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Welcome to work...and yes that is a racquetball racket in the corner

Last night's dream

Last night I was dreaming about eating. Eating a lot!
I was out somewhere with a group of friends.
I was pigging out.
I think there was meat, ice cream, I can't remember what else.
Around the end of the dream I realized that I might be getting fat and that I should probably stop eating and go weigh myself to see how much weight I had gained and take appropriate measures in response...

So I wake up at 4:09am, get a glass of water, hobble to my front bathroom...and hop on the scale!

Still a sweet 165!

It's back!

It was a typical May evening in the Atlanta suburbs...
The church gym was hot and muggy...
The "thump-thump-thump" of a ball bouncing, interrupted only by an occasional swishing sound.

Means, Alex, Ryan, Marcus, Chambers.
The competition sucked wind...
The domination returned.
A night of glory.
5-0

Romans 1

"For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God or gave thanks to him..."

Francis Schaeffer says that the way that you can tell if you love God every moment is if you are two things. One - contented. Two - thankful.

I think the idea is that these two actions should flow naturally in response to knowing that God is good and God is love.

What do you think? Does contentedness and thankfulness equate to love of God?

I hope you aren't going south on 285

Yikes! But I love a good thunder-storm

New ideas are fun and exciting

A thought
on new ideas
I like new ideas.
I like to read them.
I like to think of them.
I like to talk about them.
I think that's because they
are exciting. There is emotion
that comes with a new truth.
But eventually, that begins
to fade away. Does the
truth's impact last...?
Does it change who
who you are and
how you live?
Simple is
good.

Love.
"There is nothing new under the sun" - King Solomon

My weekend

Friday
Went to Sweetwater to hang out with Means, Zach, Andy, and not-Akash
Bowling - Fun
Sleep

Saturday
Sleep
Bike ride 65 miles
Scratch eyes a lot and be irritated at pollen
6pm - Sleep

Sunday
10 am - wake up (yeah, thats like 16 hours of sleep)
work
work
work
work
Dinner
work
work
Hang out
Sleep

Quote of the day

"I don't like things that are annoying"

The testosterone is flowin

I want to shoot something...
And dive behind a wall...
Throw a fire extinguisher down the hall and shoot it...
And shoot something else...
How can you not after watching American Gangster?
and then the new Die Hard?

The testosterone is flowin!

Mothers Day Tips

I know I'm not usually a sentimental blogger, but I figured today I would provide a few tips for writing a great Mother's Day card. Here are a few ideas you should probably remember to include:

1) Happy Mother's Day

Some people forget ;)

Should we revert?

Christians - evangelical in particular - usually like to use the phrase "born again" to describe those who have experienced a conversion to Christianity or entered into a relationship with Jesus.

Over 100 years ago, the phrase born again was not very popular. Instead the phrase "seized by the power of a great affection" was that way that a conversion experience was explained. I think I like it. Granted, born again comes from the Bible in John 3. Maybe seized by the power of a great affection is over the top, but I think its says something more.

Born again Christians who make up the church?
OR
Followers of the way who have been seized by the power of a great affection?

It's just semantics, but I definitely feel more inclined toward the latter. You? Or maybe you have a better idea of how to explain how you live your faith.

My night

I figure you probably want to know what I did tonight.
I will tell you.

I rode home from work in the Neener Wagon
I ate dinner from Zaxbys - which was not Zaxtastic - with my friend which was quite enjoyable, despite the non-Zaxtastic fries
I finished reading The Shack
I paid $83.70 for a tank of gas!
I drove to basketball
Means and I dominated in basketball
I drove home for basketball
I talked to some people on the phone
I found out my brother and his girlfriend are maybe breaking up which sucks
I wrote on my blog

What did you do?

Into the sorta wild

This weekend our small group is going to Jack's River Falls to hike and camp out. Here's my hope for the weekend:

I hope that we have some good down time and quiet time.
I hope our relationships get stronger and we care more about each other
I hope we pray
I hope it does not rain a bunch
I hope I dont get leeches on me in any scary places when I jump into the water
I hope the water is not cold
I hope my "peeps" at home doing laundry have a fantastic weekend
I hope I dont have to spoon with Zach
I hope I dont have to share a sleeping bag with anyone
I hope that we see, fight, and kill a bear and then wear its fur to Dave's cookout on Saturday.


Have a great weekend, my three readers!