 min in midwestern got a breakaway and put away their only shot of the half.
the second half began with the fort in all out attack. as the half wore on the crowd grew more nervous and boisterous. again and again the fort had great opportunities to score and just couldn't put it away. but you could see midwestern wilting in the altitude. finally, in the 88th minute (with 2:30 left on the clock)...david barden (a freshmen nonetheless) found the back of the net. pandemonium ensued. i was hugging people i'd never met...fort players were jumping into our arms along the sideline.
two overtime periods came and went with no goals, which meant a dreaded shootout. i've been impressed with the fort's goalie (tom donelly) all season and he did not disappoint with three great saves. when he knocked away the last one the place went absolutely ballistic...no one could believe what they had seen and no one wanted to leave.
what strikes me is that i went from there to church just an hour later. worship tonight was awesome and chip taught on the great commandment and i think we all felt a similar joy. the question i have is how to bridge these worlds. most of the people at the game went in to town to drink and celebrate (not a bad way to spend the evening really), but i wish people could see that joy can come on a soccer pitch and in a small room in the back of pickles worshipping God. this is what is driving us...this is our mission...
2000 people packed into Dirks Field. It was one of the most intense environments i've ever seen...it was easy to forget that the crowd was so small (compared to say 60,000 at an nfl game). the fort controlled the ball most of the first half. i was standing with the fort lewis "hooligans" and the goons were getting restless as chance after chance presented itself with no results. then about 30 min in midwestern got a breakaway and put away their only shot of the half.
the second half began with the fort in all out attack. as the half wore on the crowd grew more nervous and boisterous. again and again the fort had great opportunities to score and just couldn't put it away. but you could see midwestern wilting in the altitude. finally, in the 88th minute (with 2:30 left on the clock)...david barden (a freshmen nonetheless) found the back of the net. pandemonium ensued. i was hugging people i'd never met...fort players were jumping into our arms along the sideline.
two overtime periods came and went with no goals, which meant a dreaded shootout. i've been impressed with the fort's goalie (tom donelly) all season and he did not disappoint with three great saves. when he knocked away the last one the place went absolutely ballistic...no one could believe what they had seen and no one wanted to leave.
what strikes me is that i went from there to church just an hour later. worship tonight was awesome and chip taught on the great commandment and i think we all felt a similar joy. the question i have is how to bridge these worlds. most of the people at the game went in to town to drink and celebrate (not a bad way to spend the evening really), but i wish people could see that joy can come on a soccer pitch and in a small room in the back of pickles worshipping God. this is what is driving us...this is our mission...
Monday, October 30, 2006
02259
weekend thoughts...
1) baseball season is over...the world won't be quite right again until april.
2) (not that this was the most significant part about last night, buy)...preaching out of I John while wearing my project 86 t-shirt was fun!
3) we had another new face last night, which is awesome. people are coming.
4) don't read books by shane claiborne in the laundromat unless you want to look like a blubbering idiot. (fyi. shane's book "The Irresistible Revolution" is probably the best book on Christian Spirituality i've read since Blue Like Jazz. if you've ever heard anyone from willow creek speak, you've probably heard them talk about the guy who made everyone pile up their shoes in the back of the auditorium after he was done speaking....this is the guy. read his book!)
5) yesterday fort lewis won the RMAC championship in soccer, 2-0, in front of a packed house at dirks field...it was awesome! (actually both the men and the women won this year). not only that, but the colorado rapids advanced to the western conference finals in the MLS. colorado just might be the best soccer state in the union!
1) baseball season is over...the world won't be quite right again until april.
2) (not that this was the most significant part about last night, buy)...preaching out of I John while wearing my project 86 t-shirt was fun!
3) we had another new face last night, which is awesome. people are coming.
4) don't read books by shane claiborne in the laundromat unless you want to look like a blubbering idiot. (fyi. shane's book "The Irresistible Revolution" is probably the best book on Christian Spirituality i've read since Blue Like Jazz. if you've ever heard anyone from willow creek speak, you've probably heard them talk about the guy who made everyone pile up their shoes in the back of the auditorium after he was done speaking....this is the guy. read his book!)
5) yesterday fort lewis won the RMAC championship in soccer, 2-0, in front of a packed house at dirks field...it was awesome! (actually both the men and the women won this year). not only that, but the colorado rapids advanced to the western conference finals in the MLS. colorado just might be the best soccer state in the union!
Monday, October 09, 2006
01759
lot's of cool things happening here in durango these days....at CTK we are all about three things: central worship, small groups, and outreach. as far as central worship goes we finally have a place to meet that is not chip's living room. we'll be starting at "pickles" restaurant on october 22nd. we tried several other spots and it never worked out...somehow, pickles, the least likely place, turned out to be the right fit. we already have two small groups going right now, but in two weeks we'll be starting two more groups. this is very exciting as we hope these new groups will be "birthing" groups...groups that will give way to even more groups in a relatively short amount of time. finally, this week well be starting to serve our community on a regular basis at the "manna house", the local soup kitchen.
some soccer news to report. i went to the fort lewis match today and it was awesome. ft. lewis (ranked 5th) was playing the 8th ranked team (who also had a lot of fans in the crowd). it was a "chippy", physical match....the fort jumped out to a 2-0 lead, gave away a goal early in the second half and then played tightly contested game until the final ten minutes when they put it away for a 3-1 victory.
arsenal is back in the world power rankings top ten, which is a good sign for my adopted EPL team.
finally, i saw the movie "Goal" this weekend. awesome movie...kind of a classic underdog, over come the odds, rocky story, but from a different perspective than normal (also great themes of family, cross cultural differences, father/son relationships). probably the best movie i've seen this year.
last but not least...check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuECatf6qaw
some soccer news to report. i went to the fort lewis match today and it was awesome. ft. lewis (ranked 5th) was playing the 8th ranked team (who also had a lot of fans in the crowd). it was a "chippy", physical match....the fort jumped out to a 2-0 lead, gave away a goal early in the second half and then played tightly contested game until the final ten minutes when they put it away for a 3-1 victory.
arsenal is back in the world power rankings top ten, which is a good sign for my adopted EPL team.
finally, i saw the movie "Goal" this weekend. awesome movie...kind of a classic underdog, over come the odds, rocky story, but from a different perspective than normal (also great themes of family, cross cultural differences, father/son relationships). probably the best movie i've seen this year.
last but not least...check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuECatf6qaw
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