2 years

happy anniversary mrs. bethany fisher.

hot? check
loves Jesus? check
fun? check
loves me? check
out of my league? check

i hit the jackpot.

saturday quick hits

• off to celebrate my in-laws 35th anniversary today. that’s awesome. i want that.

• started watching Memento last night. driving me crazy but i like it.

• picked up Brian McLaren’s book Everything Must Change yesterday from my friend Eric. looking forward to reading it.

• i bought straight up sneakers yesterday for the first time in about 10 years

• was at the mall last night, wondering why no one ever goes there. then i heard the announcement the mall was closed. it was 9pm. no wonder no one ever goes there.

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online chat

does anyone post-college actually still use an online chat client with any regularity? in high school i used AIM occasionally, only because my parents only had dial up internet (remember that!?). college was ridiculous. there were actually many times i would chat with my room mate behind me online rather than turning around and speaking. plus, it was a great messaging service to see if friends down the hall wanted to go to dinner.

the past six months or so, probably 98% of the online conversations i’ve had have been with my wife over Google chat. that’s it. between texting, this blog, and now twitter, i just don’t use online chat anymore.

anyone else in the same boat?

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bravo Sony

i’m a sucker for great commercials. in my opinion the Sony Bravia commercials are some the best i’ve seen – perhaps ever (no hyperbole intended). i don’t often do the corporate shout out, but here it is. block out a few minutes and watch these. that kid inside you will thank you.

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space invaders in the kitchen

this is awesome. it reminds of my mornings playing space invaders on the arcade machine at my orthodontist’s office. yes, that helped make up for the braces.

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quoting [steven furtick]

God doesn’t hold you accountable to what you do, but what you were called to do.

dang. this guy is a kick tail leader. if you haven’t, check out Elevation Church and his blog.

cringe worthy

i just saw a local hotel sign:

Welcome American Banjo Fraternity

i may have to skip that one.

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twitter-ific

i’ve known about Twitter for some months now. honestly i always saw it as something kind of cool, but not really sure if it was something i really cared about doing and maintaining. but like all free things, i finally broke down and gave it a try, because well 1) it’s still interesting to me 2) i know a good handful of folks doing it that i like 3) it’s free. so i’m on a Twitter trial.

so far i like it. within 15 minuets of signing up ad posting one thing, i had two friends following me. kind of cool, kind of creepy, but i’ll roll with it. the tough thing right now will be me figuring out the balance between Twittering and blogging. if you want, you can follow me, too.

anyone else doing this?

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the nitty gritty

i’ve read two posts this past week in regards to homosexuality and Christian faith. they weren’t the turn or burn type articles; rather, they looked at the consequence of our reactions to these situations. i consider myself a pretty theologically orthodox guy – where the Bible speaks to an issue, that is God’s word about it and needs to be clung to relentlessly. where the Bible is silent on issues, we have liberty.

but what happens when there are real life, tough actions and consequences to following God’s word? for example, i believe that what the Bible classifies as sin is indeed repulsive to God and should be addressed. i’m starting to wonder how much the Church and we as individuals are really prepared to deal with the aftermath. the man who has accrued a good deal of wealth through dishonest business – are we prepared to help him and his family deal with a change of lifestyle? or take this story about a homosexual couple with a child – how do you deal with that?

these are real issues, and if we only expose issues and fall silent in helping those in need, we’ve fallen short. it’s easy to call someone out – it’s harder to deal with the fallout.