And the clock strikes 30

The week following my 29th birthday I began to think obsessively about the final year of my twenties, the approach of a new decade in my short window on the earth, and how I was shaping up to all the expectation of turning 3-0.  I walked to the Watertown Public Library and wandered the vast [...]

Here’s another a new song

I was recently checking in on a friend who has been pushed to his mental, physical and emotional limits as of late.  He mentioned that he had gained some perspective in the notion that although he is concerned with being comfortable, God is more interested in building character.  On an unusually warm morning in late [...]

The Reason

I have the pleasure of currently chilling in Beirut with some old and very dear, most legendary friends: Drew & Mary Caldwell.  Actually, Mer and I have been here about a month now.  I’ve got to see quite a bit of the city, taking a walk most days for a couple hours and wandering through [...]

“You know a lot of people go to college for 7 years…”

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Last night I took the final final of my undergraduate degree. Today I’m thousands of miles away, celebrating my newfound liberty somewhere above the Pacific Ocean on my way to Northeast Asia. That’s about par for the way our modern world operates.
It took me eleven years and four institutions in states from [...]

It’s that time of year

Each year around late spring, my feet feel particularly itchy and my lungs get the sudden urge to breathe in a little more deeply.  Living life awake takes a bit of adventure every now and again.  Here’s a few videos that have recently got my heart beating a little faster…

Video for Thought

I’ve run into several videos recently that have challenged and/or provoked the accuracy of my worldview.  I love the idea that Paul the Apostle suggests – that we’re raised and seated with Christ in heavenly realms (Eph 2.6)… I’m continually aching to see that my perspective aligns with His.  Grapple with your own view as [...]

Best of 2010

My bride and I recently celebrated 9 years of legal love, which has been amazing.  One of the traditions we’ve managed to uphold is the creation of an album of the year composed of the songs that meant the most to us throughout the past 365 days.  Some of the tunes on [...]