April 2012
3 posts
WatchU2 - In God’s Country - dubstep / dancefloor
A 2 minute economic speech from a President that...
March 2012
3 posts
Like a Pinball
A friend and I were driving to a meeting at church Wednesday evening.
“How have things been going at work lately?” I said. “It seems that…”
»KA-POWWW!!! reeeeeeecccchhhhh BANG!!! grrrrrrtttttttt pssssssss…
Some lady blew through a red light and t-boned my van. Thanks for that.
We never saw it coming. I got crushed up against the left side of my van, busting up my knee, bruising my...
December 2011
2 posts
The most ridiculous remix of “Moves Like...
November 2011
3 posts
My nephew Elijah shredding on the guitar....
Noah on the mic + Daddy on ProTools = Next radio...
You Tube's Stupidizing of America
YouTube is a cultural phenomenon, and a great resource. There is no arguing that. In the past, I have been excited to find things such as Montel Williams’ video for “This Is How We Do It.” I have showed my sons videos of me singing, and I have watched sports videos from the past.
But I also think that it often reveals how ignorant we are getting as a country. Take these 2 videos for...
March 2011
4 posts
Is Rob Bell Jumping the Shark?
I am not going to write to Rob Bell under the guise of an “Open Letter”… which usually isn’t an open letter… it is just someone giving their opinion, or even gossiping about the person that the “Open Letter” is directed to. I am just going to write my opinion.
I love Rob Bell. I love him as a brother in Christ. I love him as a leader in my city. He has been kind to me....
Elevator Down
Whenever I have much typing to do, such as when I write a blog, I use my 24” iMac that has a pretty robust voice recognition system set up on it. This computer is in my downstairs office (see photo— http://bit.ly/dKhxiM). Four weeks ago, the elevator broke down. Luckily I was upstairs.
Well… it took three and half weeks to fix the elevator. Don’t ask why. It has something to do with...
February 2011
6 posts
“Cowardice asks the question: is it safe?
Expediency asks the question: is it...”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
2 x 2 x 2
Just a quick blog this morning. For those of you who have not been to Brandywine (an amazing breakfast spot with two locations in Grand Rapids) you are missing the best pancakes in town. I’m not sure what they put in the batter, but it is not from this world. It must be extraterrestrial-supernatural… get two blueberry pancakes extra done, this gives them the little crispy ring around the...
“Untie my hands and deliver my heart from sloth. Set me free from the laziness...”
– Thomas Merton
View from my computer on Wednesday afternoon.
Do my eyes look crooked in that picture? I know that they say that one eye is always a little bit higher than the other… but my head is actually a little bit crooked exaggerating the effect…
It probably goes without saying, but I’m pretty sure that if you’re bad at journaling, you’re bad at blogging. The social network gurus say that you should blog every day… just like taking a...
January 2011
1 post
WatchHere is a new Josh Buck video from the Indiana Wesleyan University alumni department. I feel like they did a really good job.
November 2010
1 post
Goodbye Liz ( or in and out of my life go the...
I don’t often write about life in a wheelchair. Number one… this chair doesn’t define me. Number two… and probably more strangely, I’m at a point where I’m really not all that bothered by it. Would I do almost anything to get out of it and have a whole functioning body again? Holy crap yes! But does it make me have a little sad panda face every morning? Not a chance.
But...
October 2010
1 post
Zoe singing “Maybe” from Annie....
September 2010
5 posts
Dora Is a Slut… and Down With iCarly Too
Yeah… you heard me right.
Our culture it is so blatantly oversexed. 200 years ago, our imaginations were engaged with the hope of continuing in a country where freedom was having the right to have our own property, having the right to worship as we see fit, having the right to protect ourselves from the government with guns, and having the right to publicly have our own opinions in the press.
...
Listen
Overly Sentimental?
Is that a self-incriminating question? By the mere fact that I’m wondering if I’m too sentimental, does it mean it’s probably so?
But at the same time, I’m not even sure if sentimental is the right word. Here is the issue. I saw a picture of a buddy today on Facebook, and I got kind of sad. It was a candid shot, just some random people at a meeting with my friend in the...
June 2010
2 posts
Reentry
Issues. My family has issues. It’s a good thing that we all love each other so much, or we’d go crazy.
Every time I feel like I get in a rhythm… you know, a life rhythm… some crazy health issue or major logistical problem comes up and puts life on hold for a few weeks. It’s like I’m exiting and reentering my life all the time.
Regardless, I’m back. Back...
May 2010
5 posts
The Reconstruction Revolution
I am tired of hearing myself and others moaning and groaning in fruitless criticism of the problems of the Church. Deconstruction was good for a day. But that day is now dusk. But I’m also tired of fundamentalists acting as if there was some time in the Moral Majoritarian 1980s when the church was properly constructed.
Enough of the Deconstructionists! Down with the Traditionalists!
Viva...
The Reconstruction Revolution pt.2
Snap! The skin of the fruit gave way beneath his teeth. She reached with her finger and gently thwarted the descent of the trickle of juice down his chin.
“Do you think it will feel different right away?”
“I don’t know,” she whispered. Putting her arm around his waist and gently tucking herself under his arm, she felt distant and insecure, not empowered and...
The Reconstructionists
The Reconstruction Revolution pt.1
The Reconstruction Revolution pt.2
The Reconstruction Revolution pt.3
The Reconstruction Revolution pt.3
A brief description of a possible attitude towards Scripture… soon
April 2010
2 posts
Through the Wringer
So my last post is dated January 21. At that point, my butt hurt so bad I couldn’t sit in my wheelchair. I had spent the majority of the previous three weeks flat on my back in bed. When I’m flat on my back in bed I’m really not even able to use a remote control. I can’t turn from side to side… I’m just stuck. I thought I had already been through a lot.
Holy...
January 2010
4 posts
Off the Grid
So… as many of you know, I’ve been totally out of commission for the past »TWO« weeks. Yes, that’s right, its been time spent mostly in bed, headed to a doctor, on the phone, or up eating a quick meal.
It’s not a big deal long term, and should be resolved in a week or two. But I’m used to being up for 16 hours a day… not 6. It’s the most time...
Facebook Copyright Infringement
So Facebook e-mailed me. I’m not talking about some auto reply. I’m talking about Ethel.
She didn’t have nice things to say. Apparently, I can’t buy a domain that has the word “Facebook” in it. This may seem like common sense, but don’t you think that GoDaddy shouldn’t let you buy names that are illegal? I’m sure that it is somewhere in the...
December 2009
3 posts
Everything Inside
This is a raw edit of a song my...
Holy?
Ah winter is in the air… and along with it gluttonous consumerism and excessive political correctness. This year, not only do we have to hide baby Jesus and the camels, we really don’t see candy canes or Santa Claus as much. Forget Christmas songs, we’re not even teaching our kids holiday songs. I think that this Christmas season correct thing to say is, “happy...