Chasing Daylight

Making the move...

2006-09-11T18:08:00.000-05:00

Well it is official...I have done what many others have done. I have moved to wordpress. The address www.zacwheeler.com

I am still working on the look and adding posts and some other stuff, but please bare with me.

Video of the Week

2006-09-07T22:58:00.000-05:00

Here is a family documentary made by Jessica Tankersley. She is gifted up and coming filmaker. Be sure to check out her series of short films on marriage, at her blog.

Namaste

Should I or Shouldn't I?

2006-09-07T22:49:00.000-05:00

I have been contemplating switching over to wordpress for some time now. Over the past few months I have been seeing more and more people switch over and share that they are so glad that they did. I think that I might just have to take the leap. I just want to make sure that I could even work wordpress. I will just have to do some more homework.

Watching

2006-09-07T22:33:00.000-05:00

I just got done watching the entire third season of "Arrested Development". Let me just say that if you have not yet partaken in this show, you are missing out.

This show is complete genius. Great writing, and an excellent cast. I can't believe that this show was cancelled. It has a huge following, but I guess not enough to keep it going. Maybe a ton of people will buy the seasons on DVD and it will come back like "Family Guy".

Go out and check this show out. You will not be sorry.

Oh and the best line of the show is..."hey brother", by the youngest Bluth son Buster, who is probably the best character on the show. It is a toss up between him and Gob.

Namaste

STUCK

2006-09-04T20:27:00.000-05:00

Have you ever had a song stuck in your head? It happens to me quite often, but I must admit that it has not happened like this. Last week I was watching a short film called "the beautiful bagleys" and there was a certain song in it that I had heard before but have never known the title to, or the artist performing it. So I asked and found out, and then I immediately bought the album on iTunes. From there I proceeded to listen to the song over and over again. (which has put a strain on my marriage) Well the reason that I say all this is because I have been singing this song every moment of everyday for the past 4 days. I have even been singing this song in dreams. I must say that in my 27 years on this earth this is a first. This song has not gotten old and it is really stuck in my sub conscious, and I have the Tanks to thank for it. (Tank1, Tank2)

Oh...the song is "Orange Sky" by Alexi Murdoch.

A close call...

2006-09-04T20:11:00.000-05:00

I don't know about you, but I was a little nervous on Saturday. I thought that this was going to be just like last year. But it turned out good. The sooners won...and college football started on saturday. It doesn't get any better than this. I love this time of year.

Bill and Ted...

2006-09-02T19:52:00.000-05:00

Awhile back I had posted about something that I had learned from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. I have still been thinking about some of the things in that movie, so here is:

What would it mean to “be excellent to each other”? That is the statement that Bill S. Preston and Ted Theadore Logan make in the movie Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. I ask this because that bold statement could mean so many different things. The word “excellent” is different to everyone.

I agree with the statement. I try to live by it actually. I find that when I follow this way of living, I feel in harmony with life and that I am part of something bigger than myself. To be honest though there are times that I don’t want to be excellent to someone, and there are just so many people.

Let me give you an example. Today at work a woman came into the church and asked for help in paying for her and her sister to stay in a hotel room for the night. Actually she asked if we would pay for three nights in a hotel, at $77 dollars per night. We get so many people of the street asking for help that we must be very selective about who we help. So we leave the final say up to the Senior Pastor. The Pastor listened to her story and decided to help her by giving her $50. She stood there and got upset…she asked where she was going to get the other $22. I was just so shocked that she was not happier for what she got from us. People like this woman make it hard for me to be excellent to everyone. I start to become hardened to all people, telling myself that everyone is like this. I know that this statement is not true. But this is what I battle at times. But this brings me to my question. Can I be excellent to everyone? Do you think that it is possible?

Top Five...

2006-09-01T19:34:00.000-05:00

I am trying something that I hope will be the start of some great dialogue. It is not something deep, but it is something that can really say a lot about yourself. Every week I am wanting to post a different top five list about a special category, then you could comment on your top five in that subject.

