Tuesday, 26 February 2008
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Breaking the Silence
Wow! I went a whole month without blogging. I still don't know why. Whenever I notice someone stop blogging, I assume they're depressed or extra-busy, but neither of those would apply to me this past month. It's been a great month. In fact, I could have blogged about a TON of things. Maybe I felt overwhelmed, who knows. Anyway, here's the short list of what I've been up to:
- INSIGHT started back up. Things are going great. Crackin' the whip on young hide. Sweet.
- I attended an "Organic Church" conference. This has occupied much of my thought life since.
- We're very close to moving back in to our old/new home. Meanwhile, the place we are staying now had major repairs (as in removing some of the foundation with a jackhammer and repouring it) while we were in it.
- A former student, Bethany, visited and another one, Emily will come soon.
- I went to my first NASCAR race. Yes, it was redneck heaven. The stereotype holds.
- I spoke at two Perspectives classes. Fun, but that kind of show-up-speak-leave stuff doesn't fit me.
- My wife discovered Craigslist and I have a check ledger to prove it. I got a chiminea for free. Some of you don't know what that is - its an outdoor fireplace, kind of, thingy...
- I've thought of a million ways to make INSIGHT better. Two of them are realitstic.
- I taught my girls how to sing, "We're not gonna take it. NO, we ain't gonna take it. We're not gonna take it anymore". Beauty. Yes, for you young pups, its an 80's tune by Twisted Sister. I dare you to go find it.
- I thought of posting my most-listened to songs on this blog, but was too embarrassed to do so.
- I've developed short fits of rage whenever I see people being passive. Something needs to be done, but they just sit there. Aarrgh!
- I was driving north on the 110 recently on a clear night with the LA skyline in view and thought, "I love LA". It's starting to get hard imagining living anyplace else.
- My house is noisy but I love having kids in my house. Once in a while when Cathie and the girls leave for a trip or something, I'm incredibly lonely within a day or two. It's gonna really suck when my daughters fall for some moronic schmuck and leave me.
- I think American voters are largely clueless about the issues (I know I am) and will vote on the basis of superficial things like looks and image. Obama is a shoe-in for President. Not to say I think he's all looks and image, just that he wins in those categories over the others. Reagan was flashy, Bush Sr. had little competition, Clinton was flashy enough to be dubbed "slick Willy" and Bush easily had more swagger than Kerry. Looks and image always win. Bush and Gore were about equal, which explains the tie.
- I still wake up with a yearning to understand God's kingdom more and my role in it.
As you can see, I'm no wiser than before, but life is full and mostly beautiful.
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Comments (3)
Hi Dave,
Well I think I have you beat on the silence thing.... it has been over a year for me since my last blog post. I will say though I have become somewhat enamored with Facebook :) I couldn't help but respond to your message though... primarily because I was at one of those Perspectives courses where you did the show-up-speak-leave thing. I have to say it was good for me to reconnect with you and to have the privilege to pray with you. While you feel it isn't your "thing" I believe God used you... perhaps in spite of you... to speak to our students and to me.
By the way I still wanna come up and have a USCWM field trip.... gotta plan that soon.
It is always a blessing to have fellowship with those who have impacted your life in some way. You did so through the Send Me course... I appreciated your honest feedback and the fact you were candid about your own experience. Plus when mission minded folks connect it is often a joy. And I got a kick out of your and Scott's senses of humor.... you often had me giggling. Then you would share something and have me really wrestling with what I believed and what my place is within the Kingdom. Am I truly walking in obedience? Am I more concerned with safety and comfort than those around me? Thanks for challenging me to really reflect on my walk of faith.
Welp... just wanted to touch base and thank you for steeping out of your comfort zone to share with us.... with me. You blessed me and God blessed me through you. I'll always think of you as a friend :)
Just keepin it real,
Kimberly
It was great to be in an Insight discussion again. I miss that kind of thinking and talking, with people outside my family.
I think I need to go make some likeminded friends. But you know? People like me are thin on the ground, I think.
Thanks for the mention!
loved the updates. makes me wish i could be in pasadena :)