Donald Miller

This past Friday the lady and I got the opportunity to hear Donald Miller speak for about two hours. If you ever get the chance to see him, go for it, he is quite the enjoyable, honest, and humble speaker. The talk was a pseudo book tour/talk for the sake of talking talk, and he went over the basics of his new book, a million miles in a thousand years, and went down a few rabbit holes along the way. Without really giving too much away, there were two thoughts he brought up that really stuck with me. The first, is the idea that being saved is the climax, or finale of our story..... That being saved was our big challenge, and now life will be conflict free. I don't believe that, but somehow that undercurrent of thought is with me.... somewhere deep down I've bought into that idea, and now when something goes wrong, I get frustrated cause life's supposed to be easy. The other idea, and this one is a bit of doozy..... is the idea that God does not have a specific black and white plan for our lives, and because we think he does, we end up spending all of our lives searching for it while life passes us by. I'm still not quite sure how I feel about this one, but I know that I certainly have wasted a lot of time waiting.
His new book is quite delicious by the way and is a very good read.

Sufjan Tuesday

The Wild Hunt

After months of listening to bootlegged copies of the Tallest Man on Earth I finally purchased his newest CD with eager anticipation. It is smooth, mellow, and bob dylanesque, and while his voice has been described as a cat stuck in a dryer, the man can pen lyrics like nobodies business:

And no I never meant to say these words but yes you ought to know,
That the dark is what I've always been, it will not every go, no it will not ever go

Spoon!

There was a time, be it ever so brief, that I was a musical hipster. Nothing got me going quite like the hot sweaty smell of a jam packed venue filled with skinny hipsters. Last week the wife and I got to take a little stroll down memory lane and head down to see Spoon. The last time I saw spoon I was in the middle of a serious bout with poison ivy. It was a summer concert and I was out in the texas heat in a long sleeve shirt..... But I digress. We arrived early, soaked in the loveliness that is hipster culture, and waited for the openers to get off stage. And then Spoon came out and brought it for a good two hours. They have officially reached full blown rock star status. They are just freaking good musicians, tight pants and all. Highlight of the night was the The Ghost of You Lingers, the studio version of the song does not do it justice at all....... And after the concert, we took the long drive back got home ridiculously late, and went to work..... Growing up is not advantageous to being a hipster.

The Last Supper

Holy week is upon us..... I always have a hard time really feeling the true weight of easter, and all that comes with it. Maybe it's the easter bunny and peeps, I'm not sure..... how do you really feel something that is this big and do it justice? Two things inevitably pop into my head this time of year though...

1. Jesus washed Judas's feet knowing he would betray him.... That is love.... and when I look myself in the mirror, am I washing my wife's feet? My friends? My co-workers? The people I randomly come in contact with? Even the people that make me want to jump off a bridge? The answer is a resounding not really (ok a resounding no).

2. John 13:18 quotes Psalm 41:9 and if you continue to read Psalm 41:10...."But you, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them!" we are repaid with love and not wrath.

Finally, a little old school music for your listening pleasure.

Dishwalla- Until I Wake Up