So to kick this off I am going to go easy and give my top five movies: (not in order of importance)

Good Will Hunting
Life Aquatic
Garden State
Rushmore
Braveheart

Quote of the Week

2006-09-01T18:31:00.000-05:00

"The great use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it."
-James Tuslow Adams

Video of the Week

2006-08-31T13:58:00.000-05:00

Here is a video I found earlier this week:

Design and Me

2006-08-28T12:42:00.000-05:00

I have been teaching myself html and other design stuff, and I am going to say that I am addicted. I am not good by any means but I am just hungry for information. I have always wanted to be a graphic designer. I think that is just a fascinating job. I have such respect for people who do this for a living. Well with all that said I have learned a few things, that I wanted to update you all on. I have learned how to make and install a favicon. I have learned how to post pictures in the sidebar of my blog, and just now I learned how to insert a banner as a Title (thanks to Tank), so make sure to tune in for that. But until then make sure to check out my favicon and to see the music that I am listening to on the sidebar.

(I know that for some of you this is a very small and simple accomplishment, but for me this is a rather large and time consuming step for me in my journey to becoming an weak amateur graphic designer)

Namaste

Congrats to the Winners

2006-08-26T12:12:00.000-05:00

I tried and I came up a bit short. I was hoping to win the blog banner giveaway contest at iamjoshbrown.com. I ended up getting third. I am not a poor sport, and I would like to give it up to the winner (Leslie) and the runner up (Joshua). You guys did a great job and I loved your strategy. Enjoy the spoils of war.

I also want to thank Josh for the shout out on his video.

Namaste

1,000,000

2006-08-25T23:59:00.000-05:00

You might win a million dollars if you go to iamjoshbrown.com/blog

(sorry subjects of earth not eligible to win the non-existent contest)

My Friday Night

2006-08-25T23:42:00.000-05:00

Well the wife and I went out this evening and caught the opening of "Invincible". I liked the movie. It was well written and the acting was good. I do wonder how much of it was true though. It was rather ordinary though and a lot like the movie "Rudy", actually it was exactly like the movie "Rudy". It was somewhat inspirational, but overall it was good. Oh and my wife was looking exceptionally nice this evening also.

A New Life?

2006-08-24T19:57:00.000-05:00

Sometimes I wish that I lived out in the middle of nowhere. I think that life would be easier if there was nobody else around. If anything went wrong, or everything sucked than I would have only myself to blame.

Would life be easier out in the middle of nowhere? I wonder if I would just trade one problem for another?

I will be there...

2006-08-24T11:38:00.000-05:00

This is one of two movies that I have to see the day that they come out. I will post about the other movie later. I don't know what it is about movies like this that really drive me. I think that is why I liked Garden State and Life Aquatic so much. They are stories of rebirth. Of taking the life that you find yourself in and risking everything for something better and real. This movie seems like that kind of movie as well, and it has a sweet soundtrack. I love movies with great soundtracks as well. Check it out:

IMPORTANT!!!

2006-08-23T22:00:00.000-05:00

I can't stress to you how important it is for you to go to this website.

Go to www.iamjoshbrown.com/blog/

Namaste

Quote of the Week

2006-08-23T20:06:00.000-05:00

”We are confronted with choices everyday, they are not always easy, or safe, but each choice that is placed before us has the potential to shape us into the people that we were created to be.”

YOU HAVE TO GO HERE!

2006-08-21T19:04:00.000-05:00

You have to go and check out this website.

Video Friday

2006-08-17T22:40:00.000-05:00

Inflation?

2006-08-15T22:59:00.000-05:00

Is it just me or did the price for these go up? For the past few months I have been saving for my first mac. Now it looks like I am going to have to do a little more saving. Does anyone know why the price went up on all the Mac Books?

Is it because of the rising price of oil? Did Steve Jobs scare up a little skirmish overseas so that he could hike up the mac book prices?

A Cool Update

2006-08-14T22:52:00.000-05:00

I was reading a post over at David's Bucket and it turns out that Flannel is releasing the video of "Everything is Spiritual". I think that this is a great thing. Rob talked so fast and said so much that there is no way anyone could remember everything. I thought that this was a great event to go to, and I think that this video would be a great thing to show off.

