I should keep this generic

Derby?

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:21:00 +0000

Saturday afternoon
A wooden bat.
A bag of baseballs
Five dudes
One goal.
Hit as many home runs as possible

So what do you call a home run derby where nobody hits a home run?

My, my, my stapler...

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:42:00 +0000

There it is, in all it's glory.
The red Swing Line.
On my desk where it belongs.

Take this, Comcast!

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:14:00 +0000

Last night I had a dream that I bought an HDTV antenna. My dreams have never let me down in the past, so when I woke up this morning I headed over to Best Buy to see what they had.
I ended up purchasing the RCA Amplified Indoor Antenna.
$58 after tax. A one-time fee.
I'm now picking up about 25 channels, several of which are in HD.
I used to pay $70/month for Comcast HD.
Now if only I could figure out how to get ESPN...

I recommend this to anyone that does not watch much TV, hates Comcast, and wants to be able to catch an occasional Braves one-run loss.

Here's how we're looking

Now I can watch Matlock when I'm home sick ;)

Meet my feet (don't be afraid, there is nothing gross)

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:24:00 +0000

So I forgot to mention earlier that my physical summer goal has been decided.

Push-ups
200 of them
No stopping or pausing.
Yea, that's a lot of push-ups.

Today's weigh in while able to do 33 push-ups while laughing:

I am off to a good start. I did about 130 push-ups last night and swam 2400 feet tonight. More updates to come as the summer heats up.

Last nights small group

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:42:00 +0000

So last night at small group...
Akash - "All small group has to have a physical goal for the summer. Chambers, what is yours?"
Me - "I don't know."

After much stalling...

Me - "Maybe I'll do push-ups."
Akash - "how many can you do right now?"
Me - "I don't know, probably at least 50."
Akash - "Lets do push-ups now to see how many so we can base it off that".

In the midst of laughing and slipping on the wood floor, I did 33.

Then Andy gets a brilliant idea to do 10 push-ups every minute for 20 minutes. We all think its a great idea. The music starts blaring, shirts come off, the rest is history!

I can barely move my arms.

Where is my pizza?

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:28:00 +0000

I ordered pizza at 10:11pm. That's when my confirmation email was sent.
46-56 minutes.
Its 11:29
No pizza...
Not cool

When you're bored a theology test does wonders

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:05:00 +0000

Take the theology test and post your results in the comments. I did not make the test so don't get mad at me when you run across stupid questions.

Here are my results. Turns out I am a heathen after all...

Where I work

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:02:00 +0000

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

Last night's dream

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:05:00 +0000

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!

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:22:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:49:00 +0000

"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

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:32:00 +0000

Yikes! But I love a good thunder-storm

New ideas are fun and exciting

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:53:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:30:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:29:00 +0000

"I don't like things that are annoying"

The testosterone is flowin

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:30:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:56:00 +0000

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?

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:46:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:37:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:02:00 +0000

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!

Now I find his website.

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:15:00 +0000

For all of you that are fans of Brad Fowler, make sure you check out his web site so that you can read about everything Brad. You can do so by clicking on the right until you find the right one, or by clicking here. He just got back from Costa Rica. I was supposed to use his website to read what he was up to. I just found out what it was a few days ago. Oops.

For those going to British Columbia this summer, the picture at the top left is from Banff. Woo!

Famous for more than country music

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:22:00 +0000

Today I was passing through Nashville and went for a little walk around the capital. I was walking in the park across the street, rounded a corner, and here is what I saw. Enjoy

Five purposes might be too many

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:26:00 +0000

Could just being a God-loving human being be the single purpose that we were created for?

"The gospel of grace calls us to sing of the spiritual roots of such commonplace experiences as falling in love, telling the truth, raising a child, teaching a class, forgiving each other after we have hurt each other, standing together in the bad weather of life, of surprise and sexuality, and the radiance of existence."

-Kennedy (quoted in Ragamuffin Gospel)

You tell me

Warlocks are enemies of God

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:01:00 +0000

I am in the process of watching Jesus Camp.

Here are a few of my favorite lines:
"Had it been in the Old Testament, Harry Potter would have been put to death."
"We have to take back America for Jesus"
"Thank you for this food this morning, we ask you father to bless it...God end abortion and send revival to America."
"God is not in every church...there are churches called dead churches....They sing like, 3 songs, then they listen to a sermon. --man that sounds familiar-- Churches that God likes to go to are where everyone is jumping up and down..."
"warlocks are enemies of God"
"this means war! this means war! Are you a part of it or not?!"

Wow.
Speaking blessings to a George Bush cardboard cut out
Some of this stuff weirds me out...

I do like when they bust out dance moves to DC Talk. Who's in the house?!

Too many questions, not enough who cares

noreply@blogger.com (brianchambers21) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:59:00 +0000

Why the cross? Why did Jesus have to die the ugly death that he died? Why all the blood, the agony? If his death is what mattered, why did it have to be so barbaric and gruesome? Why could there not be another way? Why Jesus, and why like that?

These are questions I can never fathom the answer to. I am reading the Ragamuffin Gospel though, and am learning that sometimes these questions are not important. As Manning puts it, while all these questions are being asked, "the saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise".

I tend to be the guy asking too many questions. You?