A Humbling Thanks

Sometimes all you need is a figurative swift kick in the butt to get it moving. Thanks Pastor Nathan for the chat today. It helped more than you can imagine.
Kris

Add comment | 12/10/07 | 10:01 PM

A Quick Question

Think of yourself in a fatal situation (I know… we’re starting off great aren’t we?). Go ahead… put yourself in a scenario where you know you are going to die. You will not be saved. Tell me… what are you thinking about?
I could think of so many things that would run through my head. God, […]

Add comment | 11/28/07 | 4:17 PM

Life Love and Death… Read It

Today I have this ambiance around me of death. Right now I just feel it all enclosing itself on me.
Tonight on the way home from a friends’ I passed by a cross landmarking where some teenagers wrapped their car around a tree going down a street too fast. I passed another cross whose meaning and […]

1 comment | 11/17/07 | 12:46 AM

Found a Sweet Book

The other day I was at the Urban Outfitters in Kansas City tryin to find a gift for Jamie. While I was browsing around I came across this book called The Guerrilla Art Kit by: Keri Smith. I picked it up and started flipping through it in curiosity. It turns out this book is pretty […]

1 comment | 10/13/07 | 1:27 AM

It’s Long… Sorry… It’s about my Dreams.

When I tire of reading fiction, leadership books, or when I simply don’t feel like reading the Bible I have lately found myself reading entries from a book by Erwin McManus titled Soul Cravings. Yes again I endorse a book. This one has a semi different way of formatting that I have also seen used […]

Add comment | 10/7/07 | 7:24 PM

A Long Day

On Sunday, pastor Matt gave probably what I would say the most convicting message (at least to me) in quite some time. To put it into a small nutshell, what hit me the hardest was when he talked about how we constantly neglect the Holy Spirit in our day to day lives. Something I am […]

Add comment | 10/1/07 | 9:55 PM

Hello, I’m a MAC…

Just wanted to put the news out. Tonight I took the dive and bought the iMac that I have been dying to purchase. Next iPod, iPod Touch (for Jamie), Wii, then the Rocket Ship to Mars. The last one is a biggie.
I would love to keep chatting but I gotta finish installing a lot of […]

1 comment | 09/15/07 | 12:06 AM

Planet X and Wormwood

Right now I am listening to KFI AM 640. It is a late night show with George Noory and tonight (maybe every night) he is talking about things relating to ‘outer space.’ With me, anything involving ‘outer space’ intrigues the crap outta me.
Tonight’s guest speaker is Jaysen Rand who wrote a book called The Return […]

Add comment | 09/11/07 | 11:24 PM

Ex-Terrorist Meeting

Tonight I got to go see three ex-terrorists tell their testimonies of their coming to faith. Two of the speakers I have heard of before. Walid Shoebat and Kamal Saleem were excellent with their stories and use of inflection. It brings back to memory everything that is really going on right now overseas. Worse than […]

Add comment | 09/11/07 | 11:11 PM

Earth, Heaven, and Fire

Last night Jamie and I got to hang out with a couple of some close friends. They took us to this place that is special to them that overlooks all of Riverside. At least as much as the smog would allow. But it was up here that we started going into really in depth discussions […]

2 comments | 08/6/07 | 9:27 PM

An Idea

So I am sitting here at some time late at night on the edge of my bed typing into my piece of cr@p laptop (PC), mulling over 36.5 dozen things in my head. The thought of the moment if about a discussion I had with Jamie (wife) a few days back where her mom had […]

1 comment | 07/11/07 | 10:46 PM

The Art of Man

A couple weeks ago I started to read a book titled ‘The Way of the Wild Heart’ by: John Eldredge. This book is actually a continuation of sorts from his first book ‘Wild at Heart.’ The first book I read almost a year ago and have had part two sitting in my room since around […]

Add comment | 04/11/07 | 3:59 PM

I miss my wife…

I can’t wait to come home this weekend to see her.

