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Living Your Dream

I really like day dreaming. In fact, I’d say it’s one of the things I am best at. I could sit in my office, my apartment, a coffee shop or restaurant for hours and think about all the amazing and wonderful things I could do. Shoot, I’m pretty much an idea making machine! But that’s all most of those ideas have ever been; dreams of greatness that float around in my head. I know why this happens. I know exactly what has convinced me that it would be foolish, even dangerous, to put these thoughts into action.

Fear. Read more

Big League Dreamin’

One of the best things about summer in the Bay Area is that it’s baseball season and we have two teams. This past weekend I was really lucky to be invited to the A’s vs. Giants game in Oakland. We arrived pretty early and got to go down to the first row and see Tim Lincecum get some work in the bullpen. The first thing I noticed is that these athletes are really, really talented. The human body is capable of incredible things. I also noticed that Timmy, along with the rest of the players on the field, were suddenly “life-size” instead of the couple inches they appear to be when I measure them with my fingers from the upper decks. That’s when it hit me.

They’re people, just like you. People who dared to dream and then pursued those dreams with everything in them until they got there. Read more

Why Church Music Matters

A couple days ago my friend Dan posted this question on Facebook: Theologically speaking, why do we praise God through song / hymn? He then messaged me and specifically asked me to comment on his status. What ensued was a 30 minute process that produced the first thing I wrote (and liked) in months. It also got me thinking about the music we do in church, why it matters, and how it is directly effecting the education and theology of the people in our church bodies.

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