I could so wake up to this view anyday…
Fun with my iPhone Camera+ app:
Just what it says…General
Re-post of a May 8, 2009 entry as we are celebrating our wedding anniversary this weekend!
I Love you K!
8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”
10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.
Exodus 17:8-13 (NIV)
So this Saturday is the 23rd anniversary of my first date with my wonderful wife, Karen (one of the few dates that I have committed to memory: her birthday, our first date, our engagement date, and (of course) our wedding anniversary). Continue Reading…
Today’s post prompt on “The Daily Post at WordPress.com” was:
Is it always better to know the truth, even when it hurts?
My answer:
Kaffee: I want the truth!
Col. Jessep: [shouts] You can’t handle the truth!
If you were of movie-watching age in 1992, when you read the question above, the quote from A Few Good Men probably immediately popped into your head. [the again, maybe it’s just me…i found myself whistling the Andy Griffith theme yesterday and listening to the Nacho Libre soundtrack today…]
Anyway,
Some images from my trip to The Big Easy. Spent most of my time in meetings. Next time, more sightseeing!
I’ve been in New Orleans the past few days for a meeting and tonight, while walking around the Quarter, saw Grandpa Elliott – New Orleans icon and participant in the Playing for Change project (he is at 1:05 in the video below.)
I watched him from a distance for a bit and noticed people simply passing him by – almost not “seeing” him sitting there on the corner (the way most do when walking around and seeing street people or musicians.)
Man…to be able to write like this:
A Thousand pairs of fiery eyes
Burn like a serpent down the Highway 5
As the long amber tail to Los Angeles unwinds
I’ve got His resurrection down in side my skin
But for all my revelating I just cant make sense of this gravity we’re in
Cause I’m a dead man now with a ghost who lives
Within the confines of these carbon ribs
And one day when I’m free, I will sit
The cripple at your table
The cripple by your side
– Carbon Ribs, John Mark McMillan
These lyrics just reverberated in my head today as I listened to them a number of times.
I read an article about McMillan this morning and two things hit home – one about his songwriting and the other about worship, but both dealing with being honest with God.
Today’s post prompt on “The Daily Post at WordPress.com” was:
If you had a time machine that only let you spend one hour in a different time, what date would you go to?
One additional, self-imposed caveat: …And, in going to that date, you COULD NOT change the future.
My answer:
Since I added the caveat above, I’m going to cheat slightly: Rather than a specific time, I’m going to share about two.
Today’s post prompt on “The Daily Post at WordPress.com” was:
What made you decide to start a blog? If you’ve blogged about this before, go back and read it. Is that still the reason? What’s changed?
My answer:
I started blogging back on March 31, 2009 and actually wrote about the “why” on April 16th of that year. You can read that post here, but in a nutshell my reason was:
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Today’s post prompt on “The Daily Post at WordPress.com” was:
What are you looking forward to this year?
My answer:
Hmmm? Where to begin? Continue Reading…