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15 December 2006 ~ 2 Comments

Numero Seis

That’s spanish for book number six at inbubblewrap.  This book arrived yesterday:

Sandbox

This one looks kinda interesting.  Unfortunately I never did receive Winning which I supposedly won.  Funny thing is, I haven’t entered in a really long time.  In fact I checked and I think this offer is from like October.  Guess what…I’m trying to win again.

13 December 2006 ~ 0 Comments

Weight Loss?

Alright, so yeah I know it’s been forever.  So it’s time to see where I am at now with the weigh.  I’ve been pretty bad in general…eatin candy, drinkin soda, jusnk like that…but i have stuck to my salads for lunch (usually) and that flavored water, errrrr, non-fat milk.  So here’s a quick update on the results:

11 December 2006 ~ 1 Comment

A Transparent Moment

Have you ever had one of those moments in corporate worship when you wanted to sing out to God, but you just couldn’t?  Have you ever had one of those moments that as soon as you would try to let the words out of your mouth you were choking back tears?  It’s one of those times that the words just hit so close to your heart and you sense God is working in it.  That’s where I was at 11am service as I sat next to my wife.  God is good.

Take my heart I lay it down

At the feet of You who’s crowned


And take my life I’m letting go


I lift it up to You who’s throned


 


And I will worship You Lord


Only You Lord


And I will bow down before You


Only You Lord

 
Take my fret take my fear

All I have I’m leaving here


Be all my hopes be all my dreams


Be all my delights be my everything

 
And it’s just You and me here now

Only You and me here now


You should see the view


When it’s only You

David Crowder
"Only You"

09 December 2006 ~ 6 Comments

Thieves Suck.

It’s 9:30 am Saturday morning.  After a late night of video shooting and editing, I walk out to my truck to go to the location for todays shoot.  It’s gonna be another long day of shooting and directing for an upcoming project.  As I approach my truck which I had left in the driveway just a number of hours before, I realize something isn’t right.

I look in the back of the truck where the fairly brand new lighting kit had been left, a tool I would be needing again shortly.  At least, I thought I had left them there…  I know I didn’t unload them at the Hub.  I’m almost positive they were there when I walked in the house to sink into my very inviting bed that my wife had been keeping warm for me.  Sure enough, the lights are gone.

Police reports have been filed.  Property has been lost.  Valuable shooting time has been lost.  But hey, I have a healthy son, an amazing wife, and a community of people that I love around me.  It’s just money.  Apparently someone else needed it more.

I still think he/she sucks, though.

07 December 2006 ~ 4 Comments

Become An Elf

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Hey peeps.  At the office workin late tonight.  Couldn’t help but take a small break to "Elf Myself!!"  Check it out here.  And after that, it’s your turn!!

Everyone do one of your own, and then leave the link in the comments.  Or if you put it on your own blog, let us know so we can all stop by.

[HT: Los]

06 December 2006 ~ 4 Comments

Christmas Show Anyone?

Art

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Ok, so if you know me well, you know I spent about four years of my life performing and touring with a group called The Young Americans.  (Ask the multiple people in my life group who like to give me a hard time when I talk about it.)  ;)  Anyway, my friends Charlie and Bridget pointed out one night that they had seen that they were doing their annual Christmas show again at La Mirada Theater.

It’s been a while since I’ve been, so we thought it would be fun to get a group together to go see The Magic of Christmas this Saturday night at 8pm.  So who wants to join us?  The more the merrier and kids are welcome.  In fact, the cheap seats are $23.00, but if 15 of us go, we can get that down to $19.00.  C’mon now!!

So if anyone over this way is interested, let me know by e-mail or comment here so I can order tickets asap.

(PS – If you wanna see some kinda fun old pics of me from that time, check it out here.  Just a couple, you gotta find em…lates.)

06 December 2006 ~ 2 Comments

24 – Prepare For Day 6

Alright Jack Bauer fans…January 14th is getting closer and closer.  Hopefully you’re all caught up on day 5 and ready to watch this prequel that no doubt bridges the gap between the two days.  Enjoy!

03 December 2006 ~ 1 Comment

AFC West #1 – Go Bolts!

Caleb just wanted to show his support this morning as the Chargers take on the Bills.  That’s my boy!!

Chargers

PS – Special shout out to the Bruins for finally takin out those darn Trojans.  Blue and gold all around baby!!

30 November 2006 ~ 0 Comments

Keep On Giving Thanks

Once a year we take a few days to really focus on giving thanks for all that God has done and is doing in our lives.  A week has passed since that day.  my question is: Are you still giving thanks?  We talked about it in our Consumed worship teaching series, but Being thankful to God is more than something we should do once in a while.  Rather it is a way of life for us as worshippers of God.  So, here’s a little reminder to keep on being mindful to thank God for what he’s doing.

Last Wednesday night we had our annual Thanksgiving Eve service, Give Thanks.  You already got to see the dance from that evening.  The greatest part of that service, though, is the time we allow for Revolution attenders to share what they are thankful for this year.  After a time of hearing about the need to be thankful for even the difficult times, people came forward to give thanks for both the great stuff and the tough stuff.

So I didn’t want too much time to go by without posting this video.  It is an amazing reflection of all the changed lives here in our community.  Take a few minutes to check these out and hear just how awesome God is.


So…it’s a week after Thanksgiving weekend.  What do you want to continue to thank God for?

30 November 2006 ~ 3 Comments

Office Makeover

If there’s one thing that nobody can ever accuse me of being, it’s organized, neat, or tidy.  I guess that’s technically three things.  So when my office gets to the point where it even drives me insane, I know that something desperately needs to be done.

It was about time to clean up and even do a little reorganizing and shifting around of desks and equipment, so I spent some time yesterday morning doing just that.  Because I figure it really probably is worse than you’re imagining, I took some before and after pictures with my phone.  Check it out:

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I already feel more productive and put together again.  Now I need to spruce it up with some island decor! 

While I recognize that I will never EVER be Mr. Organization Extraordinaire, I can at least, hopefully, keep it from ever getting as bad as it was again.  Now…back to work!