Movie Review: Taladega Nights

2006-08-11T22:02:00.000-05:00

Go and see this movie! There I said it. I don’t want to waste any of your time. This was an excellent movie, and not a waste of time at all. Stacy and I were very leary about going to see this film because we were afraid that they already showed all the funny scenes in the trailers. But there was plenty left to show and to laugh at.

Will Ferell is the man. He can take anything and make it funny. Unfortunately SNL has really dropped because he left. The sketches are really stupid and the writing is just horrible. But I really don’t think that the writing has changed, they just don’t have the cast to pull it off now.

Go see this movie!!

Link of the Day

2006-08-10T11:42:00.000-05:00

Here is the commercial:

Here is the link:

The Nick and Josh Podcast

A Quote from an Heiress...

2006-08-08T21:55:00.000-05:00

I was walking through the living room this evening and my wife was watching a special on MTV about Paris Hilton. I stopped for a moment to watch it because anything with Paris in it is so stupid that it is actually funny.

So she makes the statement, “everyone thinks that I am all about material stuff, but there is so much more to me than you know.”

Come on…there is nothing more to you than what we see. You are not deep at all. Well I should take that back. There is something deep about you…your wallet. But that is it.

Movie Review: Miami Vice

2006-08-08T11:14:00.000-05:00

My wife and I went to see the opening of this movie, and I must say that it was a complete waste of time. Really the only reason that we went to see this movie is because we are completely bored because we don't know to many people in the new town of Salisbury. I can’t believe that this movie made number one in the box office. This film lacked period! It lacked story, action, suspense, acting, and common sense.

The only reason that this movie was made was because of it’s two stars. Jamie Foxx is real big right now because of Ray and his music career, and Colin Ferrel is on everyone’s minds because he just got out of rehab. I bet that the studio didn’t even read the script before signing on to pay for this movie, they just saw Jamie and Colin’s name on the sheet and said do it.

So my advice…don’t go see this movie. Maybe rent it, maybe. Other than that save your money and go to see something better, even if you have to wait a week or two.

Around the Corner

2006-08-04T21:45:00.000-05:00

yellow chair
Originally uploaded by Gayla.

I can't take to many of these 100+ days, and now that I live in Maryland I have to deal with the humidity as well. I can't wait to break out the jacket and duke stocking cap. Winter here we come.

2006-08-04T13:18:00.000-05:00

I am doing something that I have not done since 1992…I am cheering for USA Basketball, or should I say USK Basketball. If you don’t know I am a huge Duke fan and an even bigger Coach K fan. My dog’s middle name is Krzyzewski. He is very talented at what he does. I am really expecting great things from him. Coach K does not like showboating and crappy defense, which has been the play of previous USA teams. So I just have three words for you…GO USA BASKETBALL!

Mel...Mel...Mel...

2006-08-03T19:06:00.000-05:00

Mel...what have you done? You have ruined your chances for "The Passion II-Revenge of the Carpenter" Now all those conservative Christians won't go, and they won't buy the soundtrack, and the framed movie stills, and the 2 nails made into a cross necklace. What were you thinking?

What I Learned From...

2006-08-03T11:54:00.000-05:00

While I was flipping through the channels today I happened to see a movie playing that I have not seen in years. I must say that when I last saw this movie I was in elementary school, and it was hilarious when I saw it. It was Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

It was not as funny as I remember. With that said the movie was not completely stupid, just old fashioned. I can’t believe that we used to dress and talk like that. Well I tell you all this to point out something that I did not remember hearing in the movie all those years ago.

In the climax of the movie, when Bill and Ted are giving their history report presentation to the class of San Demas high school, and Abe Lincoln comes up and gives a new representation of his famous speech in which he quotes Bill and Ted by saying. “Be excellent to each other”.

What a great and simple saying. Sounds like something I have heard before. But only pronounced through the mouth of a crazy 1980 cali Keanu. This phrase echoes something so familiar. Sounds like something that Jesus would have said…oh wait He did.

