that was the most unfulfilling experience i’ve ever had popping bubble wrap. expectations were high. about a foot square, huge bubbles, loud music, and an empty office. now i’m just disappointed – that’s what happens when bubble after bubble just puffs out air. no pop. no bloodied hands from the supersonic slap of bursting plastic. ‘where was the quality control on this sheet of seeming goodness?’ my soul wonders.

at least my coffee was good.

The fact that I’ve completed obtaining the entire series of Gilmore Girls for my wife.

And that she chooses to only watch them when I’m not at home.

a movement of God cannot be planned, but it must be prepared for.

via theNines

The best thing that can happen is for people to forget entirely that they once specified whether their music was ‘Christian’ or ‘mainstream’. That divide has been the single most damaging idea to Christianity in the modern world.”

~ David Sessions, editor of Patrol (via Collide magazine)

my hand, about twice the size of normal. might have something to do with that yellow jacket sting yesterday morning…

now where do i keep that pen?

i grew up listening to the Beatles. i had a four year battle with a teacher in high school who was adamant that the Rolling Stones contributed more to ‘music’ than the Fab Four (he was wrong). this video brings a number of reactions:

1) laughing
2) crying
3) smiling + cringing together
4) the desire to sail
5) for some reason, i think of matt case

p.s. the finale is worth it

as the summer began, i realized that my reading needed to be a little less in the Google Reader & a little more in the paper page. this is what i’ve read in the past few months:

Vintage Jesus // Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears

Crazy Love // Francis Chan

Death by Love: Letters from the Cross // Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears

Getting Fired for the Glory of God // Mike Yaconelli

currently reading:
Finally Alive // John Piper

[positive happenings today]
1 :: hung drywall in the orphanage
2 :: prayer walk through the neighborhood
3 :: got the only Inca Kola at lunch
4 :: spent some great time with one of translators, Fernando, talking about Jesus, ministry, and scripture
5 :: only had one kid at vacation bible school pull hair out of my beard

as i stood in the midst of Camino de Vida this morning in worship with my earphones receiving the service translated for me in english, it struck me like it hasn’t before. being so used to an American church, an American Christianity, and even an American Jesus, for once i’m surrounded and am the minority. when scripture speaks of heaven being all races, nations, and tongues, it really means it. a lot of us should start warming up to the fact now that one day in the presence of the resurrected & living Jesus, English will not be the major language, and white will not be the major color.
hope you realize that.