Add comment | 03/21/07 | 11:08 AM

Been awhile, I know

So I have not blogged in a couple weeks it seems and I am starting to think I forgot how to type. Truth be told I have been on business trips for the last couple weeks and will be gone next week as well. From Riverside, to Oxnard, to back to Riverside, to Seattle, and […]

Add comment | 03/15/07 | 5:30 PM

Result

Yesterday was hard. I did my best to only drink water or coffee (I need coffee or else I cannot operate at work). Though I didn’t realize it at the time, I was just being attacked like crazy yesterday. I was hit with everything from doubt of my salvation to doubt of the existence of God […]

Add comment | 02/28/07 | 7:44 AM

New Day

This is my second time trying to fast. I need to let you in on a secret, I failed last time. But this time I am really gonna try. My attitude has been in a funk since yesterday so maybe this is just what I need. I am trying to focus on God and prayer […]

Add comment | 02/27/07 | 10:13 AM

Before I Go To Sleep

Last night I picked up a book that I haven’t really gotten into yet called ‘Revolution.’ I picked it up because all my other books were in my car and I wasn’t quite ready to pass out for the night. Needless to say that it punched me in the face after pulling my shirt over […]

Add comment | 02/21/07 | 2:41 PM

Good Week

Last week was pretty awesome, we got to go out to dinner with friends on two separate occasions and it was just a blast. Monday and Saturday evening we spent with some pals from Church and I must say I have not had such a good time in awhile. I know that may make my […]

Add comment | 02/20/07 | 9:05 AM

NEW SECTION

So today I got the blessing of being asked to play on our worship team for one Sunday. As nerve racking as it can be playing in front of people when I don’t do it regularly anymore, it was a blast.
Currently we are going through a series called “Remix” where our prayer lives are being […]

1 comment | 02/18/07 | 9:48 PM

Wasting Myself and Time

Ever since my wife and I saw the movie ‘Blood Diamond’ I must say I feel an immense amount of guilt everytime I do anything that pleases myself. Everytime I go see a movie or waste a couple hours accomplishing nothing I feel like I have let God down in some way.
I feel this way […]

Add comment | 02/8/07 | 3:29 PM

Talents

When God gives you lemons you make lemonade right (unless you’re Jack Bauer, then you use them to kill people)? But what happens when God gives you lemons, apples, grapes, strawberries? Do you make a killer fruit punch?
I know I blogged about this before, but after the sermon taught at Church on Sunday, I got to […]

Add comment | 02/1/07 | 9:14 AM

Babylon

My father and I were talking last weekend about Bible Prophecy as well as several other things. It is said by many that modern Iraq is ancient Babylon and that in Revelations Chapter 18 it is said the Babylon ‘will be thrown down never to be found again (Rev. 18:21).’
So we got to discussing some […]

Add comment | 01/24/07 | 12:48 PM

Well… *REVISED*

Looks like we got a woman running for the great office that is oval. My wife and I have agreed that if she wins, we leave the country. It’s not necessarily that I don’t think a woman should rule over men, it’s mainly just who she is that bothers me. Ever since I have seen her face on […]

3 comments | 01/22/07 | 8:38 AM

IQ and Jung-Myers-Briggs Results

So tonight I got bored after watching 24 so I decided to take an IQ test and a Jung-Myers-Briggs test. Apparently I am INTJ which stands for ‘Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging’ person. I have the same personality as Dan Aykroyd, C.S. Lewis, The Governator, Chevy Chase, Augustus Caesar, John F. Kennedy, and Hannibal Lecter. I […]

1 comment | 01/15/07 | 11:41 PM

The Second Love of My Life

Often times I sit back and think about my wife. I sit there in thanksgiving and amazement, all the while wondering how we got to where we are now. I remember key events in our relationship that shaped who we became in result.

Add comment | 01/11/07 | 10:57 AM

 

Life Love and Death… Read It

Today I have this ambiance around me of death. Right now I just feel it all enclosing itself on me.
Tonight on the way home from a friends’ I passed by a cross landmarking where some teenagers wrapped their car around a tree going down a street too fast. I passed another cross whose meaning and […]

1 comment | 11/17/07 | 12:46 AM

Love it… Live it

I got this from Daley’s blog. I can’t help but love it. An apology for the masses. We need more art like this.

1 comment | 10/18/07 | 4:37 PM

Frustrated? Take a Number…

Today I went to check my Myspace page. As I logged in I noticed one of the top videos was one of a girl eating a preying mantis. Curious I clicked on the link to read further and see that she ate the insect as part of a deal to get two guys to go […]

Add comment | 10/7/07 | 7:38 PM

Three Ex-Terrorists Speak Out

So I have totally been awesome at procrastinating this last week. But I will use the excuse that I wanted to listen to the presentation again before I typed out all my notes.
Last week Jamie and I went down to Calvary Chapel Chino Hills to hear three terrorists - Kamal Saleem, Zechariah Anani, and Walid […]

Add comment | 09/18/07 | 10:36 PM

What is Church? And Where is God?