I never thought that I would be typing this but I have actually learned something important from the movie Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

Say Hello to My Little Friend

2006-08-01T21:31:00.000-05:00

Thank you Mr. Ortiz, or should I call you Big Papi, or as I like to call you...Mr. Clutch. I can't believe that they pitched to you. Haven't you shown that you always come through in the end?

You are the MVP! I don't care if you are DH or not.

Swing Away....

Quote of the Week

2006-07-28T21:02:00.000-05:00

What man is a man that does not make the world better?
-Kingdom of Heaven

Clip of the Week

2006-07-27T19:43:00.000-05:00

Funny things said in front of church #1

2006-07-26T14:51:00.000-05:00

I really heard this while sitting in church. Someone was reading scripture out loud to the congregation and miss pronounced a word. He said sexual imortality instead of imorality. Coming from a married man...I would not mind sexual imortality.

Namaste

What's the Deal...

2006-07-25T21:39:00.000-05:00

I was walking around the local Blockbuster this evening and I could not help but notice a growing trend that seems to be getting bigger and bigger every Tuesday. (That is the day movies come out to rent) Every movie now that comes out has to be "unrated", what's the deal with all the unrated stuff. They really are not unrated. I would think that if they were really unrated then they would be "Adult Films". Now I have rented some of these unrated movies, and they are no different from the regular ones. All you get is a couple more deleted scenes. This is just some stupid marketing ploy to make us think that we are getting something more than the regular. Something that people who paid money to see this film in the theatre didn't get to see. My question is "Have we become that stupid?" Do people really fall for this? Maybe we should do what the hard core conservative Christians do and boycott this movement. Well that might be taking it too far.

Namaste

New Design

2006-07-25T10:30:00.000-05:00

Well I just found out that the design that I had worked so hard on was not allowing people to post comments. I have no idea why, and I am not down with code so I just had to start over with something new. If anyone has any tips on how to make this design cooler...please feel free to offer any advice. Until then here is Chasing Daylight's design.

Church on Sunday

2006-07-24T21:53:00.000-05:00

Sunday was our first day at the new church. We went to all three services and had to be introduced in each of them. That meant that we had to walk up and stand in front of everyone. The day went great and we were greeted and welcomed by so many people, and everyone was just so nice. The tuff thing was to just stand there and be introduced while all these people that you don't know yet stare at you. There are so many things that go through your mind. How is my hair? Is my zipper up? Who do I look at? Should I smile? I guess what I am trying to say is that it is tuff to stand there when people are just staring at you.
Stacy and I are very excited about starting at Trinity. We really felt welcomed and are ready to start in. There are alot of great people and there are a ton of young couples for us to get to know. That is something that we did not have at our previous church. Life in Maryland is good, although I don't know if I will ever get used to the humidity.

Shalom

Rob Bell

2006-07-22T10:53:00.000-05:00

Stacy and I are going and seeing Rob Bell this evening in Arlington VA @ the DraftHouse. I am really looking forward to this. I also want my wife to get a chance to see him talk live. I have seen him at Youth Specialties, but she has not had the honor. I will share my thoughts when we get back. Stay Tuned.

I stood in line for...

2006-07-22T10:43:00.000-05:00

Well it is official now...I am now a legal Maryland driver. My wife and I waited in line jumped through all the hoops and took the dreaded picture. And now we are Maryland drivers.

Photo Friday

2006-07-21T10:49:00.000-05:00

This is what I left behind when I left Oklahoma. This tornado hit a town named El Reno a couple months before we left. This is the same town where my wife works.

Peace Out Tornados!

Currently Listening

2006-07-20T13:59:00.000-05:00

I cannot get enough of this album. It has a great sound...Sufjan is a genious.

Clip of the Week

2006-07-20T13:55:00.000-05:00

Steven Colbert with Conan

Truth

2006-07-19T22:04:00.000-05:00

"All truth is God's truth...so as a Christian, I am free to claim the good, the true, the holy, wherever and whenever I find. I live with the understanding that truth is bigger than any religion and the world is God's and everything in it."

