tUESDAY

This week so far has been a little better than normal. I have got to see my fiance every day at least for a little while, been less stressed than normal and fell surprisingly in control of life (which propabally means it is all about to come crashing down) . I have been encouraged by the people that are around me and fell very blessed. This is in sharp contrast to last week which was very hard and very frustrating. Such are the ebbs and flows of life. Through all of my post teenage life this pattern has emerged and with it two finite truths: 1. Life is hard, and the world is a broken place 2. Life is good if you will look for the good in it.

Church

So today I had a different experience at church. I worshiped at Vintage 21 for the first time since returning from Vermont. It was amazing to see the incredible cross section of people present to worship and hear about God and what he has for us and what he wants us to do. Usually the most unique thing about Vintage is the music but today the message was what stood out. Pastor Tyler spoke out of Ecclesiastes and spoke about the process which Solomon has gone through and how Wisdom is folly along with the other temporary things of the world, and that we should spend our lives in the pursuit of the eternal. This in it self is not extremely different but normally the messages given are of a higher spiritual and intellectual level and in this case he made it very practical. As always the whole experience was enlightening, encouraging, and challenging. If you are interested in finding a church that looks and feels a little different but still is biblically solid check out www.vintage21.com.

Gravity

online games

Online games are only fun when you are supposed to be doing something else.

commediyeahhhhahhhh

So this weekend I rode my bike 150 miles in New Bern. For the record that is a long way to go in 8 hours on a bike. It was challenging, it was hot, and it was fun. Oh also in the process of doing this I also rode my bike down the the left hand lane of highway 70. That was in a word....incredible.
Also on a different note Guinness sucks, Royal Bean has great Chai, and I am a huge fan of a good cup of coffee and reading something insightful first thing in the morning. In fact I would love to wake up to crisp mountain air and soft rays of sun on my pillow every morning somewhere in western North Carolina. Then sit out side on my front porch overlooking a mountain lake in the brisk cold sipping strong coffee and spend some time with the Lord. That is how I want to start my days. I dont want to get caught up in the stress and bustle but rather live out my days appreciating the beauty, complexity, and peacefullness of nature, working in a way that helps people see Jesus for the first time or in a new way. Just a thought from a random mind.

Drugs in church?

First of all I want to start by saying that I LOVE coffee, but I have noticed a trend over the past five or six years growing in churches all over the triangle. I can count no less than five large churches that most people would consider very successful and gospel teaching places of worship that offer a coffee bar to all worshipers before the service starts. This started to get me thinking, why is this very addicting beverage ok in the eyes of the church and not alcohol? It seems strange to me that a substance that has more of an effect on the overall mood and mental state of a person than that of the same ammount of beer alright when the latter is not? I am not suggesting that the church start having a keg at all services or suggesting that coffee stop being served, I am simply trying to make light of the common stereotype that alcohol is unquestionably evil. To make the point that there is an unfair and useless taboo surrounding alcohol. Why is coffee good and alcohol so very bad?

The magic of cereal!

There are a prestigious number of foods that are perfect, complete, and versatile enough to be a meal in it self and to be eaten at any point in the day. Cereal is the chief of these elite few. Cereal is meant to be eaten for breakfast, but since I moved out on my own I have eaten cereal at every time of the day. I have eaten it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks between breakfast and lunch and dinner and after dinner. Following are a list of my personal favorites.

1. Lucky Charms
2. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
3. Rasin Bran Crunch
4. Four Grain Cheerios
5. Captain Crunch, Crunch Berries
6. Oh's
7. Coco Puffs
8. Frosted Cheerios
9. Apple Jacks
10. Frosted Flakes

John Mayer Trio

So a friend of mine over the summer told me about John Mayer's new band the so called John Mayer Trio. As a rule I typically do not like anything by an artist that is capable of writing a preforming such awful songs such as your body is a wonderland and fathers be good to your daughters. But when i checked it out he is an awesome blues guitarist and lays some down some sick tracks.

People is bein bored..edded...ed some mo.

People is bein bored..edded...ed.

Girls be crazy

The title says it all girls are crazy. To make matters worse it is self inflicted. I choose so subject my self to this modern day torture by first asking a girl to marry me and then trying to plan a wedding. I expected that she being one of the most sane and stable women I have ever met could retain her sanity during this process but I was wrong. What I have been observing over the past 2 or three months is the equivalent of what happens when you give speed to a cheetah.
On a different note I am excited to say that the Durham Bulls are once again appearing in the post season in their quest for the International League Governors Cup. I love baseball, and since I was gone to yankee land all summer I didnt get my usual fill of 20+ Bulls games this summer so I get a chance to now enjoy watching tomarrow's Tampa Bay Rays for $7 a seat! Now that sir is a bargain!