I just want to briefly say something that has been on my mind since I read a book titled Fresh Wind Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala. It is a book about the power of prayer. Simple as that. But the book is powerful.
In a portion of the book he talks about how we have turned […]

Add comment | 07/11/07 | 11:09 PM

My Heart of Worship

How do you like your worship? Why do you like/hate your worship?
I am one of those guys who struggles (deeply) with worship. It is one of the hardest things for me to do, just next to praying (lame eh?). Though I do agree that worship need be nothing more than just talking to God. I […]

Add comment | 02/27/07 | 10:39 AM

Finding Faith

Lately, I haven’t had much work to do at work. Thus I have been spending a lot of time on the net, which DOES actually get boring at some point, and that point is quickly being reached.
So at one point I decided to get a minor addiciton to YouTube by looking up theological debates between respected […]

Add comment | 02/8/07 | 9:21 AM

Church as a Hospital

Currently at my church we are going through what we call ‘The Welcome Home’ series. This is a series of sermons mostly for new people to know what our church Sandals is all about. Something about this series so far is that it has not been subtle in any way shape or form. It has […]

Add comment | 01/29/07 | 7:17 AM

When God Leaves

In the United States times are changing for the Christian. For the unaware; our freedom to visually or audibly express our belief in Christ is being pushed back from the ‘Welcome’ mat of our society. People who enjoy lawsuits are taking our liberties away by forcing the positive mention of God from the ‘Pledge of […]

Add comment | 01/10/07 | 9:25 AM

My First Experience

I had my first encounter with a Mormon Missionary the other day. I was eating my lunch at Taco Bell when about 8 men dressed like car-salesmen entered the restaraunt; instantly I just felt who and what they were.
Sure enough, once they ordered their food one of them came and sat down with me as […]

Add comment | 01/9/07 | 11:16 PM

 

A Thought

In my brief existence I have often heard that when people use “profanity” (whatever that is) that it is simply said by someone who is neither smart nor mature enough to think of something better to say. For many people I know I would say a big affirmative. In addition I would say that those […]

Add comment | 11/28/07 | 4:11 PM

A Headline for Terrorists…

I don’t know what is scarier. The fact that we miss the bombs (which sucks cause I fly often with my job), or that that phrase actually got posted in view of the public eye. Here’s a free idea for the terrorists. Sometimes I think the U.S. Government wants us to be erased. Maybe they […]

Add comment | 10/18/07 | 4:30 PM

Tired of People Insulting Christ? Us too…

Please take the time to read this. It is a newsletter I get from Relevant Magazine. This article is talking about mocking the name of Christ. After your done, please sign this petition (Million Voices for Christ):
“Comedian Kathy Griffin made some major headlines last week when she won a “creative arts” award for her show, […]

Add comment | 10/13/07 | 10:44 PM

Bomb Scares? Terrorists?

Quick question. Does a neon on sign of this look like a bomb?
I think we have finally established that this country is going a little nuts. Most of you have probably heard about the situation in Chicago with ‘bomb-like’ objects that was really a marketing ploy for a cool cartoon called ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force.’
Apparently […]

Add comment | 02/1/07 | 3:00 PM

Tom Cruise is the Christ of Scientology

According to an article posted on the Drudge Report Tom Cruise has been titled as the Christ of Scientology. That he will be praised in the future much like Jesus was after his death. Even though he is criticized today, people will come to realize the truth and worship him eventually. Tom has apparently been told […]

Add comment | 01/23/07 | 3:00 PM

AIDS vs. Viagra

The AHF (AIDS Healtcare Foundation) has filed a lawsuit with Pfizer who is the creator of Viagra. Why? Because the AHF says that Pfizer markets their product in a way that shows it as a lifestyle and sexual enhancing drug. They say that Viagra has led to the risky behavior of men and thus contributing […]

Add comment | 01/22/07 | 9:41 AM

How Americans Are Living Dangerously

So… was on Time Magazine’s website yesterday and picked up a article titled ‘How Americans Are Living Dangerously.’ Seems like a bit of a space filler that they have had on the back burner for the last few years. But, it did make me realize a couple things about us. We really do have things […]

Add comment | 01/17/07 | 1:08 PM