so you have to love a restaurant where you can eat your meal with the bust of pope john paul rotating on the lazy susan on your table.
Monday, February 25, 2008
are you a twitterer?
so for those of you who don't know, there are several of us at nvmc who twitter. twittering is "a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: what are you doing?"
what i like about it is that usually around 9 or 10 each evening, everybody starts twittering as if it were an exclusive nvmc chatting service. the other night there were so many updates (about 50 i think) within a short amount of time (a minute or two) that somebody wrote: "you guys type faster than i can read". it was hi.lar.i.ous.
here are a few favorite twitters from nvmc'ers who shall remain nameless:
"Heyyy people what's crak a lackin'? I got new hair,lol. I feel soooo good. Don't cha just love a good weave???" "I think I'm getting stretch marks" "Just saw a man riding a hover-round out of the Dollar General Market PL with his feet resting on a case of beer. Only in Bullit County.. " "I bought me some smart water, i hope it makes me smart"
if you're not twittering, go sign up and join the community.
and follow me.
the sun came out today
so i trusted Him and faced my fears.
the doctor and i played phone tag and it got on my ever-loving nerves. long story short: what was there is not there anymore.
i had a little sho-mo-la-shondai episode in the office, made a few phone calls and sent a few text messages. i then ate a celebratory box of tagalongs.
thank You, Jesus, for healing and girl scout cookies.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
hey baby, i'm a gladiator
gladiator: a prize fighter; the one left standing at the end of the fight.
i received some news a few days ago that leads me to believe that i'll have to be a gladiator in an arena in which i do not want to fight. to be honest, it totally scares the bejesus out of me.
the spiritual side of me knows that God will not put more on me than i can handle. it knows that all things work together for good for those who are called according to His purpose. it knows that by His stripes i am healed. it knows that the truth overcomes the facts.
but then my humanness kicks in and does a work on my mind. i know that i have to be prepared for the fight. but preparing for the fight means that i have to acknowledge the fight. and to be honest, i really don't want to acknowledge it at all. it's scary.
but it's necessary.
so i will trust Him and face my fears. i will prepare and be a gladiator. i will be the one left standing at the end of the fight.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
then trust God
i (try to) read a chapter of proverbs every day. it's the book of wisdom and lawd knows i need some of that.
the last verse is appropriate, scary and comforting all wrapped up into one meaty chunk of goodness.
do your best prepare for the worst - then trust God to bring victory
so this is my friend free. she found her hair today and i lost mine.
while i was getting it all buzzed off, the lady looked at me and said "are you about ready to graduate from high school?" i awkwardly smiled and said "i've been out of college for several years." i wanted to tell her that i'd be 30 next year, but that thought was too depressing for me to formulate into words.
ugh.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
why i love my last name
pizza guy: can i have your last name?
me: noe.
pizza guy: can i please have your last name?
me: noe.
pizza guy: sir, i can't take your order unless you give me your last name.
me: noe. it's spelled n. o. e.
pizza guy: that's your last name?
me: yes.
pizza guy: oh.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
i'm writing it out (including details)
write what you see write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run this vision-message is a witness pointing to what's coming it aches for the coming - it can hardly wait and it doesn't lie if it seems slow in coming, wait it's on it's way it will come right on time
habakkuk 2:2-3 the message
Saturday, February 16, 2008
here's half the vision
my sister sang for about 6,000 or 7,000 friends and neighbors tonight. she did a great job as usual.
and during the service the cell phone of the lady sitting next to me started ringing. and it wasn't on vibrate. her ringtone was how great is our God. i couldn't help but laugh. a lot.
Friday, February 15, 2008
friend or foe?
what would you do if this all-american muslim family walked into your church one sunday morning?
would you be scared? would you be friendly? would you shake their hands?
please provide feedback on this. it's for an article i'm writing and i'd really like your honest responses. feel free to leave the feedback anonymously if you want.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
yo
happy singles awareness day!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
deadly viper character assassins video
there's more meat in this 1 minute video than in a lot of sermons i've heard over the years.
so it only took me three hours and twenty minutes to get home last night (usually a thirty minute drive), but i eventually made it home safely.
three inches of snow + a 1/2 inch or so of ice last night = me working from home today. woo!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
random thoughts v11
i have two articles to write, but i haven't written them yet. i'm procrastinating because... well, because i'm phlegmatic and that's what we do. and my deadline is tonight at midnight. ugh. _____
church was PACKED OUT today! people everywhere! there were even some regular attenders that came and sat upstairs near the media room to open seats for visitors. _____
today was the start of the "gladiators" sermon series. if you weren't there today, then you missed seeing a picture of pastor since he's been going to the gym. it was pretty interesting. when my younger nephew saw the picture he blurted out "pastor david has big boobies!" _____
nelly furtado is on tv right now. every time i see her i think of when i went skydiving in pietermaritzburg, south africa. why? because as the parachute opened we started singing "i'm like a bird, i wanna fly away..." _____
my new favorite song: international harvester by craig morgan. if you haven't heard it, then you need to stop what you're doing, go to iTunes and listen. it's gggrrrrrreat. (and no, it's not a christian song about the harvest of lost souls around the world. it's a country song about a tractor.) _____
a group of bloggers is on a plane right now on their way to uganda. follow their blogs over the next 9 days or so. links are on the left. ragamuffin soul and flowerdust. you can thank me later.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
the new american gigolo
so my middle nephew is a gigolo.
he's 8. he got a girlfriend today. and she gave him her house key!
oy vey...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
god of this city
i downloaded this song off iTunes today. i do believe it was written for the city of louisville.
you're the god of this city you're the king of this people you're the lord of this nation you are you're the light in this darkness you're the hope to the hopeless you're the peace to the restless you are
there is no one like our god there is no one like our god
greater things have yet to come greater things are still to be done in this city