Velvet Elvis pg. 80

I wonder what things would look like if we as humans acted and lived with this understanding. Of course CNN, Fox News and many other news shows would have nothing to talk about. It seems like more and more all they ever do is find ways to make one side look bad. The left and the right. Why can't we just look for the best, that is why I live in the middle. The left is wrong and the right is wrong...long live the green party(joke). This idea also applies to everything else in life as well.

Stupid Thing of the Week

2006-07-19T21:58:00.000-05:00

Seriously...how is the person supposed to know that you are waiting until marriage. Oh yeah...when he is close enough to read the message. Great thinking on this one. Christian marketing at it's best.

For all you Seinfeld fans...

2006-07-15T17:29:00.000-05:00

I am 27 years old and I have never physically seen the black and white cookie before. I have known of it's existence but never witnessed it's glory. Jerry was right...we could learn a lot from this cookie.

Thoughts after the Move

2006-07-15T17:01:00.000-05:00

I hate packing...and I hate moving. I don't mind going to someplace new, I just don't like the act of moving. Of packing everything up, carrying everything out, and then having to carry everything back in, and then having to unpack everything all over again.

The one thing that I really dislike is having to move everything in a moving van. We rented a 26 foot diesel truck and packed it to the brim with all of our junk. Then we hooked a trailer onto it and put my wife's car on it. If you have ever driven a big truck than you will know, but if you haven't then just let me tell you that nothing is simple when you are driving around. You cannot just pull in and get gas. You have to find a station large enough. You just can't find a hotel, you have to find one that is made for trucks or one that is really empty. Then once you are on the road you can't go as fast or move as easy as all the other cars. When we where going through the mountains in West Virginia and were going up a steep incline the truck was going 35 miles an hour. What would have taken us 22 hours in normal vehicles took us closer to 30 hours with that big old truck. I will admit though, that when I dropped it off and was cleaning it out for the last time it was kind of sad.

It is just very nice to be done with all of the driving and unpacking, and to be pretty much moved in and settled. It is also nice to be 20 minutes from the ocean.

On my way to work...

2006-07-14T17:02:00.000-05:00

While I was on my way to work this morning I passed by a brand new 2006 black BMW with one of those pizza delivery car toppers on it. First of all who is ordering a pizza at 9:00 in the morning, and second of all how much is this guy getting paid?

Thoughts Before the Move

2006-07-14T17:01:00.000-05:00

About 2 months ago Stacy and I decided to do something that is very out of the ordinary for us, but it is something that we feel God was calling us to do. We chose to leave Oklahoma...and everyone we know to move to Maryland where we don't know a single person. All because we feel that God has called us to this church, and it's youth ministry.

So we have been planning, packing, more packing, changing or transfering stuff, even more packing...all to live on the East Coast. I must admit that I was very excited about this change of scenery. I was ready for something new, and to be honest my wife who has lived in Oklahoma her entire life was even excited as well. I will say that planning for this move is completely different than actually doing the move. Before we left I was shocked at how easy
everything was moving, and at how I really didn't feel any different.

I know that I am going to miss the simplicity of Oklahoma City, I am going to miss my friends, and my youth at Wesley who I have spent the last two years with. But to be honest...things were really easy in Oklahoma. Now don't get me wrong I love easy, I am probably the laziest guys on the planet, but I don't think that I was trying hard enough or needing to for everyday life. Sometimes real growth and real experience can only come from a willingness to risk everything, to sacrifice all that is easy, for something that could be better. That is why Stacy and I have taken this risk. That is why I am writing from Maryland right now in an apartment, instead of a house in Oklahoma.

Zac

Video

2006-07-14T14:57:00.000-05:00

this is really funny

I'm Back!

2006-07-13T20:12:00.000-05:00

Well...it has been awhile. I tried out some other blogs, and I have moved cross country to Maryland, and I have decided to go back to the original blog. Nothing like the old faithful blogger.

My Slogan

2005-10-24T16:09:00.000-05:00

I tried the slogan generator and this is what I got:

The Best pastor.zac a Man Can Get.

Try it out for yourself...http://thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi

Why I Love Smallville.

