Coffeeshop Insight

God-incidence Hello!

2006-04-07T00:36:00.000-05:00

This post is going to be different. It is not the typical insight or whatever I write about. This is actually more personal. This is more of a testimony or recalling of recent events.The past 30 something hours have been a journey that I never expected. The best way to share what is going on is to give you a few snapshots of the important scenes. I am not trying to be religious or weird or odd, I

Cloud, Oh Cloud... What was that you said?

2006-03-30T18:55:00.000-06:00

So every now and then as you trot down the road of life, there is a cloud in the sky that catches you attention. Sometimes this cloud is big, and other times it is merely a wisp in the atmosphere. This cloud can be something fascinating and catching, or it can be subtle and transparent-like. If you listen, you will hear the words, "Look at you, walking along like you are the best thing in the

"Dashing Holy Pots" or "I have an iPod!"

2006-03-14T01:07:00.000-06:00

I have always disliked (on some level) getting up at un-godly hours of the morning for things work related, like meetings scheduled at 6 AM on Sunday mornings. It is such a chore to rouse oneself from the deep slumber found at 5 AM and exit the bedchamber for Corporate affairs.Anyways, after the meeting at work on Sunday morning, I went to my church to relax (no point in going home) and read for

Happenings in the Wind

2006-03-10T21:21:00.000-06:00

It is amazing, absolutely amazing. I read alot of philosophy, English Literature, American Literature, and not enough of the Bible. I crave God's Word. In fact, I sometimes wake up with a dull ache in the heart, characterized by a malnutrition of God's written Word. Instead of eating a health dose of God's Word, I mumble a few words of prayer and head off to class. About 10 AM I start

Transposing Life

2006-02-25T23:50:00.000-06:00

Music is very complex, or at least it can be. Whether you listen to Mozart or even hip-hop, you can find incredibly complex chords and melodies. Life is very complex. Whether you deal with life, death, women, or ultimately God, there are thousands of complex decisions and choices. Some decisions will kill people, and others will conceive people. Some decisions will end

Points of Thingies and Whoosiafulnellite

2006-02-24T15:47:00.000-06:00

Hello Point # 1So, a week from hell pretty much. The blood pours from my weary brain. I encountered 3 tests this week in rapid succession. I beat the first one soundly, had the utter crap pounded out of me on the second one, and dazedly conquered the third.The feeling of knowing that you pretty much failed a test sucks. Wait!!! Don’t jump onto a pious soapbox and proclaim that it is through lack

Too Much Tea and Thinking of a European Episode

2006-02-13T00:40:00.000-06:00

So I don't know he said, as he sat down to "check his email but ended up updating." The thoughts of the week always are different than one normally would have guessed. Like you can think now about what you thought last week, but what you thought last week is normally like the 2.2 version of what you think now (at least it sometimes is for me). Maybe it is. Maybe you still think the same thing

Dr-ish

2006-02-05T16:25:00.000-06:00

I hate lying. This is the fundamental reason chick-flicks make my skin crawl sometimes. Beautiful girl, sometimes average, often oppressed. A great guy, maybe above average, sometimes popular when that really isn't what he is after. Something happens, and WHAMMY!!!! Somebody lies. Sometimes the girl, sometimes the guy, occasionally a friend or someone else. They get hurt, refuse to see the other

David's Log, 2:38 AM

2006-01-27T02:12:00.000-06:00

It has been an interesting 24 hours. I take that back, it has been an interesting week. This is the first full week of class which means 18 credit hours of reading, reading, studying, going to class, and more reading. Oh don't worry, there is more reading to come with the 600 pages of Soren Kierkegaard to read (and that is just the first book of 5). Seriously, I sometimes wish that I was an

Rantology of a Contemplative Duet of Days

2006-01-18T23:58:00.000-06:00

Tuesday, He Wrote:"Oh hell no..." I thought to myself as my second alarm went off at 3:05 AM this morning. The first alarm went of at 3:00 AM and was quickly silenced with a disorientation that left me with mo rememberence of actually hearing the first alarm. The third alarm was silences as quickly as the first, and the forth alarm from the clock across the room finally revived me from the

I Fell into a Burning Ring of Fire...Kinda-Sorta-Maybe (Wedding Meditation)