2005-10-20T18:08:00.000-05:00

I cannot get enough of the show Smallville. I don’t know why I am so addicted to it. I have always had a fascination with Superman, but I think every boy in America did at some point. But why do I like this show and the story so much. I have been thinking about this for some time and I think it is because Clark aka Superman is destined to greatness or that he is apart of something so much bigger than just him and he is slowly starting to learn that. He knows that he has powers and he knows that he should use them, but it is more than that. In the show over the last 4 seasons Clark is searching to know more about where he came from and why he was sent to earth. Each bit of information that he gets points him to something big. Something that he is destined to be or do. I really like that. I would like to think that I am here for a reason and that I am destined to be someone certain, or do something specific. I am not talking about super powers although that would be great, but I am talking about something more than that. I have always felt that God has something in store for me, but I just don’t know what it is. I love watching Clark get to discover small bits on information that lead him in a direction, and I just want to know that God is doing the same for me? Am I picking up the bits of information or am I going my own way?

Sameness

2005-10-11T18:08:00.000-05:00

It is really funny how similar we all really are. We each have things that we do, that we think is lame and unlike anything that anyone else does. I was watching the season premiere of Nip/Tuck and the two doctors where talking with this fat woman. This fat woman started to get too big for herself and so she decided to stay on the couch, and so she never got up…not even to use the restroom, so because of her non movement and a few other factors her skin fused with the couch fabric. So they were asking her how she allowed herself to get like this, and this is what she said. When she was skinny she was a clean freak, she would just clean for hours, and when she started to gain weight it became harder and harder. So one day she decided to plan everything out in her head so tomorrow all she would have to do was just get up and do it. But when tomorrow came she would think about what she had to do so much that she would tell herself tomorrow, and time just went by like that until she became what was before them now.

As I was listening to this I was reminded of myself. Not the fat stuff, or the cleaning stuff, but the fact that I live in the world of tomorrow. I think about what needs to be done and try to plan everything out but when tomorrow comes I am already tired. I am really just putting off doing it. I plan and plan and plan but I always have a hard time doing things. I wonder why? I think that I am just worried that I will not do it right, or good enough, and so I plan.

I will be watching tv or a movie and someone will make a statement or do something that I only thought that I did. I will be so shocked for those brief moments…acting as though this has never happened before, until I remember the last time that this happened. How can all of us act so much alike, go through a lot of the same things, and only think that is a coincidence. I don't think that it could be a coincidence. It is just more evidence that we all have been created in the image of the same creator. What do you think?

Five Years From Now

2005-10-05T18:07:00.000-05:00

If you stop and look at the world that is around us right now you should see that everything has changed. I am not trying to pass blame or say that this is bad. I am just stating that everything on the planet has changed. Our planet population, morals, science, polution, gas prices, church. The list could go on and on, but I will stop there. With the understanding that all has changed...what will everything look like five years from now? Five years ago the church was a place for answers, and to find God. Now it seems that we can do these things all by ourself. I am not saying that we could not do these things before, I am just trying to make a point. The general idea was that I went to church to learn more about God, to grow closer to Him, and to connect on a spiritual level. Because of the internet and many other factors too long to type, we are finding ourselves really not needing church to fill in those gaps anymore. The curtain has split and God is now more accessible than ever. What happened? I have talked with numerous people who state that they are finding God, and connecting with Him more outside of the church than they ever did inside. Is this a good or a bad thing? Anytime a person can connect with God is great, but the biggest thing here is that the church(and I say church as universal, not a specific church or denomination)has started to become irrellevant. It really seems as though the world has changed but the church has remained the same. It has decided to stand firm to it's techniques and traditions even though the world cannot understand them at all. So I want to go back to my main question. What will the church look like in five years? You tell me. Please comment.

Family

2005-10-01T21:35:00.000-05:00

I live in Oklahoma City and my brother goes to the University of Nebraska. My other brother lives in Nebraska as well and I have made a trip down to Lincoln to visit both of them. It is a Wheeler sons weekend. I drove seven hours to be here and so far it has been worth every minute. What is it about family that we all just love, you don't have to prove anything and you can just be yourself and there is just a peace that comes from family. We don't talk much when we are in different states and cities, but when we come together we just have a great time. I just love to be around my family, but honestly I never understand it until I am around them. I am also going to my first Husker game. I am not a fan but who doesn't like to see a division 1 team play with 80,000 other people. I would have to say that I picked the best game to make my first. A double overtime win. What a great game.

Tied

2005-09-30T21:16:00.000-05:00

What a wonderful site. My boys will not go quietly into the night. Boston is now tied with the Yankees for top honors in the league.

A New Season Begins

2005-09-29T16:21:00.000-05:00

The new season of Smallville starts today. It is really going to be a good one. Clark is really starting to become Superman and all of the questions that he has been searching for are finally going to be answered. I hope anyway. I would encourage any and all to watch.

Purpose

2005-09-28T12:00:00.000-05:00

A Site for people with honest questions about the spiritual package that they have been handed.

I am a person who loves answers. I like to know them and I love finding them in everything. Because of that I have been finding Christianity difficult. The anwers are not always clear cut. We live in a formula world. Christianity does not go by formulas. Honestly, I think that is what I really love about it. I am not talking about religion, but about Christ. He came and turned everything upside down. Being a follower of Christ is really living opposite of everything our world and even our own minds wants us to. But you know what...who ever said that being a Christian was safe, and easy?

Reality TV

2005-09-27T18:07:00.000-05:00

Reality TV?

What is it that we like about reality TV? We will watch it knowing that it is probably staged and scripted, but we cannot turn our heads away. My wife and I will watch reality TV all day long (although she could do it longer). But really, why do we watch? Do we like to see if they do the same things that we do? Do we like to see if there will be a fight? I don’t know, but I guess until I figure it out, I guess that I will keep watching.

What a View

2005-09-26T16:12:00.000-05:00

Isn't that just a great view. I like to start my day looking at good things, don't you? You can just look out and feel what God felt when He said, "It is good". Just stare at it.

Dare Not To Compare.

2005-09-24T17:59:00.000-05:00

I have been reading "Searching for God Knows What" by Donald Miller and in one of his chapters he talks about the need that each of us have to compare ourselves to everyone around us. This longing or desire to rank ourselves based on people around us. He states that each of us are searching for fulfillment from someone or everyone in our world. Why do we do this? I know that he is right...I do this all the time. Most of the time I am not doing this to put anyone else down, I am just trying to place myself up. Miller blames this on the fall in the Garden, and that each of us are programed to find our place and fulfillment from God. In the Garden that happened and because of sin we don't automatically get that from God anymore.
I wonder what it would look like if we as a people looked to God for our place and fulfillment instead of each other. What would our world look like? Depression would not exsist...suicide would be just a word in a dictionary. Why aren't we telling everyone about this? I think that everyone would agree that this would be a good thing to learn. Think about it and try it yourself. Then tell someone else.

Cutest Dog

2005-06-02T16:40:00.001-05:00

Is this not the cutest dog you have ever seen?

My Two Favorite Girls!!

2005-06-02T16:40:00.000-05:00

How could you go wrong when you have this to go home to every night. It is hard to go to work everyday with those two on my mind. I have never been so in love as I am right now. I could even say I have never felt more loved than I do right now. I can truly say that I am blessed. Would you disagree?
These are my two favorite girls.

The World of the "Real"

2004-07-07T13:52:00.000-05:00

I desperately want to be apart of something "Real". In our world today nothing is real. When I say "Real", I mean something that has meaning and significance, not just something real in the physical sense. We are overloaded with this reality TV thing...there is even a show that has the title "The Real World" and I must admit, I have seen every season I think. But it, and every other reality show is so far from being "Real". These are shows with no significant meaning, and they leave us the view a warped view of how the world really is. These people do whatever they want with no consequences for their actions(except for being voted off), and because of these shows we as a society think that these rules apply to us as well. So when the reality TV generation comes to accept Christ they have come to Him with this reality TV mind set as well, and because of that Christianity and Christ are affected and even changed to fit this generations "world". So I want to live a REAL life a life that is not defined by MTV or anything electric. I want to discover life, REAL life from the person that created all life...Jesus.