2006-01-15T22:36:00.000-06:00

So my sister got married yesterday. It was beautiful, and I don't often describe weddings as being beautiful.. It was a busy day filled with suits, flowers, girls crying, people hugging, way too many pictures, and pizza. I like pizza alot, but even more so when the clock says 5:04 PM and breakfast was centuries ago. The flowers and tears are cool (people just got married for Fred's (Pete is

Oh Christ

2006-01-10T23:38:00.000-06:00

Charlie Hall wrote some beautiful lyrics that have haunted my heart. The theme echos though, Christ, please, be the center of My life.Seek Him.D <><

Women as Black Holes: On omited, omited, and omited

2006-01-10T21:37:00.000-06:00

So I had a conversation over Christmas Break that turned interesting very quickly. It wasn't a filthy conversation, but is wasn't one that 10 year-old grade schoolers are allowed in on. In short, Myself and a couple other un-named friends (a guy and 2 girls) started a conversation about female proportionality regarding phsysique and ended up with the conclusion that women, are indeed, black

Soda sub Nashville

2006-01-06T23:28:00.000-06:00

I am still wandering around in a post-Passion state. I have a plethora of thoughts, concerns, and prayers floating around in this knotty-head of mine. Some of it has to do with Jesus. Some has to do with the past. The rest has to do with Sobe Soda and a random back hair. I hate back hairs, about as much as I hate nose hairs (see post from 12/23/05 entitled "On Nose Hairs..."). I had this

2006-01-06T00:26:00.000-06:00

My Friends,Wow. What can I say? What can I tell you about the past couple of days? I could try to tell you about how I traveled with 8 other people down to Nashville, TN for Passion '06. I could try to tell you about how we arrived Monday afternoon and were ready when the Conference started Monday night. I could try to tell you about how we spent time worshiping Jesus, praying with each other,

On Nose Hairs...

2005-12-23T00:13:00.000-06:00

So finals ended a week ago, and my eye is still twitching. I don't know if it is caffeine or stress, because it certainly cannot be fatigue (for more info, click here). This despondable college student has found solace in 9 hours of sleep a night, so what's up now! I also have been reading for kicks, which never happens. My current book, by Bertrand Russell, is labeled Why I Am Not A

Jaded

2005-12-12T12:01:00.000-06:00

So here it is, later than I promised and different than I planned, but here nonetheless. So... Jaded. It is long, so I hope that it will be a good diversion from finals and stress. It might not make a whole lot of sense, we will see.I have struggled with Christian culture for quite awhile and have come to some interesting conclusions about Christianity and society. Some of those I will deal with

Snow is the Balls Whereas Trees are Hunted

2005-11-28T23:30:00.000-06:00

As I was at work this evening, I got this great idea to shut down my department (I work in the garden department at Home Depot) and get some heavy equipment work done. I do this occasionally when it is slow and the right managers are on duty, so I decided tonight was ripe to do just that. After about 15 minutes of work, it reached my ears that some customers were wanting outside to get a

Who...

2005-11-19T17:38:00.000-06:00

Did you ever get the feeling that you were wondering in a dream, lost from day to day with no clear conception of who you really are? Did you ever find yourself in the middle of a situation or a crowd and wonder how you got there? Sometimes I think we all have those Butterfly Effect moments where we snap to attention and ask, "How did I come to this?" I had a similar moment today at work while

A special place

2005-11-09T15:52:00.000-06:00

It's typical - create a worldA special place of my designTo never cope, never careJust use the key, cause he's alone...Vitamin R by ChevelleFor some reason this is the song that seems to crash my thoughts with the greatest frequency as I stroll through the Underground or the Beach on the KU Campus. I look at the sea of faces around me, watch their emotions, and allow the song to play. Maybe I

Wars of the World....

2005-11-04T11:42:00.000-06:00

War Protesters. You gotta love them on some level (any level actually). There was a small group of 3 protesters hanging out in the underground around lunchtime today who insisted on reading all 2000 names of those who have died in the War in Iraq. After 1134 names, pretty much everyone was groaning at the ressonance of the protestera's voice. A sorority girl finally stood and proclaimed with

2005-11-01T23:21:00.000-06:00

I love the constellation Orion. There is something about the fellow that strikes a particular chord within me. There is incredible peace looking up at him in the fall/winter night sky, with the silence of the night hugging you close and the other stars looking back at you. There is something unique about standing in the cold (you can stand inside in the heat as well, but you lose the view a bit)